SHASTRA, the operations club of IPE organized a statistics quiz, “The CONCURSO in STATISTICS” on 27th September 2023. The quiz not only challenges participants statistical knowledge and problem-solving skills but also nurtures collaboration amongst students. The event saw participation from 14 teams.
The panel of judges of the competition were Dr Rajkumar Pillay and Dr Abhay Srivastava. Dr Rajkumar Pillay kicked off the event by highlighting the pivotal role of statistics in the business landscape. He underlined the importance of statistics in analytics, the science that paves way for modern data driven decision making.
The quiz was made up of two rounds. The first round was a multiple choice one that consisted of 15 questions. Each question was displayed for 30 seconds before moving onto the next and mostly covered the foundational statistical concepts. The top five performers of the round progressed to the second and the final round where they moved on to higher stakes and displayed their problem-solving abilities. The second round comprised of 5 questions each allocated a 2-minute time limit for the participants to solve. The “fastest finger first” was adopted allowing the quickest participant to respond. If they gave the wrong answer, the next quickest participant could provide their answer.
A tie arose among the runners-up and in response, the judges suggested an additional question to determine a winner. The results were announced by Dr Abhay Srivastava
The CONCURSO in Statistics
