MEETINGS
‘08 Stat Bowl To Be ‘Rumble in the Rockies’
University of Connecticut Is Taker of Top Prizes at Stat Bowl ‘07
T
here will be a “rumble in the Rockies”
at the 2008 Joint Statistical
Meetings. The ASA Stat Bowl will
be held during JSM in Denver this year,
organized by Michael Anderson and
Stephanie Cano of The University of Texas
at San Antonio and sponsored by the ASA
and Mu Sigma Rho, the National Statistical
Honor Society.
Stat Bowl participants will receive up
to $250 in travel reimbursement from the
ASA, regardless of their performance in
the tournament. This will enable students
of statistics to make the trip to Denver to
experience JSM firsthand and have fun
with statistics trivia. The Stat Bowl is an
individual competition, but team points
also are kept and a team championship
is awarded.
The 2007 Salt Lake City tournament
The UConn team—Balaji
was a lot of fun. The preliminary rounds
Raman and Sourish Das—
were taken by Chris Rigdon from Arizona
receive the team award from
State, Balaji Raman from the University
organizer Mike Anderson
Photo by Eric Sampson
of Connecticut, Sourish Das from the
University of Connecticut, and Sourish
Saha from the University of Florida.
Contestants answered questions such as
Mark Payton (center) receives
“What discrete distribution has the lack
his award from Marcia
Gumpertz and Don Edwards
of memory property?” (geometric) to “Name
of Mu Sigma Rho
the statistician who, in retrospect, should have
Photo by Eric Sampson
been voted most likely to succeed” (Fisher).
When all the points were tabulated
across teams, the University of Connecticut
(Balaji Raman and Sourish Das) came out
the winner over Case Western Reserve
Special thanks go to Payton from the allowed. In the event the field of contes-
University and the University of Georgia.
2007 organizers, Cano and Anderson, who tants fills to capacity, each university will
One of the biggest stars of Stat Bowl
could not have organized the event with- be restricted to two players to assure diver-
2007 was a happy nonparticipant:
out Payton’s advice, guidance, and exten- sity. A waiting list will be established to fill
Oklahoma State University’s Mark Payton,
sive question bank. unexpected vacancies should they occur at
founder and maestro emeritus of Stat Bowl.
Cano and Anderson also thank the offi- game time.
Payton organized and conducted the previ-
cial sponsors of the Stat Bowl, the American For more information about the Stat
ous eight Stat Bowls and clearly enjoyed his
Statistical Association and Mu Sigma Rho, Bowl and details about how to apply, visit
first chance to see the competition from a
whose continued support makes the Stat
www.business.utsa.edu/scc/statbowl. Any stu-
seat in the audience. During the awards
Bowl possible. dent interested in playing should submit
ceremony, Payton’s creativity and long
Students are now being accepted into an application before May 21, 2008. Hope
contribution were recognized with a special
the 2008 tournament on a first come, first to see you in Denver! ■
award from Mu Sigma Rho.
in basis. A maximum of 16 players will be
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