PSYCH 100A
Psychological Statistics
Description: Lecture, four hours. Requisites: course 10 with a grade of C or better, and one course from Mathematics 2, Program in Computing 10A, Statistics 10, or one term of calculus. Designed for premajors. Basic statistical procedures and their application to research and practice in various areas of psychology. P/NP or letter grading.
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Winter 2020 - Reise is an awesome guy, but his lectures were all over the place and hard to follow/understand. If you zone out for even a minute, it's so hard to get back on track. A lot of the slides are just random screenshots of code with arrows pointing to certain things, but no explanations. The online textbook is eh. The practice quizzes at the end of the chapter and the practice quizzes he sends out are pretty much exactly the same as the five weekly quizzes throughout the quarter, so study those and you'll be fine. If you have any kind of stats background, you should be fine for this class. It's an easy A, I just didn't study enough for two of the quizzes and it hurt my grade.
Winter 2020 - Reise is an awesome guy, but his lectures were all over the place and hard to follow/understand. If you zone out for even a minute, it's so hard to get back on track. A lot of the slides are just random screenshots of code with arrows pointing to certain things, but no explanations. The online textbook is eh. The practice quizzes at the end of the chapter and the practice quizzes he sends out are pretty much exactly the same as the five weekly quizzes throughout the quarter, so study those and you'll be fine. If you have any kind of stats background, you should be fine for this class. It's an easy A, I just didn't study enough for two of the quizzes and it hurt my grade.
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For all of those that are stuck and its too late to drop-- Hang in there!! I struggled a lot in this class. Don't be fooled because it was pretty difficult. Make sure you do ALL of the homework assignments and most importantly READ the book!! The lectures weren't too helpful for me. Most of the questions are conceptual and little math is actually required. I was worried that I might not pass. I got a C- on the first test, a C- on the second test BUT I studied my a** off for the final (which wasn't too hard because you get the hang of how her tests are like) I got a B+ on the final and ended up with a B in her class. Good luck everyone.
For all of those that are stuck and its too late to drop-- Hang in there!! I struggled a lot in this class. Don't be fooled because it was pretty difficult. Make sure you do ALL of the homework assignments and most importantly READ the book!! The lectures weren't too helpful for me. Most of the questions are conceptual and little math is actually required. I was worried that I might not pass. I got a C- on the first test, a C- on the second test BUT I studied my a** off for the final (which wasn't too hard because you get the hang of how her tests are like) I got a B+ on the final and ended up with a B in her class. Good luck everyone.
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although his voice is quite boring and monotone, his lectures weren't all bad. i went to most lectures but also fell asleep a few times. he posts his powerpoint presentations the night before class so i usually printed them and wrote notes on them during lecture i started reading the book during first week but stopped because it seemed like he just repeats material from the book. i must admit that his multiple choice exams are quite tricky. it isn't too hard but the curve could mess you up. his grading is quite difficult as he uses zscores to determine your grade. the second half of the course is much harder though. i did not read anything and seemed to fall asleep more during his lectures. but just as long as you read his reader before the final you will be fine. the final is worth 50% so it is smart to at least cram anything you know. i had a B- going into the final and came out getting an A in the class. there are 3 quizes (highest two count), 1 midterm, and final. i learned that the harder the exam, the better chance you are going to get a better zscore and grade.
although his voice is quite boring and monotone, his lectures weren't all bad. i went to most lectures but also fell asleep a few times. he posts his powerpoint presentations the night before class so i usually printed them and wrote notes on them during lecture i started reading the book during first week but stopped because it seemed like he just repeats material from the book. i must admit that his multiple choice exams are quite tricky. it isn't too hard but the curve could mess you up. his grading is quite difficult as he uses zscores to determine your grade. the second half of the course is much harder though. i did not read anything and seemed to fall asleep more during his lectures. but just as long as you read his reader before the final you will be fine. the final is worth 50% so it is smart to at least cram anything you know. i had a B- going into the final and came out getting an A in the class. there are 3 quizes (highest two count), 1 midterm, and final. i learned that the harder the exam, the better chance you are going to get a better zscore and grade.
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She's absolutely adorable!! I'm so glad I took her for 100A. She's organized and surprisingly made psych 100A somewhat interesting. Tests are actually fair which is rare for stats. She also really cares about her students and tries to remember everyone's names. I learned a lot from her and definitely recommend her to anyone who needs to take 100A. Really, one of the best professors at UCLA. Note: I've never really spoken to her so I'm not one of those students whos opinion is biased. I really mean it.
She's absolutely adorable!! I'm so glad I took her for 100A. She's organized and surprisingly made psych 100A somewhat interesting. Tests are actually fair which is rare for stats. She also really cares about her students and tries to remember everyone's names. I learned a lot from her and definitely recommend her to anyone who needs to take 100A. Really, one of the best professors at UCLA. Note: I've never really spoken to her so I'm not one of those students whos opinion is biased. I really mean it.
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I definitely do NOT recommend this Professor. He's a nice guy, but he doesn't know how to teach. He has this ability to make easy concepts into complex one. He can take a concept like what a 'mean' is and make you feel like you've never seen or learned how to calculate a mean before. Sounds harsh, but sit in one of his lectures and you'll know what i'm talking about. He knows his stuff, but he's not very good at teaching it. If it wasn't for the TA I probably would have failed this class. The book he uses is terrible too, especially when he DOESN'T follow the book. It gets very confusing when the book uses one notation and Sneed uses another notation to represent the same thing. Don't take this professor unless you dont mind hating Statistics and messing up your GPA.
I definitely do NOT recommend this Professor. He's a nice guy, but he doesn't know how to teach. He has this ability to make easy concepts into complex one. He can take a concept like what a 'mean' is and make you feel like you've never seen or learned how to calculate a mean before. Sounds harsh, but sit in one of his lectures and you'll know what i'm talking about. He knows his stuff, but he's not very good at teaching it. If it wasn't for the TA I probably would have failed this class. The book he uses is terrible too, especially when he DOESN'T follow the book. It gets very confusing when the book uses one notation and Sneed uses another notation to represent the same thing. Don't take this professor unless you dont mind hating Statistics and messing up your GPA.
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Winter 2023 - TLDR: pick a different professor if you can Stigler was an okay professor... It was a flipped classroom where we used a thing called Jupyter Notebook through bruinlearn to learn R and then during lecture, he would just code on a separate website and we would just have to copy it down and submit it. The class is super easy when it comes to completing work and submitting things but when it comes to the tests everything is different. All we did during class and homework was code R, but the test would ask questions about statistics. None of it felt connected and I never knew what to expect on a test because the first midterm was super easy multiple choice but then the second midterm and final were multiple choice questions based on the code we make. Unfortunately, I ended with a C- so I have to retake the class for my major which is annoying because my friends who took 100A this quarter with the other professor said it was the easiest class ever. Stigler also would be really rude to his students when they didn't participate, he would just pick on people and say "you answer this because I made eye contact with you" or he would just make mean and snarky remarks about how no one is participating but its literally just because no one has any idea what is going on. There are two grading schemes, they try both and then apply the one that gives you the higher grade. Method 1: homework (10%), midterm 1 (20%), midterm 2 (25%), final (40%), Jupyter (5%) Method 2: homework (10%), midterm 1 (20%), midterm 2 (30%), final (40%), Jupyter (0%) 1% extra credit if you participate in a study but according to him, he only does this sometimes.
Winter 2023 - TLDR: pick a different professor if you can Stigler was an okay professor... It was a flipped classroom where we used a thing called Jupyter Notebook through bruinlearn to learn R and then during lecture, he would just code on a separate website and we would just have to copy it down and submit it. The class is super easy when it comes to completing work and submitting things but when it comes to the tests everything is different. All we did during class and homework was code R, but the test would ask questions about statistics. None of it felt connected and I never knew what to expect on a test because the first midterm was super easy multiple choice but then the second midterm and final were multiple choice questions based on the code we make. Unfortunately, I ended with a C- so I have to retake the class for my major which is annoying because my friends who took 100A this quarter with the other professor said it was the easiest class ever. Stigler also would be really rude to his students when they didn't participate, he would just pick on people and say "you answer this because I made eye contact with you" or he would just make mean and snarky remarks about how no one is participating but its literally just because no one has any idea what is going on. There are two grading schemes, they try both and then apply the one that gives you the higher grade. Method 1: homework (10%), midterm 1 (20%), midterm 2 (25%), final (40%), Jupyter (5%) Method 2: homework (10%), midterm 1 (20%), midterm 2 (30%), final (40%), Jupyter (0%) 1% extra credit if you participate in a study but according to him, he only does this sometimes.
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