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literacy if we wish to extend statistical understanding as far as possible in
society.
ISLP has been organising poster competitions since 2010. The aim is to
teach students the whole statistical study process through creating a statistics
poster: from defining the study question to collecting data, analysing it,
presenting it and making conclusions. In the year 2018-2019, 37 countries and
14 721 students participated. The number of participants has grown every
year. A statistical poster (see picture 2) is created as a team effort between 2-
5 students, which makes it possible to combine different knowledge areas.
One student might be gifted in the phenomenon researched, one in
mathematics, third in written communication, fourth visually, and so on.
Creating a poster also supports phenomenon-based learning, which has
become common in several countries. As an example, Finnish schools had
rarely used poster creation as a pedagogical method before. Through national
poster competitions, creating a statistical poster has become one way of going
through the basics of statistics in upper comprehensive or secondary school.
Choosing their own study topic makes the creation process even more
appealing to the students. The data used can either be self-collected or pre-
existing reliable statistic data. Overall, after creating a statistics poster, one is
well on their way to understanding the basics of statistics. The article by
MacFeely, S., Campos, P. and Helenius, R. (2017) outlines the factors that create
a successful poster competition.

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