JoinScience Sampler: Using simple statistics to ensure science-fair success
Judging science fairs is a way to see students’ enthusiasm for science, their courage as they overcome nervousness to share findings with a real scientist, and their pride when they show their hard work, condensed in a nicely prepared display. Occasionally, however, only one thing separates a science-fair project from excellence: the lack of simple statistical analysis. From the perspective of an experienced science-fair judge, good data analysis is important in science fair projects.