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Take him! You'll definitely love him once you take his lecture. :) Mike is such an amazing professor, and I hope he'll teach some stats upper division classes later so that I can take his wonderful lecture again!
Michael truly cares about his students. He's AMAZING! His lectures are easy to follow and he posts lecture notes online. The class is also bruincasted. Homework can be a little bit challenging, but he uses campuswire to answer students' questions. He's really passionate about R. If you're taking STATS 20, choose Professor Tsiang. 12/10 recommend.
Great professor who focuses more about the students’ learning than their grades. He offers a lot of extra credit, the tests are multiple choice, and the labs and homework assignments are not too complicated, either. The professor does use the slides a lot, but he does explain them really well, so I definitely recommend Bruincast, too!
Mike is the professor you want for Stats 10. He lectures thoroughly and clearly, he gives out hella extra credit, and homework is completely optional (although helpful). You get one cheat sheet for each midterm and three cheat sheets total for the final. Labs are done using R and do require a bit of conceptual understanding, but are overall doable. Just make sure to go to lab to get what you need from your TA. Mike is also a great guy in general, lots of Parks and Rec references, super relatable.
Best experience I could've had for this class. Mike gives you every opportunity to get a good grade. Would take again and highly recommend this professor.
Best professor at UCLA!! Exams are extremely straightforward, just make sure to pay attention to little tricks in the conceptual questions. Learned a lot while keeping the workload light. 10/10 recommend!
This class was great. Labs were a bit annoying but not terrible and TA’s were super helpful. The homework was also fine (he drops the lowest one). We had weekly online quizzes (he drops the lowest one). You didn’t even have to go to class to understand it because the class is bruincasted and slides are online.
I am not a huge fan of statistics, but Tsiang made this class bearable. He’s such a nice person and you can really tell how much he cares about each student. He was very generous with grading, and tests were pretty straightforward, though some questions are trickily worded. (However, he allows cheat sheets) The coding labs were difficult, and somewhat harshly graded, but the last lab was entirely extra credit, so it was all okay. I wish every professor could be like Tsiang. He loves the class material and his students, and it really shows. Take this class!!
Tsiang is an amazing professor! Take this class with him. The midterm and final are somewhat aggressive but he lets you use a sheet of paper for notes. Make friends and do the homework and labs together and they are not too bad. Here's the grade breakdown:
Homework- 16% (Lowest is dropped)
Online Quizzes- 16% (Lowest is dropped)
Labs- 18%
Midterm- 20% (Was 30 multiple choice)
Final- 30% (Was 40 multiple choice and he gave 2 extra credit questions)
Take him! You'll definitely love him once you take his lecture. :) Mike is such an amazing professor, and I hope he'll teach some stats upper division classes later so that I can take his wonderful lecture again!
Michael truly cares about his students. He's AMAZING! His lectures are easy to follow and he posts lecture notes online. The class is also bruincasted. Homework can be a little bit challenging, but he uses campuswire to answer students' questions. He's really passionate about R. If you're taking STATS 20, choose Professor Tsiang. 12/10 recommend.
Great professor who focuses more about the students’ learning than their grades. He offers a lot of extra credit, the tests are multiple choice, and the labs and homework assignments are not too complicated, either. The professor does use the slides a lot, but he does explain them really well, so I definitely recommend Bruincast, too!
Mike is the professor you want for Stats 10. He lectures thoroughly and clearly, he gives out hella extra credit, and homework is completely optional (although helpful). You get one cheat sheet for each midterm and three cheat sheets total for the final. Labs are done using R and do require a bit of conceptual understanding, but are overall doable. Just make sure to go to lab to get what you need from your TA. Mike is also a great guy in general, lots of Parks and Rec references, super relatable.
Best experience I could've had for this class. Mike gives you every opportunity to get a good grade. Would take again and highly recommend this professor.
Best professor at UCLA!! Exams are extremely straightforward, just make sure to pay attention to little tricks in the conceptual questions. Learned a lot while keeping the workload light. 10/10 recommend!
This class was great. Labs were a bit annoying but not terrible and TA’s were super helpful. The homework was also fine (he drops the lowest one). We had weekly online quizzes (he drops the lowest one). You didn’t even have to go to class to understand it because the class is bruincasted and slides are online.
I am not a huge fan of statistics, but Tsiang made this class bearable. He’s such a nice person and you can really tell how much he cares about each student. He was very generous with grading, and tests were pretty straightforward, though some questions are trickily worded. (However, he allows cheat sheets) The coding labs were difficult, and somewhat harshly graded, but the last lab was entirely extra credit, so it was all okay. I wish every professor could be like Tsiang. He loves the class material and his students, and it really shows. Take this class!!
Tsiang is an amazing professor! Take this class with him. The midterm and final are somewhat aggressive but he lets you use a sheet of paper for notes. Make friends and do the homework and labs together and they are not too bad. Here's the grade breakdown:
Homework- 16% (Lowest is dropped)
Online Quizzes- 16% (Lowest is dropped)
Labs- 18%
Midterm- 20% (Was 30 multiple choice)
Final- 30% (Was 40 multiple choice and he gave 2 extra credit questions)