For the 2023/24 school year Istat and SIS organize the fourteenth 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 2023 and closed on 1 December 2023 (2 p.m.).
This year, the registration procedure has been simplified. Watch the video tutorial
Due to the large number of registrations, this year the individual test was held over four days: from 16 to 19 January 2024, as already stated in the Rules.
The daily trial slots are given below (download the schedule of days and times):
- 16 January 2024 (schools of Piemonte, Valle d’Aosta, Lombardia, Trentino Alto-Adige, Veneto);
- 17 January 2024 (schools of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna without the province of Piacenza, Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Abruzzo);
- 18 January 2024 (schools of Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicilia and Sardegna).
- 19 January 2024 (schools of Lazio and the province of Piacenza)
Individual tests consist 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 | 2022 | 2023.
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.
The qualified schools can participate in the team phase, which started on 29 January 2024. The term of this phase is scheduled for 23 February 2024.
Also in this edition, the Italian Statistics Olympics are the national phase of the European statistics competition. The Olympics winners (team phase) are admitted to the European competition organized by Eurostat in collaboration with the National statistical institutes (here the European rules).
Winners
- Winners of the 2024 Olympics individual tests (classes I and II)
- Winners of the 2024 Olympics individual tests (classes III and IV)
- Schools admitted to the second team phase of the Italian Olympics (classes I and II)
- Schools admitted to the second team phase of the Italian Olympics (classes III and IV)
For information
olimpiadi-statistica@istat.it