Dinov, Dinov... what to say, what to say...

As a professor, I HAVE to say that he's pretty ineffective. The information that comes out of his mouth simply can't be retained in my brain. I rarely went to class (9 AM's don't sit well with me) because after the first week, I realized what a waste of time it would be. Don't get me wrong, the guy's really nice. He seems really approachable. Not sure what he's like in office hours, but he seems nice. He is really caring about his students and about the level of understanding they extract from the class, but his lectures themselves are quite dull.

The TAs usually end up being the people that teach you most of the time, so going to discussions is crucial if you want an A. If you can, take James Molyneux as your TA - he's a lovely, red-bearded man who'll make your life in this class a bit easier.

Dinov's midterms were EASY. You can get away with studying only a day ahead of the class. They were really fair.

The only complaint is that we had to type up all the labs and homework assignments up, which could get tedious and dull. But they weren't hard, so once again, piece of cake.

Overall, this class is an easy A. The homework was worth 30%, a huge chunk, so make sure to do well on those. Labs were worth 15%, but they were also easy, depending on your TA. There was a final research paper too, but it's nothing to worry about. The rest of the class is made up of the two midterms.

TAKE DINOV AND GET THAT A!

I really liked Professor Dinov. I thought he was a decent teacher and I learned alot in his class. The class itself wasnt particularly difficult and the lab section was a piece of cake. I got a 97% on the final without studying much at all. He puts questions on the tests that are very similar to what he does in class and on homeworks so if you understand what he has taught you the tests will be easy. The one negative is that the homeworks had to be typed which was annoying at first but I got used to it by second week and it was no big deal. I would definatly recommend his class.

Dinov is nice, but not a very good prof. I learned everything from the TA. For the midterm and final, I studied for about an hour each, just looking through the ebook and making a note card. Easy A.

Although I have to agree that dinov is pretty ineffective as a teacher, the class itself really isn't hard. I took stats with him fall 2007, and despite what the other reviews said (which was before the final), the class turned out to be extremely easy. With all the people that hate his lecture and never show up, more than half the class was failing, so all you really had to do was show up to discussion and learn how to do the homework. He ended up curving the class so much that people who got 60%s on his final still got A's. Unless you really want to learn stats (I am a bio major so I don't really care), this would be a pretty good class for a grade booster.

There's only one thing that seriously sucked about the class.. he makes you type up the homework. Everything, including the formulas with complicated things under squareroot signs. He says there's programs out there that can do it, but those programs all froze my computer, so I had to manually draw in the lines using paint lol. If you don't mind using up some time to type up the homework, I'd definitely say take this class.

Stats 13 was not a good way to start off college. Little did I know that I was expected to type up all of my homework assignments, which meant hours of precious time were wasted fixing up the many long formulae used in statistics...on the computer (Who in their right mind wants students to type up their math hw?). Dinov's lectures are very long and tiresome and he rarely takes the time to explain the material. His lecture slides are not very useful; luckily the class material is easy enough that I could just study the book. His midterms and final are easy, but I dislike how there was a useless lab section in Dinov's class (and another discussion section) which taught me nothing, except a hatred for Dinov's web SOCR applets.

Not that Dinov needs another review on his wall of pain, but I felt compelled. So Dinov isn't a bad guy, he's extremely intelligent. However, he doesn't bother to teach the material he presents. He has powerpoints that he breezes through, assuming you know what he's talking about. When I took his class, he was doing research and he was clearly more interested in that than bothering to take time to teach us. The only real help you get is from your TA and the TA of the other discussion section. Use them well! They are lifesavers. You also get a notecard or two that you can use on the tests, which I recommend you fill up with nearly all the formulas he gives you on the powerpoints, because one of the questions on my final was about one of his obscure formulas from the slideshow. I never took statistics before college, I took it as a freshman and it was awful. Avoid it with Dinov if you can, at least not for your first quarter. Good luck.

I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED SUCH A WORST PROFESSOR FOR A MATH CLASS. HIS SKILLS ARE WORST..........IF IT WASNT FOR MY TA, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO DROP THE CLASS. EXAMS ARE HARD AND QUESTIONS ARE CONFUSING. H.W. HAS TO TYPED AND THAT SUCKS. DO NOT TAKE HIM EVER.

Ok, Dinov in a nutshell: You don't need him. The subject matter in Stats 13 is so easy that you really don't need him. Yes, he's a professor and he's supposed to "teach" but luckily the crap is easy enough to just depend on the TA's for help. So honestly, just take Dinov.

Also, about typing up the homework. Yes, its a pain in the ass. Try typing "y bar subscript parenthesis x hat superscript turn around pat your head rub your stom...you get the point. My recommendation is to get a partner and have them type up half and you type up the other half. It saves SOOO much time.

wow this guy was soooooo bad. you can't understand a thing he says...wow. so bad

DINOV was not as bad as everyone says he was. Sure he seemed uptight and annoyed at times, but he was actually pretty funny. The class was pretty boring and the lab is a waste of time. The tests were doable and the homework was easy. My biggest complaint is that the homework had to be typed up and took painstakingly longer than necessary. There are probably better professors but he is ok.