I feel like I learned nothing in this class. The professor was not clear in his lectures and he would not explain things even when students had questions in lecture. He has an accent which is hard to understand sometimes. I pretty much failed every midterm and the final, however, I did well on all of the labs and homework(The TA gives all the answers in discussion). Christou honestly teaches this class as if we the students were grad students and understood RStudio. This was one of the hardest classes I have taken, but I was able to survive by linking up with other people in the class to do homework and labs (the questions that the TA did not give in discussion) and I was able to walk out of the class with a B-.

The best thing that he did was print out all the handouts we needed for his class because he would say that he thinks education should be free.

Actually the worst class I have taken at UCLA, simply a struggle. He treats this intro class like an upper div and everyone gets destroyed on tests. All the homework and labs are done for you by the TAs, which is bad for us students who aren't typically overachievers outside of what is assigned. However, I got a 19/100 on one of the midterms, barely better on any of the others and still pulled a B minus.. so you're chillin.

This is probably the worst class I've ever taken. I feel like I did not learn anything in this class. He's a nice person, but not a good lecturer. He talks really fast and quickly go over the concepts and material in class. What I also didn't like about this class is that he doesn't treat this as an introduction class. He basically teaches this at the grad level and makes it harder than it needs t be, especially on the exams. The homework and labs are easy to do but the exams are not structured like the homework. Even though the midterms and finals were open notes, I felt like they didn't help at all. They were still confusing and challenging. Some of the concepts on the exams he only went over very briefly or barely. The averages for both midterms were 51% and 46%. Avoid this class if you can.

As a biology major who has sights for medical school, Stats isn't a class that I find the most important. I have no background in coding and statistical analysis so an introductory class is ideal for me. That being said, CHRISTOU TEACHES THIS LIKE ITS A GRAD CLASS. He rarely slowed down to explains things he mentions, his lectures are scattered, and he will get mad at you if you ask vague questions (like the confused student most people are) during office hours. Two stats major that took him different times told me his lectures need to be pieced together on your own and that if you aren't writing subnote scrible in the margins of your notebook notes, you aren't comprehending it enough. I had to drop this class... it was just too involved for me. Bad lecturer. Ave test grade was a 50%. Try to avoid.

Prof. Christou is a decent lecturer, though sometimes I found his lectures unclear. I was never certain of what we needed to know for the exams, and they were extremely difficult. The average for the two midterms were around 60% and 40% respectively.

Ultimately, though, the curve will save you! I did just slightly below average on both midterms, and our final grades were not printed on myUCLA though I felt I did well. Ended up with a B+. Not bad for having put almost no work into the class!

One thing I loved about the class is that we got to learn to code in R in a very relaxed atmosphere. The solutions were usually given to us for our homework assignments, and we were not tested on our knowledge of R. Still you learn a bit without having to stress. Christou is a nice guy, very helpful in office hours, which he holds all the time!

Still, you have to attend class, discussion is very helpful as TAs literally give you the answers to homeworks and labs. Still I do not recommend Stat 13 as a GE, as it is more difficult than most. Good luck!

Don't take him. He will ruin you.

Christou seems like a nice guy, though somewhat abrasive when you first meet him. At least he was with me; he waved me off when I came in to his office hours to ask a question and wouldn't really make eye contact.

He somehow made this introductory stats class much more difficult and complicated than it needed to be. I can honestly say that I learned NOTHING that was useful or applicable. Too many proofs on upper-div level.

Labs and discussions were useless. Homework questions and the answers to the lab writeups were always provided during discussion (why even assign us homework?) instead of a traditional discussion where the theory and concepts of the class are discussed. My TA was cool though, she also said that the exams and lectures were way off for an introductory class. I definitely regret taking this class. Avoid him if you can. In fact, take Stats 10 instead. I heard that class is much more useful and doable.

He is a cool guy. Always available. He can be tricky though in particular his exams...I did not like them at all. If you can avoid him, than dont take him

Okay this class was literally the worst. Not sure why Christou has such a high rating but the averages on his midterms were in the 40s - 50s. He can't really teach and his tests are insanely unfair.

Stats is supposed to be straight forward... not some weird stock market theoretically based proofs he makes you do. Def regret taking this class. Linda for a TA was a bawse though.

i don't understand why the ratings are so high... this guy is a TROLL. he is terrible at explaining and lectures at our stats13 class as if we are a graduate stats class. his tests are a shit show and are nothing like the level of the class.. the average of our first test was a 40/100.

I'm hoping the curve saves me in the end, that's the only good thing I've heard about this professor. I got a B+ on the first midterm and 2 points below the average on the second midterm.... but seriously this class is wack. take stats 10 and save yourself the stress. and don't listen to the reviews below unless you're some kind of stats genius.

yeah he's a funny guy, but this class is ridiculous and i really do regret taking it.