TAKE THIS CLASS! Professor Davis is a phenomenal lecturer and it shows. If you do everything that you are asked to do and put effort into your work, she will make statistics intuitive and easy to understand. She knows that most people taking this class are not math people, so this class focuses exclusively on conceptual problems and the basics of statistical reasoning. She want you to learn material that will actually be relevant to you in the real world, and she does a very good job of it. If you put in a lot of effort on the labs, quizzes, and homework, you'll learn the material pretty easily.

As for grading, yes, she is known for not handing out free A's. Just 20/140 students got a 90%+ on the final. It's not conceptually difficult and it wasn't time pressured, but like the midterms is wasn't curved. HOWEVER, for spring quarter this year, she reduced the threshold for a solid A from 94% to a 90%, for a B from 84% to 80%, and so on, which is why I got an A- on the final and came out of the class with an A. I don't know if she's planning to make that change permanent or if there were just an unusually low number of A's this time around, but if it does stick it should make it a bit easier to take this class and get a solid A. Otherwise, yes, this isn't a GE that you should view as GPA booster, you should take this class just for the amount of stuff that you will learn.

Prof. Davis is a great teacher who is truly concerned with her students' learning. The class is tough, and is a lot of work, but totally doable. Utilize the assignments and quizzes as a chance to practice and you will do just fine. But it is really necessary to attend lecture, she gives lots of hints about exam questions!

To be frank, I'm confused by many of these other posts. I wouldn't consider myself a math type, and I kicked this class' ass. Do the homework, quizzes, and labs and you will do fine. I promise. If you're really having trouble, the TAs are pretty fantastic.

Okay, Davis is a good teacher with a sweet voice. BUT that trick is hard. Her tests and exams are worded in such a confusing way that not even the exchange student from Shanghai was confident after her midterm. I mean she teaches good but everyone still fails. And there are so many formulas to memorize, but stats is also conceptual, its not just math so its best that you really understand her concepts. oh, and your grade on the final is basically your grade in the class, so all the labs, quizzes and homework is USELESS. kick but on all exams and especially the final and you'll be fine. however, i have to retake stats. fml. oh, and if you do bad on both midterms, just drop the class. there is no hope, unless, that is, if you're an athlete who gets everything handed to him, then maybe you've still got a chance. DONT TAKE HER!!!!!!! but then again there's no escape. mwahhahha mwahahha

This class requires a lot of work. I have to work harder to get an A in this class than in calculus classes. This is because there was no curve for this class, and you have to get 94% or above to get an A. One good thing is that if you get 94% or above on the final then you'll automatically get an A in this class despite how bad your hw, quizzes, midterm scores. That was how I got an A in this class. Yeah, so good luck.

oki, so this class is on a straight curve. you need to get 94% to get an A, below 94% is an A- :(. I just got out of the first midterm and it was bad. There were 8 problems and we had only 45 min to solve them. It was bad for those who want an A in this class, but easy if you just want to pass the class. She does not explain concepts well. The quizzes, and hw are easy. they don't take much time to do at all. The labs are nonsense and I hate them. If you want an A in stats then take this class somewhere else cuz it's hard to get 94% or more in this class. good luck.

Professor Davis is a great instructor. She always explains everything in a very clear and premise way. Due to the amount of material that needs to be covered in the 10 weeks of class, she does tend to speed up a little, but if you go see her during office hours, she will help you. I never thought she was indifferent, on the contrary I really appreciated the fact that she really cared for our learning and success in the class. With that being said, the final is about 70% of your final grade. but, I honestly think this gives you a time to really shine, since the material on the final is all review of what was on the two midterms. I would really recommend this class. I had never taken stats before and at did dedicate a lot of time to this class and after doing okay on the first midterm and doing very poorly on the second midterm, i went to talk to her and she basically told me that if I got an A on the final, she would me that grade because she grades on improvement. I ended up with an A in the class!

Her exams make up the majority of your grade. With that said, the lectures, homework, quizzes and book do little to nothing to prepare you for her exams. I don't know where she comes up with those exam questions! I did well on all the homework assignments, the quizzes and the labs, and I still didn't do well in the class! I went to see her during office hours, and she was very indifferent. She simply didn't care! She just shrugged her shoulders and said, "Better luck next time!" What? Cold. I recommend taking a professor who cares! A professor who prepares you well enough to take an exam! A professor whose grading is FAIR!! Professor Davis needs to retire. She lost touch with her students, and we're the ones who are suffering for it.

The class is difficult and you need to put in effort if you expect to pass(and that does not mean just do the homework, labs, and study for the tests. You need to do way more). Class is five times a week. Plus you have 2 quizzes a week, weekly homework, and a lab you have to complete. Stats is every day. Go to class and study frequently if you expect to pass. It seems easy, but is not as it appears.The test are killers and look out for the final. Its worth half of your grade. Take it with Lew if she is teaching.

I would say you have to buy the book for this class...and since I had no previous stats classes I thought this class was more difficult than the rest of my courses. Davis explains concepts clearly but I felt that it wasn't easy to study for the exams because she doesn't give a study guide to let you know what the exam material is...and the two mid terms and the final ( a total of about 60 questions) determines 70% of your grade--But overall stats is an interesting subject:)