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The Statistical Service, the Ministry of Education, Sport and Youth, the University of Cyprus and the Cyprus Statistical Society announce the completion of the National Phase of the European Statistical Competition 2022-23.

The participation in the national phase of the competition was open to all secondary education age students who were studying at any officially recognized educational institution of Cyprus. Students participated in teams of 2 to 3 pupils and each team had a teacher from their institution acting as the tutor, who was supervising, coordinating and tutoring the team. The teams participated in one of two categories as follows:

• Category A: Upper Secondary [up to 18 years on 31/12/2022]
• Category B: Lower Secondary [up to 16 years on 31/12/2022]

The competition comprised of two assignments. In the First Assignment, which included three parts, a total of 111 teams consisting of 322 students participated. The three parts were as follows: (a) Basic knowledge test, (b) Use of official statistical data sources test and (c) Interpretation of statistical reports test. The top 11 teams (due to a 2-team tie for the 10th place) with the highest score in the upper secondary education category and the top 12 teams (due to a 3-team tie for the 10th place) in the lower secondary education category, qualified to the Second Assignment, in which they had to prepare a statistical presentation based on the analysis of a dataset given by the organizers.

The winning teams in each Category A and B, receive the following awards: the tutor of the winning team a tablet and each student of the winning team the amount of 200 euro. The teams with the second highest overall score in each Category A and B, receive the following awards: the tutor of the team a graphic tablet and each student of the team the amount of 50 euro. The first two teams with the highest scores of each category, are eligible to participate in the European phase of the competition.

The information on the award ceremony will be announced in due time.

The results of the National Phase of the European Statistics Competition 2022-23 are as follows:

• Category A: Upper Secondary [up to 18 years on 31/12/2022]

1st Award and the right to participate in the European phase of the competition:

Team: STATIES

Members: Agni Antoniadou, Eleni Christodoulou, Ara Mahdessian

Tutor: Michalis Gavrielides

2nd Award and the right to participate in the European phase of the competition:

Team: STATROCKS

Members: Antonis Dianellou, Constantinos Charalambous, Varnavas Hatzipanagi

Tutor: Eleni Apostolou

Mention is granted to the teams:

Team: ELEOS

Members: Andreas Kyriakou, Alexandros Kousios

Tutor: Koulla Menelaou

Team: STATSTARS3

Members: Constantinos Mosfilis, Chara Theodorou, Pegky Tsilimidou

Tutor: Elena Hadjigeorgiou

Team: MEANBOYS

Members: Michalis Oikonomidis, Alexandros Stavrou, Constantinos Tornaritis

Tutor: Aphrodite Matthaiou Argyrou

• Category B: Lower Secondary [up to 16 years on 31/12/2022]

1st Award and the right to participate in the European phase of the competition:

Team: ARCHIMEDES

Members: Christos Andreou, Constantinos Markidis, Andreas Christodoulou

Tutor: Georgia Stefanou

2nd Award and the right to participate in the European phase of the competition:

Team: ANOVA1

Members: Homer Neophytidis, Pavlos Nikolaou, Dimitris Polydorou

Tutor: Christos Anastasiades

Mention is granted to the teams (there is a 2-team tie for the 5th place):

Team: AGELOS4

Members: Anna Theodorou, Damianos Constantinou, Loukas Christou

Tutor: Meropi Savva

Team: ENGOMI1

Members: Triantafyllos Memtsoudis, Pavlos Moschos

Tutor: Stella Christodoulou

Team: B1GPK

Members: Danae Kypridaki, Andrea Antoniou, Maria Filippou

Tutor: Nikos Demetriou

Team: ENGOMI4

Members: Alexandros Loukas, Sotiris Protopapas, Iakovos Skouros

Tutor: Stella Christodoulou

(IP/MV/SCH)