For the 2021/22 school year Istat and SIS organize the twelfth edition of the Italian Statistics Olympics.
The Olympics are aimed to encourage students to approach statistical reasoning, to arouse their interest in data analysis and probability, to enable them to better understand the meaning of the quantitative information they receive every day.
The initiative is open to upper secondary school students (classes 1-4).
School and student registrations opened on 20 October 2021 and closed on 6 December 2021.
The competition consists of one individual and a team assignment. Individual tests were held on:
- 18 January 2022 (schools of northern Italy, except for the region Emilia Romagna);
- 19 January 2022 (schools of central Italy and Emilia Romagna);
- 20 January 2022 (schools of southern Italy and the islands).
Individual tests consisted of a set of multiple choice questions, administered online, on statistics topics as set forth in the Competition Rules.
The assignments of the previous editions, with solutions and comments, are available in the Competition pages of the years: 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021).
Assignments of the 2022 edition
- Individual assignment – Classes I and II
- Individual assignment – Classes I and II – Solutions
- Individual assignment – Classes III and IV
- Individual assignment – Classes III and IV – Solutions
Further information is available in the Competition announcement and in the Rules, adopted by Resolution of the Istat President.
Winners in individual tests are inserted in the “Albo nazionale delle eccellenze” (National register of excellences) by the Ministry of Education according to the provisions of the appropriate Ministerial Decree.
Admitted schools will take part in the team phase, which started on 31 January 2022 to close on 27 February 2022.
Also in this edition, the Italian Statistics Olympics are the national phase of the European statistics competition. The Olympics winners are admitted to the European competition organized by Eurostat in collaboration with the National statistical institutes (here the European rules).
Winners
- Winners of the 2022 Olympics individual tests (classes I and II)
- Winners of the 2022 Olympics individual tests (classes III and IV)
- Schools admitted to the second team phase of the Italian Olympics
- Winners of the 2022 Olympics team tests (classes I and II)
- Winners of the 2022 Olympics team tests (classes III and IV)
Winners of the second team tests
Classes I and II
- 1st prize winner “A un passo dal futuro”, by Liceo A. Serpieri in Rimini;
- 2nd prize winner “Per una mobilità sostenibile” by Istituto Giotto Ulivi in Borgo San Lorenzo (FI)
Classes III and IV
- 1st prize winner “Sharing mobility e sviluppo sostenibile” by Liceo Megara in Augusta (SR);
- 2nd prize winner “Mobilità sostenibile” by Liceo scientifico France Prešeren in Trieste
Winners of the European statistics competition 2022
On June 3, students from the “GIOTTISTICA” team of the Giotto Ulivi Institute of Borgo San Lorenzo (Florence) were announced winners of the European statistics competition by Eurostat.
The team created a video on the forest ecosystem shot in the Casentino Forest Park using environmental statistics data from Istat, Sistan agencies of the Italian national statistics system and of European Statistical System.
The international jury’s motivation for awarding the 2022 prize reads as follows: “Team GIOTTISTICA (Italy) takes first prize in the junior age group (14-16) with their personal video on the ecosystem of forests. The jury particularly appreciated the clear focus on one topic, the appealing format of a social media story following three hikers, the very engaging narration and the excellent use of statistics.”
The award ceremony was held at the Spanish Institute of Statistics (INE) in Madrid, Spain, on June 27, 2022.
Watch the following endorsement videos
- Simone Spina, from Liceo scientifico G. D. Cassini in Genova, veteran of the Statistics Olympiad and winner of the individual tests for class III in the last edition
- Federico Forte, from Liceo Nolfi Apolloni in Fano, winner of the individual tests for the first class last year.
For information: olimpiadi-statistica@istat.it.