Need opinion on a math shirt

California-Bolt · 02-16-2007, 04:53 PM

Yeah, well I guess it doesn't apply to just math people, but it would help if you are familar to statistics.

For our class, we can get extra credit for designing a class shirt for AP Statistics. The extra credit means nothing to me, I just want to make a cool shirt, we vote on them next week. Anyways, this is where it helps if you know some statistics.

On the front of the shirt, I want it to say "Practice safe Sampling"

And then on the back, I'm going to draw a picture of a normal distribution which looks like this http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...o_binomial.png

except without all the lines

Yeah, I know its pretty lame, but the shirts from previous years were also real nerdy, like they spelled words with math symbols etc.

Anyways, tell me what you think, or if you have any suggestions on font, word placement, etc. Thanks

a778999 · 02-16-2007, 05:15 PM

Do you mean simple random sampling instead of safe sampling?

California-Bolt · 02-16-2007, 05:23 PM

I guess, but its not as catchy

a778999 · 02-16-2007, 05:24 PM

oooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I didn't get the reference to "safe sex" at first lol

socks · 02-16-2007, 05:29 PM

haha, nice. i like it

California-Bolt · 02-16-2007, 05:29 PM

Yeah, thats one of my main concerns. I just hope people get it, and I don't want to offend anyone (yes, there are people out there who would get offended).

fizix · 02-16-2007, 05:46 PM

Make the font goddamn huge. Even size 100 font probably won't suffice. Make absolutely certain you'll be able to see it.

California-Bolt · 02-16-2007, 05:52 PM

I used a website to start off. The font and picture are yet to be designed, but how does this look?

http://tinyurl.com/2kr5f3

Any suggestions on what to put on the back?

cowtipper1 · 02-16-2007, 06:00 PM

I'd put only the graph on the front and put the "Practice Safe Sampling" on the back in gynormous letters that can be seen like 100 yards away. Or vice versa.

fizix · 02-16-2007, 06:22 PM

I'd put "Practice Safe Sampling" on the bottom of the distribution rather than the top.
Maybe you can have people's names/class quotes on the back. Or math jokes, those are always fun

silentsailor · 02-16-2007, 06:51 PM

Haha, I like it but my school would never approve it...

We had a bell curve of intelligence and AP Stats students labled three standard deviants from the norm...not creative but it was cute

Sungchul · 02-16-2007, 06:52 PM

They have some really good math shirts. The math department at our school is "wild," and many of the teachers own these shirts. I've seen, "Don't Drink and Derive," F.O.I.L -- Keepin' It Fresh!," "Radical Chick [a chick under a radical]," and "Keepin' it Real [with the imaginary i crossed out]." Unfortunately, I haven't seen any Stat shirts.

California-Bolt · 02-16-2007, 06:56 PM

Haha, we have that Don't Drink and Derive shirt, it's pretty common I guess. And silent, that 3 sd's away from the norm is pretty clever. I'm wondering if our teacher will approve of it, I mean on one hand we all know what it is, but on the other, he can never stress enough how important sampling is.

California-Bolt · 02-16-2007, 07:13 PM

Here is the shirt with the words on the bottom.

http://tinyurl.com/2qqu7d

I'll get working on the other designs soon

MNOAAA12 · 02-16-2007, 07:35 PM

If you turn the graph upside down it can look like a different body part. Although the way u have it is better.