Radstats Critical Essay
Competition 2014
Get your essay published
& win a book token!
Submit an original essay that
addresses a current social research/policy question with critical use &
interpretation of relevant data sources by 1st July 2014 (3,000 words max).
First prize £50
Second prize £30
Plus 1 year subscription
membership to Radical Statistics (RadStats).
All winning essays will be
published in the RadStats newsletter/journal.
There are two categories;
‘student’ (undergraduate/postgraduate) & ‘open’ (any non-student).
- Prizes will be awarded on the basis of readability, clear presentation of statistical material, critical perspective & convincing argument.
- Your essay could address a current social research policy/question with critical use & interpretation of relevant data sources, or be a critique of statistical methodology in an applied context.
- Essays do not necessarily have to involve statistical modelling, only critical use & interpretation of relevant data sources.
More information on the
Radical Statistics website: www.radstats.org.uk/essay/
Examples of previous essays
titles & links to the essays include:
Poverty: As an issue www.radstats.org.uk/no087/Bhatia87.pdf
Whose statistics are they
anyway? www.radstats.org.uk/no087/Thomas87.pdf
Figuring out social classes
and overview www.radstats.org.uk/no092/walthery92.pdf
Teaching Statistics - The
missing ingredients www.radstats.org.uk/no087/Boynton87.pdf
A critique of the development
of quantitative methodologies in human geography www.radstats.org.uk/no092/marshall92.pdf