In the Fall 2009 issue of CHANCE (Vol. 22, No. 4), Jürgen Symanzik proposed a graphics and communication contest concerning 10 data values. The winning entry is by UCLA PhD student Stephanie Kovalchik, who presented her solution using an entertaining letter from a friendly statistical sleuth. An entry by Bradley Thiessen, associate professor of mathematics at St. Ambrose University, earned honorable mention. Thiessen incorporated temperature at liftoff and additional facts into his graph. Further reading on statistical approaches to studying the shuttle disaster can be found in Vol. 18 of Statistica Sinica.

Thanks to all who entered the contest. If you have suggestions for future contests, please email me, CHANCE editor, at mlarsen@bsc.gwu.edu.

~ Michael D. Larsen