Half Way Point Middle EXAM...Today!

Eeek! My statistics midterm is today and my belly is telling my intestines just how nervous we are. Why? Why you say, am I so concerned about a class I am taking just for funsies? Well, I want to show Mr. Doctoral Program Admission Person that I am not a complete idiot when it comes to all things math (even though I am) so I need to have a piece of paper (er, uh, transcript) so I can have this conversation:

Mr. Admissions: So, I see during your masters work you scored well in your first statistics class and then received a C (after remediating a D) in your second course. Tell me more about that.

Me: [yeah because the teacher f'ing sucked and I was asleep through most of it] Yes. I would say statistics is not my strongest attribute, however I've dedicated myself to continuing my statistical education well into my career in public health practice.

Mr. Admissions: I'm listening.

Me: HERE! [waving paper wildly] HERE IN MY HAND I have the transcript from a statistics course I took on my own accord last winter! See, an A! In this course we used SAS statistical programming, albeit at a very elementary level, to analyze social and biological data. It was a great refresher for me.

Mr. Admissions: Your dedication is indeed impressive, and will be taken into consideration along with your extensive work background in the field and GRE Scores [crap! I still have to take that again too!]

Me: Thank you sir. I like your shirt.

Mr. Admissions: Oh, one more question. If you were to look at a sample of n=140 in a clinical trial for migraine medicine. Would you think this sample size has enough statistical power to conclude that a drug in fact works better than the rate of improvement with no therapies at all?

Me: Heck if I know, but I know clams get bigger if you put them in warm water!


I need L(AAAH)TZ of luck so do the kind of *wishing* where you squeeze your eyes closed tighter than tight and tap your heels together, Okay? *wish* *wish* *wish*

(Don't go hurting yourself though. Oh and save some of your wishes for my final in five weeks. okaythanksbye.)