Team ‘Мататон’ from PPMG ‘Acad. Nikola Obreshkov‘ - Burgas, is the winner of the first Daytathon, organized by the National Statistical Institute, in which 27 student teams from secondary schools in the country participated. The second place was taken by ‘Тийм 51’ from the 51st Secondary School ‘Elisaveta Bagriana’ in Sofia, and the third place was taken by the team ‘Пуканка’ from the Secondary School ‘Vasil Levski’ - Troyan.
Until the final stage, which took place from 19 to 21 June in the resort of Borovets, reached 14 teams. They had to work on the topic 'The impact of nomophobia (the fear of being without a phone) on the health of the population in Bulgaria', which was not announced until the beginning of the meeting. The challenge was to prepare, within 48 hours, a paper analysing, within an age group of their choice, nomophobia as a process of dependence evolving over time, as well as the conditions for its emergence and development.
The jury, chaired by Assoc. Prof. Mihail Konchev, Deputy President of the National Statistical Institute, gave the teams and their mentors the freedom to use official data from Eurostat, the National Statistical Institute and the United Nations, in addition to doing their own research and analysis. The evaluation criteria were: analytical ability, creativity, interpretation of data, ability to navigate and make quick decisions, teamwork, manner of presentation, and the role of the mentor in the work process.
‘I think we are one of the first to give young people the opportunity to learn about, analyse and present results on an addiction that directly affects them and about which we still do not speak out. Nomophobia is a serious addiction that should not be ignored’, said Assoc. Prof. Mihail Konchev. He thanked everyone for their efforts, unconventional solutions, imagination and interesting presentations.
Participants in the Daytathon will have the opportunity to revise their presentations into articles to be published in the ‘Statistics for Everyone’ section of the journal ‘Statistics’.
