All three winning posters in this year’s statewide Statistics Poster Competition are students at Central High School.
The competition, which is sponsored by the UAMS Department of Biostatistics, invites students around the state to perform an experiment or conduct a survey and then create posters illustrating their findings.
The 1st-place prize in the individual category went to senior Chrystal Lau for “Challenging the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony.”
Second place was awarded to sophomore Muhammad Abu-Rmaileh for “The Effects of MSG on a Mouse’s Ability to Solve a Maze.”
The winning team prize went to junior Drew Jones, senior Ashlee DuPriest and sophomore Muhammad Abu-Rmaileh for “The Absorption Rate of Towels.”
Coordinators of the competition were Dr. Page Moore and Dr. Songthip Ounpraseuth from the UAMS Department of Biostatistics. Mrs. Lenora Murray, teacher of AP Statistics and Academic Competition at Central, is the math teacher of all four winners. Students who presented their papers now are eligible to enter them in the National Statistics Poster Competition.