What is the PSQ?



         The Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ) is an annual competition in statistics among college freshmen enrolled in any private or public college or university in the Philippines.

































    



  What are the objectives of the PSQ?



         The PSQ has the following objectives:

  1. To assess the competency and skills of students in statistics as acquired from the secondary education curriculum;

  2. To promote, enhance, and instill awareness and appreciation of the importance and value of science, statistics in particular, among the students, and;

  3. To generate public awareness on the important uses of statistics in all development-planning activities and win overall support for all government statistical activities.



















    



  Who may compete in the PSQ?



         The PSQ is open to Filipino first-time college freshmen currently enrolled in the second semester of the current school year in any recognized tertiary academic institution in the country. First-time college freshmen are those who have enrolled for not more than two semesters (or its equivalent term) in college.

         Contestants are entitled to one coach and must be officially endorsed by an official of the academic institution where he/she is enrolled.

         Interested students and coaches should register with the PSQ Regional Steering Committee (RSC) through the NSO Regional Office for the regional championships. The number of contestants should not exceed three per school.

         Relatives within the third degree of consanguinity of members of the various working committees of the 2006 PSQ and of the PSA Board of Directors are not eligible to participate in the contest.
















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  What are the prizes at stake in the PSQ?



         Regional champions who shall be eligible to join the national competition shall receive a PSQ Medallion and a Certificate of Recognition. The college or university where the regional champion is enrolled shall receive a Certificate of Appreciation. Likewise, a Certificate of Recognition shall be given to the school where the finalist completed his/her secondary education (high school) to give credit to the contestants good background in statistics. The coach shall also be receiving a Certificate of Recognition. Cash prizes await the top five winners and their coaches.

         Roundtrip fares and allowances shall be given to the regional champions and their respective coaches from outside Metro Manila for the duration of the National Finals. Modest accommodation shall also be provided to them for free.
























   








  When and where will the competition be held?



         Regional eliminations are held at the regional centers simultaneously during the month of November. The elimination rounds in the regions are organized by the PSQ Regional Steering Committee through the NSO Regional Offices. The PSQ National Finals is held in December in Metro Manila.






















   



For further inquiries please write or call



THE PSQ SECRETARIAT                                                       
Clemente S. Manaog                                              
National Statistics Office                                       
R. Magsaysay Blvd. Sta. Mesa, Manila                                          
Tel. Nos. 7156502/7137074                                            

PSQ-Secretariat@census.gov.ph





















         View the logo from its bi-directional, yet concentric perspective. Enlarging circles emanating from southeast to northwest, calls your attention to the nationwide coverage and vision of the PSQ -- statistics in support of nation building. On the other hand, the gold circle in the southeast corner draws your sights downwards from the definitive pointed end of the enlarging circles to the open hole that marks the central reference point. GOLD is for knowledge.

         The golden circle is the uncovered aperture created by the PSQ through which the youth and studentry (represented by the GREEN) gain access to statistics.

         In its unadorned position within the square-shaped boundaries, the circle is also tail of the "Q" (for Quiz) built-up by the positive-negative interplay of gold and green on white.

         The PSQ is firmly cradled in the nurturing arms of her institutional supporters (BLUE corners in the northeast and southwest), specially her birthing parents -- the National Statistics Office and the Philippine Statistical Association.