Organization:
National Statistical Institute of Spain
Brief description:
What is European Statistics Olympics (ESO)?
It is an award competition in statistics, which aims to:
- promote curiosity and interest in statistics
- encourage teachers in the use of new materials (by promoting the use of real data)
- show the role of statistics in various aspects of society
- promote teamwork and collaboration
Results/impact:
The INE achieved great results using various methods, such as: sending introductory emails to all schools and teacher associations in Spain, introducing the competition at school visits and courses organized for teachers at various INE locations, extensive use of social media, just to name a few.
For several years INE Spain and other NSIs such as the Statistical offices of Italy and Poland were successfully organizing the Statistics Olympics, a national statistical competition. In the case of INE, it aimed at the promotion of official statistics and an increase of the statistical literacy and the visibility of the INE among young people. The competition achieved excellent results; therefore, members of the DIGICOM Work Package 4 decided it could be a good idea to replicate the competition and organize a similar one at the European level.
By participating in this competition, students will deepen their understanding of European official statistics and the cooperation between NSIs and Eurostat will rise. As a result, the ESO will increase the visibility of NSIs and the ESS among students and teachers and promote the value of European Statistics. Therefore the ESO is in line with the ESS Vision 2020. The ESO can also be used as a marketing tool that, in a user friendly way, helps create and increase awareness of important concepts and values of official statistics to a wider audience.
Difficulties/lessons learned:
NA
Attachments:
NA
Links:
Paper: Would you like to take part in a European Statistics Olympics!?
PPT: Would you like to take part in a European Statistics Olympics!?
Frequency:
NA