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.

For those considering enrolling with her, I'd say she's good. While it is an easy class with a good grading structure(and an easy midterm), I felt like lectures were slightly lackluster because she would literally read off the slides(To her credit, slides and lectures are really nicely organized). She's super nice and explains everything coherently and is very considerate about timezones. Labs can be a little time consuming, but I guess that's not something you can fault her specifically since labs are a general req for this class. TA's kind of tell you what to do on them anyway.

I took AP stats in high school and I can definitely say the material is the same if not less than what I learned in high school. The only issue is that I forgot nearly everything. While her workload was extremely manageable and it was easy to get full points on everything besides the exams, prof doesn't give you much material to actually practice on. Quizzes (weekly) and participation (easy discussion post after class) were given full credit once you reached a certain amount which was very doable. The labs were coding in R, all of the code is gone through and shown during discussion sections. The exams were the only tricky part about this class. With not much practice material, it's hard to grasp onto much of the concepts and there was not much time to actually complete the exam. When expressing our concerns, the prof was no help, basically telling us to just review her lecture slides and change the numbers as practice. Other than the exams, this class is definitely pretty easy, especially if you already have background in stats.

The most difficult components of this class were the midterm and final. Although they were online exams, I feel as though the professor did not provide us with enough time to complete them. A few of my friends in another stats 10 class were granted more time and had the same amount of questions as us. However, it is very easy to offset your exam scores with the quizzes, participation, labs, and homework assignments. I received an 82% on the midterm and a 78% on the final but still pulled an A in the class. The quizzes are pretty straight forward and as soon as you reach 25 points you do not have to take any more because it is capped. The TA gives the exact code for each lab assignment, and if you play your cards right by going to office hours they will give you homework answers (or very strong hints). Please don't waste your time trying to understand the code (they will never show up on the exams). Homework assignments and labs are graded on ACCURACY, so be sure to ask your TA for clarification if you are not sure about your answers. This is important as scoring a 100% in both these categories will offset low exam scores. Overall, the content was pretty simple up until the midterm and became increasingly more difficult afterwards. Note: I did not take AP Stats in high school.

Super easy class. Lecture slides are posted, so following along in class is really easy. I had never taken any statistics courses before, and I still got an A+. We had 4 homework assignments, 5 lab assignments, weekly quizzes, and 2 midterms, and I never felt overwhelmed by the workload. Our lowest homework, lab, and quiz grades were dropped. For the labs, I just followed along and did exactly what my TA (Navin Souda - he was amazing) did, and I got 100s on all of them. Overall, this class is super easy to manage, and everyone should be able to succeed!

This class was terrible. There was so much work and the class in itself had no relation with the homeworks, oh and there was coding due every 2 weeks but it was also unrelated and the prof didn't really ever talk about it. I like stats but this class didn't really have anything to do with it. Why make a class called introduction to statistics hard? There was also randomly homework added DURING finals week (wasn't on syllabus or given at least a few weeks in advance...). So it could be worse for sure but I wouldn't recommend.

The reviews from people who took this class during COVID are misleading. Homework is not optional. There is an intense workload. The issue I had was not that the content is hard, it's that there are a ton of assignments and in my case the majority of our assignments weren't graded until the quarter was over and everyone had gone home. The tests are pretty difficult. There was also a group project that felt like a total waste of everyone's time. My TA was super unhelpful with any of the work and very rarely seemed to know what was going on in the class. It seemed like there was either a huge lack of communication between the professor and the TA or my TA just didn't care about his students at all.

***I took this class online in a virtual format due to COVID-19.
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OVERVIEW: Overall, Wang and this class were both pretty good. The difficulty of this class primarily depends on if you've been exposed to the topics beforehand, i.e. AP Stats. If you've taken AP Stats and remember everything, this class has nothing new to offer you and is a free A. Otherwise, prepare to study the topics a bit, but it's still quite an easy subject. The workload is very light for the number of units, and tests are all multiple choice with a period in a 24-hour window.
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GRADING: Grading is very straightforward in this class, there's no curve and homework is not graded. Participation was required (either through a live Zoom survey, or a short quiz you could take after you watched a recorded lecture). Other than that, there's the weekly quiz, labs, and one midterm and one final. Extra credit was offered for participating in Campuswire, which is really easy. It kind of got out of hand when every question was answered seven times with the same answer, but it's not hurting anyone and it's free points, so why not?
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HW: There is literally no graded homework. Selected problems are posted with solutions, but are completely optional, so if you've taken AP Stats and feel confident in the material you can skip it, but it is really good practice. Other than that, there's coding labs with R, which sounds intimidating but you can literally just copy exactly what the TA does in discussions and get 100%. Coding is never on the exams, so just follow along during discussions and it's no problem.
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EXAMS: There were around 7 weekly quizzes that were relatively short. They're not timed or anything, and you can start them anytime during the week, though you only have one attempt. Overall, not a big deal as long as you keep up with the material. Midterms and finals were of the same format, one long CCLE quiz you had 90 minutes to take in a 24 hour interval. Very fair questions, and anytime there were issues, the question got fixed and points reimbursed. Exams and quizzes together make up 60% of the grade, so do make sure you're prepared for them though!
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SUMMARY: Wang is a decent lecturer, if a bit boring at times, but she's very nice/approachable. There's many office hours for help, and the Campuswire is super active. I'd recommend this class/professor for a requirement or a GE. Overall, it's quite stress-free, and the accommodations for online learning were great as well.

First off, Professor Wang is like the opposite of what all your high school teachers would say professors in college are like. She plays statistics songs and will fix issues with the class when students ask or complain. She is one of my favorite professors I have had here at UCLA. She is sweet and kind and her lectures are very precise, in the sense, that it teaches you everything you need to know for the tests and quizzes. I would say that as for statistic labs, which are coding in R, they could be very difficult if you are never exposed to coding before. Luckily, my TA Arjun was a god and would literally do the projects with us in class. He was very good and effective in conveying topics and recapping class. I loved the structure in this class because the work was not overwhelming but kept you on track. The quizzes were pretty easy and the final was extremely easy. This class is an easy A for anyone regardless of your major.

Your grade is broken down into several components: lecture attendance (10%), online quizzes (15%), lab (15%), homework (15%), exams (midterm 20%, final 25%), and extra credit opportunities (2%). This class was half online, half in-person with labs being in-person and lectures being online. However, TAs recorded labs, so this class became entirely online for me.

I will not go into detail regarding lecture attendance/ online quizzes since those will probably be discontinued after this quarter. As for the labs, I am sure it will be the same way, but the TAs will quite literally give you the exact answers during your discussion section. We are required to code in R for lab, but I walked in with no knowledge and did perfectly fine only because the TA feeds us the answers and we did not need to learn/ get tested on coding material. The homework was also quite easy to get through, but you should always double-check it before turning it in, especially since she does give you ample time to complete it. They grade homework by selecting random sets of problems, so I would suggest that you try on every single problem rather than gamble on which one they would check! If you do not do well on one, it will be dropped! A lab that you did not do well on will be dropped as well.

Admittedly, I found Bingling a little hard to follow along to but if you ask her questions during the lecture, she will actively stop and ensure that you are following along well with the material (even just a single person). This class would definitely be easier if you came in with prior knowledge about statistics (I heard AP stats was much harder than this class). I personally learned material from the first half of this class and found the midterm quite easy. However, I did struggle a bit with the material after the midterm although I still ended up with an A. I realized that my class struggled with the course material and I was a little surprised since I did not find the material too difficult, but if you ever do find it difficult, make sure to seek help! Bingling is very helpful and so are the TAs!