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An award ceremony was held on December 13, 2011 to honor the contestants in the presence of QSA officials, QU faculty staff and students, as well as a large number of research institutions. A panel of four judges rated the posters and selected the winners. All participants received valuable prizes and were awarded with certificates.
Main objectives
Recognize importance of statistics, statisticians and students of statistics program.
Build and sustain a statistically literate society
Promote QSA as an official data provider and as an organization that supports research activities in Qatar.
Support and enhance relationship with education institutions.
Support and nurture young minds.
Motivate students to use QSA website/QALM portal and encourage them analyze data released by QSA.
Create interest among students to join QSA following their graduation. This objective would also support Qatarization program in QSA.
Develop research culture among students.
Exchange of experience among academic research institutes in Qatar.
Project Development
QSA announced its first Statistics Poster Contest.
12 students (sophomore, junior and senior) showed their interest, formed 6 teams and participated in the contest.
QSA provided students with the data required for their analysis.
Students finalized their projects and submitted the final posters to QSA.
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