October 2017 Challenge

ASA Sponsored - Police Data Challenge

The ASA is sponsoring a NATIONAL Police Data Challenge for undergraduate student teams.

Teams of 2-5 high school or college undergrad students in the U.S. and Canada can submit an entry. Each team must complete the declaration of intent form by 11:59 PM on Friday, Oct. 6 and must submit their presentation by 11:59 PM EDT on Friday, Nov. 3 to be eligible. Submissions will require a short essay describing the team’s process and presenting their analysis and recommendations via a PowerPoint presentation. Awards will be given in three categories (1) Best Overall Analysis, (2) Best Visualization, and (3) Best Use of External Data.

For the CSU competition, you may work in teams of 2-5 students and may be either a graduate team or an undergraduate team (same as national) of students. We will be using the same exact rules but you will need to submit to the CSU site by the same deadline. No declaration of intent is required. Awards will be made for best graduate and best undergraduate team.

Resources Roundup: 2017 Police Data Challenge | This is StatisticsResources Roundup: 2017 Police Data Challenge ASA and the Police Data Initiative have teamed up to create the first-ever Police Data Challenge, giving students a unique opportunity to use their analytical and data visualization skills to help improve community safety. In addition to the public data sets from the Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Seattle police departments, there are plenty of additional sites providing statistics-related to community...