Gould seems like a teddy bear when he talks and looks like a super nice professor when you go into that first couple of lectures... but beneath the "cuteness" there's the EVIL that lies within him...
- SOOOOOOO much work for a class... every week he makes us do a homework assignment with like 15 problems and ONLY GRADES 5 RANDOM QUESTIONS which means that if the ONLY 5 you did wrong are the only 5 he chose, then your grade is screwed!!!
- His wording in exams is waaaaay harder than in the homework problems in the textbook... and watch out for the WRITTEN problems in the midterm (all is multiple choice but 2 questions and they grade them HARSHLY)
-We asked him for practice midterm and he was like "it takes me a long time to write a midterm, why should I take that much extra time to also write a practice midterm..." He literally wrote the textbook and cannot give us a practice midterm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...?
-Also participation with clickers (which cost 60$) is only ONE (1%) PERCENT OF THE WHOLE GRADE.... like ARE YOU KIDDING ME.....
-His T.A.'s did not speak english and their lab and discussion sections are SOOOO useless cuz they cant communicate well.......
-And the worst part was that there was a group project in which RANDOM students gave you your grade and you can never understand it and how the system works its HORRIBLE....

People who took this class with other professors did waaaay better so I do reccomend Tsiang

Listen, you have to read until the end for this to make sense. this professor makes his students do far too much: quizzes 2x a week minimum (its actually 4 but you only have to do 2 if you like the grade you got), midterms every other week (4 in total and worth 60% of your grade), attending lecture mandatory + answer polling questions (this was the first part of the course, around 3/4 in he made class optional to attend), labs were supposed to be bi weekly but it quickly became due basically every week, homework assignments due every week, and we had to build a reputation on campus wire as if the polling questions weren't enough then it became only participation was based on the reputation built on campus wire which was stressful bc you had to answer questions and ask questions and get upvotes on your answers. everything, and i mean everything was graded. all of the things mentioned above were graded and some of us in the groupme think they were graded harshly. also, he textbook was required for literally everything to do with the class even necessary to use the technology that was part of the text book to do labs, homework, and even the midterms [but guess who wrote the textbook? you guessed it, literally the professor trying to make $$].
Now, none of this is actually that crazy, what really bothers me about this man and his course is that he put is extremely heavy workload on his students DURING a global pandemic, and in the midst of our current political climate?!!!? a week in this class will sometimes look like: a midterm (literally not even during class time like you have to find the time on your own sometime in the week to take it), a homework assignment due, a lab due, two quizzes due (also on your own time, not even during class), attending lecture, attending a lab, and attending a discussion. this was far too much.

I honestly regret taking this class, it did more harm to me than good. I feel like i didn't learn anything, rather i was playing a game of catch up. This class is the definition of burnout and it really shows how far removed professors at UCLA are from their students and the pressure and stress they are under during this time. Professor, please consider restructuring this class if you teach remotely again. And if you're a student and thinking of taking this course, don't.

I had never taken a statistics course before this class and I thought Professor Gould was such a great lecturer and teacher! I felt like I was able to grasp all the concepts fairly well and I have definitely come out of this class with some new knowledge and appreciation for statistics. Although the workload for this class was heavy at times (homework, labs, quizzes, etc...), I think that with the amount of concepts discussed in this class it was mostly fair. All of the quizzes and midterms were open book/open note/open lecture which really helped. Also, there was a "midterm" every other week which seems kinda daunting but they were all fairly short and it was nice to have my grade split up among a bunch of smaller assignments rather than two large ones. The only thing that kind of bothered me was the amount of homework problems that were assigned week to week, especially on weeks where we had a lab due and/or a midterm due. Sometimes there would be 15+ multistep problems assigned which was a lot to handle on top of the other assignments due that week. Overall, Professor Gould was a super nice person and a great lecturer but make sure to stay on top of your work or it can really pile up.

The course itself is not difficult, and Gould is a good professor who knows his material and is willing to help students. However, the only thing I don’t like about the course is the workload. There is a lot to finish in a week, and there are many ddls, sometimes confusing.

easy A if ur stem

This is not a difficult class, but I really learned a lot. Prof. Gould is passionate about teaching, and his exams are easy. The HWs and Lab questions are not too difficult but really helped me understand the course material. Stats 10 is an easy class, but very helpful because it is one of the few classes that focuses on intuitive interpretation on data, which would help a lot in future Stats and Math courses.

The class content was pretty straight forward, the first four weeks are really easy if you have even just a little statistics background from high school. it gets tougher after the midterm but the slides are all really helpful. Midterm and final both mostly multiple choice, and weekly homework and lab assignments which were actually helpful in practicing applying the concepts (which is all the midterm and final were). I think Gould is a great professor but it was upsetting when I found out that we were required to pay for the $70 online textbook while Zanontian, who taught it the same quarter, provided students with a free pdf of the SAME textbook. Mind you Gould is one of the people who wrote the textbook... other than that I actually enjoyed the class. There were also so many different kinds of software we had to use which was confusing initially. Participation is a very small component so don't worry much about it. Lab and discussion sections are only useful if you're struggling with the lab or homework assignments (the ta literally goes through the answers to several lab and homework problems) but definitely not mandatory, I didn't go for most of the quarter. Lastly there was one 3-question lab quiz that was very easy. I would recommend taking Gould if you need stats 10! I'm not a great math person but i did well.

Gould is engaging his slides are solid but it's not always the most interesting class. He tries to make class fun but the reality is this is a basic stats class and some of what we learn are fundamental and boring. I liked Gould because he comes up with good real-life examples to teach us. The midterm was harder than the final I got a 70 on the MT and a 90 on the final. But it is very easy to get a 100% or close to that in homework/quizzes/labs. Overall I know science GEs are difficult in general this is a pretty good class.

I took this class to satisfy my Life Sciences requirement. It was a very easy class but not particularly interesting. The content is very qualitative and the math behind all the concepts is completely glossed over. There are only basic calculations which involve plugging in values into a given formula or the online software.
This is how the class is graded:
10% Homework: 1 assignment a week. Easy to obtain a full score as long as you avoid silly mistakes. Try completing the homework before your discussion so that your TA can help you with any problems that you have.
10% Labs: 5 Labs, lowest is dropped. Also quite easy but a little annoying because you have to use the software on the desktops in the computer lab so you can’t miss lab sessions (unless you buy the software yourself).
20% Quizzes: 2 quizzes a week, each quiz takes 5 to 15 minutes. Mostly MCQs, occasionally a simple calculation. You get a second attempt for every quiz and the portal literally tells you what the correct answers are after the first attempt. Make sure you do the quizzes properly because the midterm and final have very similar questions. You eventually lose access to the quizzes. It might be helpful to save the questions so that you can go through them before the midterm/final.
25% Midterm: Mostly MCQs and a couple of short free response questions.
30% Final: Only MCQs
You're allowed a cheat sheet for the midterm and final but you only need to remember a couple of numbers and formulas which you should remember if you did the homework/quizzes properly. I didn't bother making one.
1% Clicker: Your answer doesn’t matter as long as you click on something. You’re allowed to skip two lectures though.
4% Participation: Everyone gets this 4% initially. The professor randomly calls out names during some lectures. If you’re not there once, nothing happens. If you’re not there twice then you lose the participation points. Only about 8-10 people were called upon during the quarter and only 1 person was called twice so you don’t really have to worry about it.
The professor is very friendly and occasionally funny. He does introduce many real world examples and his lectures are well organized. He definitely knows his stuff, but this class just touches upon a lot of important concepts without going into any details. So if you really want to learn stats, this class is definitely not enough and you may want to look at Math 170A or Stats 100A. My TA was also really nice and helpful.
As a GE, it’s an easy A if you’re comfortable with basic math/stats and have some intuition for probability. I feel like the workload is a lot less than other GEs but some of the homework assignments take an annoyingly long time. Definitely recommend this class if you’re looking for a Life Science GE.

Gave a lot of HW, and the worst part is that only like 10 out of the 20 questions are graded. Other than that he was pretty chill