t-minus thirteen hours

tomorrow's the first day of my qualifying exam
been studying for months so there's no need to cram
three sections, two days, and serious implications
lots of stress, lots of coffee, and a lack of vacations

i know lots of stuff about techniques of regression
preventing all bias has become an obsession
methods for study design and analyses
my brain is at risk of knowledge paralyses!

if y is my score, beta one is my slope,
x one is me, x two is hope
looking forward to this exam being over and done
so 'normal' can return and i can have some fun! (and start my research)