STATS 10
Introduction to Statistical Reasoning
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; computer laboratory, two hours. Preparation: three years of high school mathematics. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 12, 13, or 15. Introduction to statistical thinking and understanding, including strengths and limitations of basic experimental designs, graphical and numerical summaries of data, inference, regression as descriptive tool. P/NP or letter grading.
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ECON 41 I had Professor Rojas in the Spring 12. The grade consisted of two midterms, each 30%, and a final, worth 40%. The exams were fair; no curve balls and he distributes formula sheets for each test. The orange book was not useful, but Professor Rojas was thorough enough during lecture so that the book was not really necessary. Go to lecture and take good notes... you should be fine :)
ECON 41 I had Professor Rojas in the Spring 12. The grade consisted of two midterms, each 30%, and a final, worth 40%. The exams were fair; no curve balls and he distributes formula sheets for each test. The orange book was not useful, but Professor Rojas was thorough enough during lecture so that the book was not really necessary. Go to lecture and take good notes... you should be fine :)
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The thing I love about Professor Sanchez is that she is the best at making concepts easy to understand: (directly from 02/20/2015 lecture) SANCHEZ: So, would you say that the people that are in the ‘college or higher’ group are independent of the people that are in the ‘high school or lower’ group? Do you think they are independent? Yes or no? Be, be courageous. STUDENT: (shy) Yes. SANCHEZ: Yes, yes. That’s it. Yeah. No, they are not. They are independent, right? No. They are not independent. Right? What did you say. Yes or no. No. You said yes they are independent, or yes they are not? STUDENT: Independent. SANCHEZ: Yes. They are independent. No. Yes. They are not independent, okay? They are not independent. I mean, sorry. Yes. They are independent. Fuck this class.
The thing I love about Professor Sanchez is that she is the best at making concepts easy to understand: (directly from 02/20/2015 lecture) SANCHEZ: So, would you say that the people that are in the ‘college or higher’ group are independent of the people that are in the ‘high school or lower’ group? Do you think they are independent? Yes or no? Be, be courageous. STUDENT: (shy) Yes. SANCHEZ: Yes, yes. That’s it. Yeah. No, they are not. They are independent, right? No. They are not independent. Right? What did you say. Yes or no. No. You said yes they are independent, or yes they are not? STUDENT: Independent. SANCHEZ: Yes. They are independent. No. Yes. They are not independent, okay? They are not independent. I mean, sorry. Yes. They are independent. Fuck this class.
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great professor, explains everything very well. highly recommended. pretty easy course too. the stuff he tests on comes straight out of his lecture notes. the boook was useless, only used for homework, but no worries because the TA helps you with that too. the quarter would have been perfect other than the fact that prof. schoenberg didnt bother to show up on the day of the final as all 160 of us sit in the lecture hall for 2 hours at 8 am wondering what was going on.
great professor, explains everything very well. highly recommended. pretty easy course too. the stuff he tests on comes straight out of his lecture notes. the boook was useless, only used for homework, but no worries because the TA helps you with that too. the quarter would have been perfect other than the fact that prof. schoenberg didnt bother to show up on the day of the final as all 160 of us sit in the lecture hall for 2 hours at 8 am wondering what was going on.
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Professor Strand is a VERY caring teacher and knows his stuff but his test are VERY hard!! Do not be fooled into thinking they are easy. The good thing about his lectures is that they are all online and they are easy to follow. I would recommend his class to those who want to a good challenge.
Professor Strand is a VERY caring teacher and knows his stuff but his test are VERY hard!! Do not be fooled into thinking they are easy. The good thing about his lectures is that they are all online and they are easy to follow. I would recommend his class to those who want to a good challenge.
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Adam's pretty much the best. I'm a sociology major an in no way any sort of math-whiz, and I passed the class. The work was relatively easy, and the questions from the tests were forms of same questions he asked in class. Lectures notes were provided beforehand, but there were blanks that you could only fill if you went to lecture. Discussion was extremely helpful, and the TAs and professor were always available.
Adam's pretty much the best. I'm a sociology major an in no way any sort of math-whiz, and I passed the class. The work was relatively easy, and the questions from the tests were forms of same questions he asked in class. Lectures notes were provided beforehand, but there were blanks that you could only fill if you went to lecture. Discussion was extremely helpful, and the TAs and professor were always available.
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Winter 2020 - Professor Michael Tsiang's lectures and slides are very helpful because he breaks everything down in order for it to be easy to understand. His exams are not easy A's however as you will find trick questions or oddly-worded questions causing you to get a B or B+ on his exams instead. But don't worry!!! I was below the mean on the first mid-term, but quite above the mean on the next mid-term and final. As long as you guys make sure you are at the mean for every exam, YOU WILL GET AN A! In addition, he gives very generous extra credit opportunities, which I made sure to capitalize on, make sure you do too. Although this class might make you stress out a bit, as long as you put in your effort, it is an easy A. I wish all his future students the best of luck. YOU GOT THIS!!!
Winter 2020 - Professor Michael Tsiang's lectures and slides are very helpful because he breaks everything down in order for it to be easy to understand. His exams are not easy A's however as you will find trick questions or oddly-worded questions causing you to get a B or B+ on his exams instead. But don't worry!!! I was below the mean on the first mid-term, but quite above the mean on the next mid-term and final. As long as you guys make sure you are at the mean for every exam, YOU WILL GET AN A! In addition, he gives very generous extra credit opportunities, which I made sure to capitalize on, make sure you do too. Although this class might make you stress out a bit, as long as you put in your effort, it is an easy A. I wish all his future students the best of luck. YOU GOT THIS!!!
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Spring 2021 - This is definitely an EASY A GE. Professor Wang provides her students with previous quarter sample exams and the slides which makes the exam much easier. Besides, the lecture given by Professor Wang are super clear, while the HWs in this class are completely optional which means the workload is very light. After every lecture, there will be a post-lecture pop quiz which counts towards the participation credits, and there's easy extra credits. Overall, this course is definitely not a time consuming but an EASY A GE. I highly recommend this course to those who have already select multiple intense major course during the quarter.
Spring 2021 - This is definitely an EASY A GE. Professor Wang provides her students with previous quarter sample exams and the slides which makes the exam much easier. Besides, the lecture given by Professor Wang are super clear, while the HWs in this class are completely optional which means the workload is very light. After every lecture, there will be a post-lecture pop quiz which counts towards the participation credits, and there's easy extra credits. Overall, this course is definitely not a time consuming but an EASY A GE. I highly recommend this course to those who have already select multiple intense major course during the quarter.
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Prof. Womack is a really cool guy. He is pretty laid back and very helpful at the same time. He explains every concept clearly. His midterms are fair, as long as you practice the problems you'll be fine. Choose him over any other, especially if it's not an important part of your major.
Prof. Womack is a really cool guy. He is pretty laid back and very helpful at the same time. He explains every concept clearly. His midterms are fair, as long as you practice the problems you'll be fine. Choose him over any other, especially if it's not an important part of your major.
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Fall 2020 - I'm a poli sci major that hates math, but Wu made this fairly painless. He's an incredibly nice, personable, and helpful professor that clearly cares about students succeeding. The content isn't that interesting but Wu teaches in a very clear manner that made it fairly easy. It is easy to get behind, however, so I'd recommend staying on top of lectures and actually reading the textbook (I think I'd space out on a lot of the lectures if I didn't have the textbook's background knowledge). The lab portion of Stats 10 is totally ridiculous, but most TA's walk you through it step by step so it's fine. Wu writes pretty hard exams, as well. The midterm was easy but he used relatively confusing language that lead to the mean score in the class being 73. The final was also hard, with a mean score of a 72... so take studying for the tests seriously. In my class he curved pretty generously (dropped a few low scores and rounded some things up, I believe), but I'm not sure if this is the norm. If you have to take stats 10, Professor Wu is a good person to take it with!
Fall 2020 - I'm a poli sci major that hates math, but Wu made this fairly painless. He's an incredibly nice, personable, and helpful professor that clearly cares about students succeeding. The content isn't that interesting but Wu teaches in a very clear manner that made it fairly easy. It is easy to get behind, however, so I'd recommend staying on top of lectures and actually reading the textbook (I think I'd space out on a lot of the lectures if I didn't have the textbook's background knowledge). The lab portion of Stats 10 is totally ridiculous, but most TA's walk you through it step by step so it's fine. Wu writes pretty hard exams, as well. The midterm was easy but he used relatively confusing language that lead to the mean score in the class being 73. The final was also hard, with a mean score of a 72... so take studying for the tests seriously. In my class he curved pretty generously (dropped a few low scores and rounded some things up, I believe), but I'm not sure if this is the norm. If you have to take stats 10, Professor Wu is a good person to take it with!
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