Presenter: A/Prof. Adrian Barnett
Date: Friday 26 November, 2010
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm, Refreshments from 4:30pm
Location: Owen J Wordsworth, Level 14, S-Block, Gardens Point Campus, QUT.
Come and join us for Christmas nibbles and drinks from 4:30pm before SSAI Queensland Branch presents a selection of entries from the “Funny Stats Competition”. If you missed the competition announcement, the details are given below. Last minute entries are welcome at the event. Finger food and drinks will also be provided following the presentation. Non-members are welcome.
Please RSVP by Friday 19 November for catering purposes to the Branch Secretary: helen.thompson@qut.edu.au.
Excerpt from Funny Stats Competition Announcement
What’s the funniest thing that’s ever happened to you during your statistical career? Or the funniest thing that a student or colleague has said to you? The Queensland Branch of the Statistical Society of Australia is gathering funny statistical stories for their Christmas party. The best story, as voted by our members on the night of the party, will win a 200 dollar (AUD) Amazon voucher. We will post the funniest entries on this web site.
There’s no geographical limit, so please write in from anywhere. Anonymous entries are welcome, but contact details must at least be provided to be awarded the prize. Any format is acceptable, so it could be a picture, a recording of you regaling your story, anything at all. Send your stories/pictures/recordings to Adrian: a.barnett@qut.edu.au. Entries close 20 November, or present live on the night.
Here are some examples:
* POSTGRADUATE STATS STUDENT: “I’ve opened the dataset for the first assignment, but it’s just numbers.”
* REVIEW FROM THE AJE: “I’m no expert in Baynesian statistics.”
* At a Valencia meeting a friend stuck a sticker on David Spiegelhalter’s back that read: “I’M A FREQUENTIST”
