Grading breakdown:

(15%) Four group homeworks & five labs
(10%) Four reaction papers
(2.5%) Evaluation by group member (individual grade)
(2.5%) Lecture attendance when we have guest speaker (individual grade)
(25%) Midterm
(45%) Final exam

The only pre-req for this course is STATS10, but if you take this class as a stats major, you will be assigned to Stats major homework group where you will be asked to do STATS101A~101C materials (up to interaction effects & random forests stuff for classification method). This class is so weired that different homework questions are assigned between non-stats and stats but all students take same midterm/final.

When it comes to her teaching, she is not able to explain basic statistics concepts in a proper manner. I would be far behind and end up dropping this class if I were not a stats major. EVERY SINGLE her notes and slides has typos as well as her massive amount of emails. Students are actually taught by the TA, Narek. He teaches us pretty well though.

Overall, I would not recommend this class at all. Whole quarter has been stressful to me because of two different reaction paper & homework assignment groups whose members reply my messages when homeworks are due + worst instructor who doesn't teach anything and keeps saying 'Do you understand me?'

Professor Esfandiari does what she can to keep students engaged and attentive. She often asked for feedback and paused her lectures to make sure we all understood what she was teaching. She was supportive of our talents and skills and kept us on our feet throughout the quarter. Would take again!

this class is very divided between two groups - if you're a stats major who's already taken some upper divs (probably the 101 series?) then it's an easy A, gpa fluff. if you're a north campus major, you're gonna suffer. this prof lectures poorly - no slides, jumping around a word doc, no clear flow of information. half the other students in the class will be fine because they've learned it already, so they don't need to listen to lecture, they can complete the assignments and be fine. but you'll be struggling and also competing with them at the same time.

in short - this class is a fiasco - stats department seriously needs to reconsider how it's administered

I agree with most part of the comment below except the part that says it covers 101C. It did not. However, it covered 90% of 101A. I took 101A with her, and had a hard time studying too. Most of the time in 101A, I would read her notes to see what would be taught and then went online to study the concepts, because a lot of time her notes are not reliable. I can't imagine how non-stat major/minor can study for this class. If you have to take any class with her, Narek is your remedy. She, although, is a really nice person. But I don't think she is a good lecturer.

Stat112
simply, the worst professor in UCLA.
too many typos, even she all of sudden changed the R-adjusted Formula in the middle of the Final test.
Don't take this class. This is pretty serious.

she spell Z-score to Z-sport on the exam. that conclude how she is as a teacher. Lecture, power point, midterm ALL full of mistakes, not to mention she always goes off topic in class. Please. I am just a student actually trying to learn. but i need a helpful teacher not .......

I took her stat 10 class in fall 2011, got B+. last quarter, i took stats 112 with her, kind of surprise got a A. for all my 3 exams, i got a little above average. She is a very nice lady, easy to talk, and very very very care about her students. if you talk to her, she will help you a lot. For her lecture, she might a little hard to understand at first, however, when you get used to it, you will find out a lot of her samples are closed related to her exams. Also, the cheat sheet, you can write anything she said during the review section. However, the lab and TA section is not so helpful compare to the lecture. since the lab is group work, there are only 3-4 students showed up to the lab everyday. although the TA is knowledable. however, he does not know how to run a TA session. His review question is not compeltely different direction from the exams. The communication between professor and TA fall apart. Overall, Esfandiari is great professor, I highly recommend her, and you should talk to her. look forward to talk other class with her in the future.

Nice Professor, if you go to the lecture, and sit there. u will find out her lecture is close relate to the quizs and exams.I did not do very well on the first midterm, and the average for the exams is so high. I went to her office hours. She suggests me a lot. and eventually i did well in the class. also, she curved our grade,too. got an A. kind of surprising. I will definety take more classes with her.

She was really nice but the lectures were boring and slow

Stats is a very difficult subject and esp. for sociology majors, so be prepared to work in this class. There are quizzes each week, hw almost twice a week, labs, a midterm and a final. Grade breakdown: Quizzes (drops the lowest 2) 10%, Hw (drops the lowest 2, i think) 10%, labs 10%, midterm 35%, final 35%. The material is taught in a manner i was unfamiliar with so i was very confused. I found kevin to be a really good TA; hes very clear and teaches the material in a very easy manner. I would recommend taking him or switching into his discussions. She grades on a curve, which helps because a lot of people get Cs on the tests. The tests and quizzes are pretty difficult because they are worded in a tricky manner...PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE WORDING. I was very worried about this class because i feared it would cause my gpa to drop; but if u stick it out, u might just be pleasantly surprised.