Saturday, May 15, 2010

19/52

19/52
(end of semester review)

"Even in our daily unconscious,
we acknowledge
the center."
An unlikely quote
from my bumbly east-asian
professor, mister Hsu
who lectures giggling
at 9am every Saturday
this Spring.

"Bear with me," he rings
rat-a-tat-tatting
a scramble of words:
"variance, percentile,
"divide by four," fingers wiggling.
"population proportion,"
"absolute value"
and this deviation
from the norm.

It's really all about hypothesis testing
I guess. But what
margin of error, "What
can we get by with," Mr. Hsu echoes
my silent question,
What can I do to pass?

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