The best professor I've had in the UCLA stats path, however I can acknowledge why people don't like the pacing of his classes. For both Stats 10 and 101A he used a mini midterm system which I personally really liked, and kept the content relevant, making it hard to fall behind. He explains concepts really well, and I was excited to go to lecture. If you like the midterm system then he's a 10/10 prof.

For most of this class I wasn't sure what we were even learning. I would take some notes during lecture and know that I am processing new information but then wasn't even sure what it was that I was doing. The content of the class isn't very difficult but Gould made it difficult.

1. He goes through his slides too fast. I stopped taking notes at one point because half the time I was just writing "see lecture slides" since I didn't have time to write anything down (he does post them on CCLE). He also seems to be using slides he made a few years ago and doesn't remember what's on them. It seemed like the next slide was always a surprise to him and he was learning along with the rest of the class.

2. His homework assignments are terribly constructed. There were often typos that made it hard to understand and the wording allowed for multiple interpretations. My friend went into office hours to get clarifications and Gould said her approach was completely wrong and the other students had thought the same as her. When Gould saw that all the students clearly didn't know what to do, he did nothing. He didn't post on CCLE or Campuswire or anything. So basically if you can't go to office hours you will not be able to do the homework assignments. The assignments are also graded extremely harsh. There might be 5 questions each with parts a-e and if I got one part of one question wrong I would get 10-20% off. I got a 50% on an assignment where I had 3 small errors. If you're wondering, he gave one assignment per week due Fridays at 6pm. The only problem with this is that our last lecture ended Thursday at 4:45pm. And most of the time you couldn't finish the homework until after the Thursday lecture because he teaches material for it. So you have to figure out the homework in 24 hours with no office hours in that time to help. Just Campuswire which Gould rarely went on to answer questions, and there were a lot of questions.

3. His final is EASY. It's a take home exam that you have a week to complete and I finished it in a couple of hours. So don't worry too much about your midterm or homework grades because I guarantee everyone is struggling but the final will save you.

4. Don't read the book. You need it for some homework problems but I think there's a free PDF somewhere.

Overall I would not take a class with Gould again. He isn't the worst professor, but definitely not one of my favorites. It wasn't a difficult class but it took a lot of time to figure out what he meant in his homework problems. My TA was so helpful and I wouldn't have survived without him.

I really enjoyed Stats 101A with Gould! I know lots of people shit on him, but this guy knows his stuff. This was probably one of the easiest classes I've taken at UCLA. His lectures were super clear, and he clearly cares a lot about statistics and students' understanding of it. Due to this, he sometimes went really slow and repeated a ton of topics, but it made the class really easy to understand - he always made sure no one was confused on anything. His midterm was really straightforward and easy, and it reflected the homework really well. His final was a take-home and was also just like the homework - I completed it the night before it was due and got an A. The TAs saved my life in this class because every discussion they just gave us all the homework answers LOL. Besides the easiness of the class though, I loved everything we learned, and I felt like I got a way better understanding of how to use R for data analysis and regression models!

First of all, the reviews are super outdated! Prof Gould is a very clear lecturer, and his class was super easy going and structured. You have weekly homework assignments that can be done in a couple of hours, and the exams were super straightforward (the final was take-home). Sometimes, Gould can give ambiguous answers, but he is encouraging you to provide your opinions since often there are no set answers in this class. It is up to your interpretation. He is also very active on Campuswire, which helps a lot with last-minute questions. Overall, I recommend taking this class with him.

The reviews above seems out of date. I took his 101a and 101c and pretty enjoy his class. He is a good lecturer and he's also very helpful outside of class. His homework was hard and heavy though, so I went to his office hour often.

this guy is f u k i ng professor, and hate gould's course. This fucking professor gaves A LOT OF HW AND PROJECTS which affects strongly others course. It means that I cannot concentrate other course since gould's hw. Do not take this fuck fuck fuck professor.

do not take this guy classes. his classes are too much hw, and also requires too many works too. I regret to take his 101A class. When I visit his office, he always smiled. however, I HATE EVEN HIS SMILING FACE. He is very selfish guy because I could not study other classes since his hw. He gave a Lot of hw even if we are confronted midterm period. I hate hate hate him

do not take this guy classes. his classes are too much hw, and also requires too many works too. I regret to take his 101A class. When I visit his office, he always smiled. however, I HATE EVEN HIS SMILING FACE. He is very selfish guy because I could not study other classes since his hw. He gave a Lot of hw even if we are confronted midterm period. I hate hate hate him