Professor Davis is excellent!! Her lectures are organzied and her explanation for concepts are easy to understand. The two midterms are a bit difficult and unexpected, but if you go over quizses, previous midterms and hand-outs, you'll get 90%+. Grading is reasonable. Usually, she drops 2-3 problems and grade the rest. I highly recommend Professor Davis if you look for a good, easy GE and really want to learn something.

If you have to take stats, make SURE you take her. I don't think anyone else can make the subject easier. She doesn't grade on a curve, it's just straight up points, but all the homework/labs and even midterms are graded VERY generously. She's a very nice person too.

I agree with what was said before. She makes things incredibly easy; I got an A and am not math-inclined. There is a decent amount of busy work but it is all very easy and helps boost your grade. I think I also learned a bit of statistics, so it wasnt a complete waste of time. highly, highly recommneded esp. for econ students

Prof. Davis is one of the sweetest and easiest professors at UCLA. She is so old fashioned and sweet, I wanted to hug her every time I was in her class. She constantly reinfores concepts, which are in themselves not very complicated at all, and she drops the lowest quiz, lab and homework score, as well as a few problems on the midterm and final. She is also easily available outside of class and by e-mail. I don't see how it is not possible to get at least an A- in the class. Also, if one has an A going into the final, one is not required to take it.

I would not recommend davis. She acts like she's very nice to you but she's actually very unfair. Last quarter, I always went to her office hours and she knows me well. I did well throughout the class but I made stupid mistakes on my second midterm, so my grade lowered to an A-. In two private conversations, she told me that if I get an A on the final, then I would get an A in the class. It turned out that I got an A on the final but got an A- in the class. I reminded her of her promise in emails but she denied it and refused to fulfill her promise. She also ignored my emails several times. She's definltey not a trustworthy professor.

As for the weekly quizes, a few of them were very tricky. She quized us on something that was never presented in class and she expected us to know the answers. So I would say be careful if you have never had statistics before. She only worked out examples in class and did not explain the reasoning behind. She asks students to "memorize" things when we had questions.

Because the materials are easily memorizable, fifty-three people in the class got an A and they did not have to take the final. However, if you really want to learn statistics and you want a trustworthy professor, I definitely do not recommend Davis.

I don't get why people think her exams are tricky; they're very straightforward. Just study the quiz questions and know what the heck you're doing in the stats lab. Okay, so the TAs are not a lot of help, it's impossible to understand them, but to make up for that her lectures are extremely helpful. She does tend to treat you as if you're in gradeschool, but I don't mind being treated as a kid ^^. She wants you to get the material and she will help you until you do. I easily got an A in this class. The exams are curved, but only by a few points. And you do get cheat sheets; and honestly you don't need the cheat sheets, you just need your handy TI 83 to do all the work for you. I highly recommend her; I don't think you'll find another prof. who cares so much about stats.

if u can, please do NOT take stats with davis...why u ask?

1. she will always put tricky questions on midterms and final that she has never shown us before
2. NO curve, so u need 94% for an A, 90% for A-, 87% for B+, and so on
3. there is no curve, so when everyone gets those tricky questions wrong, everyone suffers
4. my TA didn't speak english
5. when people raise their hands during tests to ask questions (probably because of typos or unclear questions), she just shakes her head "no" and refuses to help

if ur looking for a B or B- then davis isnt bad, but if u want to get B+, A-, or even an A for ur gpa, i dont recommend davis

Professor Davis is one of the best professors I've had at UCLA. She really cares about her students and wants to get to know them personally, and is more than willing to give them extra help that they need. She has many different options for office hours and is willing to accomodate to fit your schedule. If you keep up with the work, and make sure you understand everything, her tests are not hard, and her class is probably the most enjoyable a stats class could be.

I think Professor Davis was a fine teacher who very much cared about students' learning and was more effective than people give her credit for. I feel like I mastered everything presented in the class, and the homeworks were not overwhelming at all. They were quite useful and similar to the test questions. She is a very fair grader, doesn't try to trick you, and makes an extra effort to be around in office hours near tests.

Finally a professor who does not believe a good teacher is one that fails half the class. Davis takes pride in making sure no one is left behind in the class and lectures in a very straightforward way--her notes on the board are very clear and neatly written. There are no tricks to her exams--just make sure you learn how to do the stuff she goes over in class. Homework in this class is graded, but if you go see her or the TA's in office hours, they will let you look over the answers. Davis is very helpful in office hours; she actually cares about you, unlike many of the professors I've taken thus far. (I'm contemplating switching from south campus because of this). Her labs are kind of a drag, but almost everyone gets full credit. Take her; you will learn a lot without the tricky b.s. other professors like to throw at you.