Data Analysis Workshop and Data Visualization Competition
The data analysis workshop and data visualization competition provide a platform for all secondary school students to explore the process of data analysis and getting familiar with data science. Students will be giving a one-day workshop on Microsoft Excel and followed by a data visualization competition. During the competition, a dataset will be provided to the students to perform data analysis and data visualization using the Microsoft Excel software within three days. Students are required to submit a data visualization report in Microsoft Excel format together with a short video to explain the findings.
Objectives:
(a) To enable secondary school students to strengthen their data analysis skills using Microsoft Excel.
(b) To cultivate secondary school students’ creativity in the process of data visualization.
(c) To gather the students’ interest on data analysis and getting familiar with data science.
(1) Data Analysis Workshop
Date: 11 December 2020 (Friday)
Time: 9.00am – 2.00pm
Platform: Microsoft Teams (Link will be sent to participants at least 1 day before)
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/E8JwQFRTuih5ETrS8
*Note: Individual registration for the workshop is allowed. Students have to attend this workshop to join the data visualization competition.
(2) Data Visualization Competition
The Data Visualization Competition is jointly organised by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Department of Mathematical and Actuarial Sciences (DMAS), Centre for Curriculum Development and Innovative (CCDI) and Centre for Corporate and Community Development (CCCD).
Categories:
A = Form 1 to Form 3
A = Form 4 to Form 5
A group with minimum 2 and maximum 3 members to join the competition.
Eligibility:
This competition is open to ALL secondary and high school students (Form 1 to Form 5). Participating student(s) must submit a data visualization report together with a short video (5 to 10 minutes) to showcase their creativity and innovative in performing the data analysis and then present the data visualization report using the Microsoft Excel software.
Important Dates:
| Item | Dates |
|---|---|
| Data analysis workshop: | 11 December 2020 (Friday) |
| Due date for project submission: | 14 December 2020 (Monday, 5.30pm) |
| Judging period: | 15 – 17 December 2020 |
| Notification of results: | 18 December 2020 (Friday, 5.30pm) |
| e-Award ceremony: | 20 December 2020 (Sunday) |
Submission Link:
All submitted project report must be in Microsoft Excel format while the short video must be in MP4 format and to be received by 14 December 2020 @ 5.30 pm via Google Form and Submission Link: https://forms.gle/E8JwQFRTuih5ETrS8
Rules and Regulations:
1. All participants are required to attend the data analysis workshop on 11 December 2020.
2. The data visualization report must be subitted in Microsoft Excel file format.
3. The video must be submitted in MP4 format and the length of the short video is between 5 and 10 minutes; or between 300 and 600 seconds.
4. Only one data visualiztion report and one video per group submission.
5. All participants must be the original creator of the entry documenting your report and video. Each entry or submission must be a novel unpublished new report and video produced solely for this competition, not re-edited, plagiared, borrowed, copied, or counterfeited video works used for other purposes.
6. Entries involving intellectual property rights disputes shall be the responsibility of the entrants themselves and have nothing to do with the organiser. Entries with infringement of copyright or other rights shall be disqualified.
7. Entries using copyrighted or published text, interviews, video record or third party works (such as youtube video, photos, pictures, etc.), shall be authorised by the third-party with signed Consent for Authorised Use of Copyright and agree to the organisers and sublicense the use of the third person during the contest for the licensed content reproduce, edit, convert, distribute, publicly broadcast, public transport, public exhibition and other promotional activities of non-profit purpose use.
8. By participating, all participants, finalists and winners are deemed to have agreed to grant the organiser and the Univiersity the right to broadcast their works.
9. Once the project entry is shortlisted, it shall not be withdrawn for any reason. The finalists and winners shall be informed to attend the awards ceremony.
10. The organiser and the co-organisers have the rights to defend all judges’ collective decisions, and to use all entries received for the competition for promotional activities.
Data Visualization Competition Prize-Giving Ceremony on 20 December 2020:
Group A (Form 1 to 3):
| The Champion: | RM500 and e-Certificate of Award |
| 1st Runner-up: | RM200 and e-Certificate of Award |
| 2nd Runner-up: | RM100 and e-Certificate of Award |
Group B (Form 4 to 5):
| The Champion: | RM500 and e-Certificate of Award |
| 1st Runner-up: | RM200 and e-Certificate of Award |
| 2nd Runner-up: | RM100 and e-Certificate of Award |
Zoom meeting details for e-Award ceremony on 20 December 2020 will be sent to participants by email.
All student participants of the qualifying entries will be awarded an e-Certificate of Participation.
