Sponsored by the the American Statistical Association (ASA) Committee on International Relations in Statistics, International Data Quest is a data event that began in 2025. Every October, teams of undergraduate and master’s students will work in teams to generate and answer questions using a single large and rich dataset provided by ASA.

Data Quest awards students in three categories:

Best Data Visualization
Best Consideration of Ethics (see ASA’s Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice)
Best Statistical Insight

Every member of each winning team will be granted a free ASA membership for a year.

Students complete the competition within their countries first and then first place winners move up to the international level of the competition. In 2025, participants were from Brazil, Indonesia, and Türkiye. In 2026, we hope to extend the competition to more countries around the world.

If you are a student interested in participating check back this website in September to find country specific participation information.

If you are NOT a student and if you are interested in serving as a country representative in bringing Data Quest to one of the 136 countries in this list, please reach out to mdogucu@uci.edu.