Professor
Frederick Paik Schoenberg
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Winter 2024 - This is an easy class, however it is not a free A. 25% midterm, 10% lab and 55% final, so you basically need to get an A on the final if you want an A in the class. The exams are not difficult but they are very short (midterm was 20 multiple choice questions and final was 30 multiple choice questions) so there is not much room for error. Neither the midterm or final was curved, but since it was multiple choice you could just guess if you didn't know the answer and you didn't need to show work to get the points. I think the average for the midterm was 16/20, but he gives you a practice midterm and final. They are not that similar to the actual thing but it is really the only thing that helps you study for the exams because the homework is irrelevant to the midterm and final. The midterm and final are also open note but that is lowkey just an excuse to make the exam unnecessarily difficult. There is only 4/5 assignments the whole quarter about 5-7 problems each and will take you less than 30 minutes to do and they are graded on completion, not accuracy. The labs are free points, as long as you go to your discussion section, the TA will spoon feed you the code. If you took AP Stats in high school you should get at least a B in this class.
Winter 2024 - This is an easy class, however it is not a free A. 25% midterm, 10% lab and 55% final, so you basically need to get an A on the final if you want an A in the class. The exams are not difficult but they are very short (midterm was 20 multiple choice questions and final was 30 multiple choice questions) so there is not much room for error. Neither the midterm or final was curved, but since it was multiple choice you could just guess if you didn't know the answer and you didn't need to show work to get the points. I think the average for the midterm was 16/20, but he gives you a practice midterm and final. They are not that similar to the actual thing but it is really the only thing that helps you study for the exams because the homework is irrelevant to the midterm and final. The midterm and final are also open note but that is lowkey just an excuse to make the exam unnecessarily difficult. There is only 4/5 assignments the whole quarter about 5-7 problems each and will take you less than 30 minutes to do and they are graded on completion, not accuracy. The labs are free points, as long as you go to your discussion section, the TA will spoon feed you the code. If you took AP Stats in high school you should get at least a B in this class.
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This class was very interesting and I learned a lot of useful skills. No textbook, just power points. The midterm and final were multiple choice with a couple open ended questions (no partial). Not really that bad if know the material because they were not too hard. Oh and the exams were open notes. The wrong answers in the multiple choices were completely random and were not derived from mistakes you would make while doing a problem. This makes getting >90 very doable. Grade: A. Workload: Low. Difficulty: med. I recommend you know how to play poker before taking this course.
This class was very interesting and I learned a lot of useful skills. No textbook, just power points. The midterm and final were multiple choice with a couple open ended questions (no partial). Not really that bad if know the material because they were not too hard. Oh and the exams were open notes. The wrong answers in the multiple choices were completely random and were not derived from mistakes you would make while doing a problem. This makes getting >90 very doable. Grade: A. Workload: Low. Difficulty: med. I recommend you know how to play poker before taking this course.
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