I loved taking Stats 13 with Professor Gould! There's some busy work with this class (weekly homework assignments and coding labs), but it's fairly straightforward and relatively easy for a five unit class. He posts videos going over all of the textbook concepts before lecture so the structure of the class is really helpful for learning the material (especially for slow readers like me who usually don't use textbooks). Because of the way Gould teaches this class, you end up feeling extremely prepared by the time exams come around! If I didn't already have my heart set on medicine, I would totally love to major in Statistics because this class was just so interesting to me. 10/10 would recommend!

Overall, this was a pretty enjoyable class. Workload can be a bit heavy but the content is interesting and not difficult. Exams were really fair and reflected what we learned in class. The use of Campuswire was also really helpful for getting extra help. Participation does matter for this class but it's simple to get points (just attend lecture and post on Campuswire!) There are weekly group lab projects, but again they are not very difficult.

I took this class Fall 2020 so this is a remote learning review:

Gould tried out a flipped classroom approach this quarter (I'm not sure if he'll continue doing so because he asked for our feedback and no one really liked it.)

There's a lot of work in this class. It's not hard, just time consuming. Every week we have homework problems from the textbook, weekly quiz, and a two-part lab. These are fairly easy points that pad your grade so it's not hard to get an A if you just put some effort in.

Will you learn a lot though? Doubtful. I came in with AP Stats background so most if not all of this class was review. You do most of your learning from watching a 10-minute recorded video every week and optional textbook readings. His lecture is very boring and unhelpful but attendance is more or less required for participation points. There's one midterm and a final - both are ridiculously easy.

TL;DR: take this class with a different professor if you really want to learn R/important stats topics esp for students interested in research.

Take Stats 13 with Gould, I have no idea how he isn't rated higher. You're almost guaranteed an A if you just put in about 60% effort. If you took AP Stats, probably 25% effort. I could've passed the final without taking the class at all. In addition, I definitely learned a solid amount, and it was no a worthless way to spend my time. Would recommend 10/10.

Gould is a great and friendly professor. He explains the material well, and provides good practice problems through the weekly quizzes and homework. I struggled in the class at the start, but as long as you do the homework and labs, you'll be fine (context: I literally cried at the beginning because I got a phat D on the first mini-midterm but pulled an A- at the end). Good luck!

Professor Gould is a very friendly and clear professor. His lectures were usually pretty engaging. I really enjoyed getting hands-on experience with R-studio and getting some basic coding knowledge. The homework is sometimes tedious. Never put it off till the last minute though.

Dr. Gould made stats accessible and exciting (as school can be). His lectures include really helpful clickers, so even though attendance isn't graded, you should still go. He also answers questions diligently and satisfactorily, during lecture and office hours. The exams are fairly short. As long as you did well in the lab (which are group activities, guided by the TA and with help from Campuswire), the exams should be a breeze. The discussions are not without fault (be very careful copy-pasting code, as formatting with mess up your syntax), but are still incredibly valuable, as they're essentially answer keys to the exams.

This class has a lot of coding and it will be very useful to keep a single, long file with every command you learn, along with its uses, parameters, and examples. Doing this made taking the exams far easier (though he is still very generous with the time limits).

You'll probably get an A if you take this class. That being said, it was kind of a lot of work: weekly homeworks, weekly group lab write-ups, weekly individual lab write-ups, interactive videos, 2 weekly quizzes.

All are extremely doable and not super hard, but it's a lot to keep track of, especially at the beginning of the quarter. Professor Gould is great, though, and super friendly and kind.

If you have to take stats 13, take it with Gould. His lectures are not super engaging (can't blame him, it's a stats class) but they're also not hard to follow at all. His midterm and final were the 2 easiest tests I've taken at UCLA - they're all pretty common sense type multiple choice questions. The workload can get to be quite a bit - we had weekly reading quizzes due Thursdays, and a Lab Assignment and a HW Assignment due every Friday. Both of those assignments were kind of hard and lengthy, but I eventually ended up figuring them out. These assignments probably wouldn't have been as bad if my TA wasn't completely useless, but overall I didn't mind the homework since his tests were so easy. I can't say I learned much in this class, other than a very very basic understanding of stats that's actually currently helping me out in a lab class. Once you get used to the homework, it's not a bad class at all!

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