This is not going to end well.

[cyrano]

After three hours in the math lab today I quit and went home, just about the time I discovered that even the tutors there couldn't tell me how to do this. I predict a more and more messy wrap up, with four weeks of the outer shell burning away, the conflagration constantly fed by the leaking hydrogen from within. Hopefully by the time I hit the ground most of the observers will have been able to clear the area. I'm trying to make an appointment to find out whether withdrawl is any better than failing at this late date, and if I have other options.
I cannot tell you when I use x, x-bar, mu, p, p-hat, z, z*, t, t* or any of the other variants let alone when I should take the value from a formula or a table or when degrees of freedom are important. And that statement probably made as much sense to you as it does to me, unless you're Jake.
Regardless. If I'd had my cigarettes with me, I would have been smoking. I'll have to settle for alcohol.

Comments

[jakejr.livejournal.com]

If you think I can help, we can talk on AIM anytime about whatever it is you're trying to do.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

The distance may be a barrier I can't overcome here. That combined with the fact that this instructor is very particular and wants to see things done in a very certain fashion.

[jakejr.livejournal.com]

Okay. Offer's open, so keep it in mind. And if you haven't looked at wikipedia (which is shockingly useful for math stuff) and the UCLA stats department (which has good tutorial videos and lectures and resources on a lot of topics), they might help, too. Usually the trouble with stats is just that the way they're being explained doesn't work for the individual. Everybody gets their head around it in a slightly different way, and most instructors can't find a way to do enough different explanations to help everyone.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I will certainly have a look at these before I throw my hands up and walk away. Thank you very much.