I guess the reviews below won't match with mine but I personally did not enjoy the class at all and felt myself constantly frustrated by the way the course was taught and how I was learning from Stigler. As the other reviews mentioned, the course is 100% fully conceptual meaning there will NOT be any calculations on the exams at all, which I guess is a good thing if you are looking for a statistics class that does not involve a lot of heavy math work (or any in this case). The concepts, are tough to understand, however. For the final exam, I spent days on end rewatching all of the lectures and writing down every single detail to understand why different statistical concepts were the way they were, which is the way this class is set up. Stigler is a VERY nice man, I will give him that. He completely understands and sympathizes with his students and will constantly ask for input and then implement what the students give him. However, the course structure is a little disorganized for my liking and I just felt that the class was really challenging (for me at least).

100A with Stigler was wonderful! He doesn't make you calculate anything. It's ALL conceptual.
The material is pretty straightforward and it's basically Stats 10 with a few more concepts. There were weekly homework assignments that were quite long, but I found them very helpful since they introduced the concepts he was going to lecture on. Stigler's lectures were always interesting since he's so passionate about stats and cares a lot about students understanding the concepts. His tests were pretty easy if you understood his lectures. If you're having trouble in the class, go to his office hours or to the TA run sections. (If you have Stacy Shaw as your TA, I'd highly recommend attending her labs. She explained the concepts very clearly.) I cannot recommend Stigler highly enough. Take a class with him if you can.

If you are a math person, this will be the easiest statistics class you could ever dream to take. Stigler really focuses on making sure students understand the ideas behind the numbers, and his tests do not include a single calculation. I got an A+ on this clsss without doing any revision for any midterm or final, but listening and understanding all concepts explained in lecture. He's also really passionate about statistics and student learning generally, and a great professor can always liven up a Boring subject. Take Psych 100A with stigler.

This class has a cool professor. However, it is important to pay VERY close attention to the syllabus. Some of his policies are inconsistent with UCLA'S policies, for example, his grading system. He calculates B's as ranging anywhere from 80% to 80.49%, so although this may not seem significant, consider the fact that UCLA calculates B's at 83% and above. Since he includes a whole new scale, your perspective on how exactly getting a B in his class will affect your overall GPA is skewed, as you know that a B at UCLA correlates to 3.0 points; additively, a C+ correlates to 2.3 points and a C correlates to 2.0 points. Since his scale does not align with that of the schools, it is unnecessarily difficult to really know how well you're doing in the class until the end. I don't know why UCLA does this haha, but pretty much everyone feels tricked at the end because the professor and the institution are not being consistent.

Like the review previous, Stigler is one of my favorite professors at UCLA. I came in with no stats experience at all, and I was afraid going in. He is very passionate about what he teaches, and you can really tell. About the course, there are NO CALCULATIONS WHATSOEVER. He wants to understand the concepts and why you get certain values, etc. Not going to sugarcoat anything, but the concepts are really tough to wrap your mind around. However, he cares a lot about his students, he wants them to do well, and he is very understanding. He told us he really was going to miss this class, and I wish he taught 100B (he didn't want to teach that class because he thought it was a ridiculously hard class). He doesn't curve down. This was his first time teaching at the undergraduate level since a decade ago. He will choose the higher grading distribution for your grade.

If you have the option of choosing between Jaffe and Stigler for 100A... TAKE STIGLER. I took Jaffe in Fall 2016 and he was the WORST professor I've ever had the misfortune of taking... I won't even say anything more about him. Stigler is INCREDIBLE. Literally the BEST professor I've ever had. I hate statistics and he actually made the lectures interesting because he was so passionate about it. He cares so much about his students, he wants them to do well, and he is very understanding. (He also does NOT curve down, so don't pay attention to his previous reviews. He just doesn't curve, but has 2 methods of grading and gives you the higher grade of the 2 methods). This was my favorite class this quarter and I highly, highly recommend Stigler. He is a blessing to the UCLA campus!

cool guy, very nice, easiest psych100 on campus

Professor is a very caring and wonderful professor. His exams are extremely straightforward...as long as you understand the material, you're ok. The homeworks were very easy, just very tedious work.

His lectures were kinda boring but every so often you'll learn a thing from his talks. Just read/skim the book and you're fine.

As for his grading..yes..it really does suck..i got a 92% B +....it isn't Stigler's fault, it's the psych department fault because of their strict grading policies.
I definitely recommend taking Dr. Stigler's class.

Do not take him! Ignore the falsities of his rating. He seems easy, but it is decieving cause in the end he screws you over with the curve. I had a 92% in his course, with A's on every test and was curved down to a B+! Another classmate told me his 93.5% was also curved down to a B+! What happens is you think you are running a high grade but out of nowhere his curve drops you a letter grade! The whole quarter i was expecting an A or an A- when I got a 95, 92 and 91 on the 3 tests and full credit on all the homeworks and homework quizes. But I should have known not to trust this professors.

If you do not care about your grade, Stigler is okay. He tries to engage the students, but fails with boring examples and lectures that seem designed for those want to catch up on sleep. It is much easier and more effective to skip class and learn the material from the book. If you have a specific question or dont understand something, Stigler can explain it well, but the material is easy enough that one read through can teach you a 50 minute lecture in 20. He also assigns a lot of homework every week, tons of busy work that is very uninteresting and takes alot of time. This homework is only accepted during lecture, so you are forced into attending lecture atleast once a week. Eventually though you will learn to sneek in as class is ending with the claim that "the homework folder skipped me".

If you care about earning a fair grade, I would definately recommend against taking Stigler. If you do take him, watch out because he will deceive you very much. If you understand the material and get in the mid 90% range on his tests, you will think your are on the right track. Getting A's on every test and perfect on every homework and homework quiz, you will assume that you will get atleast an A-. Then when you go on URSA and find a B or B+, just remember that I told you so.

If you want to get an A in his class so you can get into that great Physiological Psych Ph.D program (or Law School for all of you posers), be prepared to get atleast a 97.5 or 98% in the class, cause that is what his curve requires. And with no additional credit oportunities, you will have to counterbalance the curve only with 98%'s on tests. I guess there are some people Stigler's class would be good for: patients trying to reduce their nightly dose of trazedone. I'd estimate a 10mg decrease each week. You might need an SSRI after though to help you cope with how badly you got screwed. In PreLaw language: Stigler will help you give up sleeping pills, but you might need some Anti-Depressent medication after his class.