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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 2023-24.

The participation in the national phase of the competition was open to all secondary education students who were studying at any officially recognised educational institution of Cyprus. Students participated in teams of two to three 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 31/12/2023]

Category B: Lower Secondary [up to 16 years on 31/12/2023]

The competition comprised two assignments. In the First Assignment, which included three parts, a total of 154 teams participated, consisting of 449 students. 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 10 teams with the highest score in the upper secondary education category and the top 11 teams (due to a 2-team tie for the 10th place) in the lower secondary education category, qualified to the Second Assignment, in which they had to prepare a presentation of a statistical analysis based on a dataset given by the organisers. For the first time in the national phase of the competition, the teams were also asked to present their assignment before the jury. The final ranking of the teams, based on the score of the second assignment, determined the winning team in each category.

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 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.

Information regarding the award ceremony will be announced in due time.

The results of the National Phase of the European Statistics Competition 2023-24 are as follows:

Category A: Upper Secondary [up to 18 years on 31/12/2023]

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

Team: MEANBOYS

Members: Michalis Oikonomidis, Alexandros Stavrou, Constantinos Tornaritis

Tutor: Christos Anastasiades

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

Team: STATALES

Members: Andria Pornari, Antonis Solomou, Constantinos Christoforou

Tutor: Andri Elpidoforou

Honorary Mention is granted to the teams:

Team: NEMO

Members: Maria Kambanella, Nikolas Kefalonitis, Erene Constaninou

Tutor: Nikolas Germanos

Team: DASTATS1

Members: Giorgos Vrachimis, Andreas Michaelides, Maria Tsounaka

Tutor: Christos Theodoulou

Team: AVERAGETM

Members: Nektarios Avraamides, Takis Solomonides, Giorgos Styllas

Tutor: Aphrodite Matthaiou

Category B: Lower Secondary [up to 16 years on 31/12/2023]

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

Team: STATOCRATS

Members: Andrea Antoniou, Danae Kypridaki, Maria Filippou

Tutor: Maria Mavragani

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

Team: ANGELMATH1

Members: Irini Pittali, Kyprianos Raphael Savva, Andreas Christodoulou

Tutor: Argyroula Jizi Catalanou

Honorary Mention is granted to the teams:

Team: LANPOWER2

Members: Evanthis Erotokritou, Alexandros Constantinou, Marinos Nikolaides

Tutor: Ifigenia Arsiotou

Team: BESTIES3

Members: Sofia Boustra, Lidia Papademetriou, Maria Tsaggaridou

Tutor: Stella Christodoulou

Team: ARCHIMEDES

Members: Constantinos Markidis, Andreas Christodoulou

Tutor: Georgia Stefanou

(NGian/NG)