STATS 10
Introduction to Statistical Reasoning
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; computer laboratory, two hours. Preparation: three years of high school mathematics. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 11, 12, 13, 14, or former course 10H. Introduction to statistical thinking and understanding, including strengths and limitations of basic experimental designs, graphical and numerical summaries of data, inference, regression as descriptive tool. P/NP or letter grading.
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I disagree with the poster below. The lab exams were not difficult - if you were able to complete the weekly lab assignments, the exams should've been quite easy. However, I do think that the TAs were a bit picky when it came to grading. The midterms weren't too bad. If you go over his lecture slides and read the book thoroughly, you should be fine. The final, however, was a bit brutal. The multiple-choice questions were decent, but the free-response section was tedious and quite lengthy.
I disagree with the poster below. The lab exams were not difficult - if you were able to complete the weekly lab assignments, the exams should've been quite easy. However, I do think that the TAs were a bit picky when it came to grading. The midterms weren't too bad. If you go over his lecture slides and read the book thoroughly, you should be fine. The final, however, was a bit brutal. The multiple-choice questions were decent, but the free-response section was tedious and quite lengthy.
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Fall 2015 - Content is easy, pretty much all stuff you should have learned in high school data management. It's enough to just read the textbook chapters (so you can complete the required homework), and do your labs (don't even have to go to lab section, you can do it on your own). The textbook is overpriced and during the start of the quarter it was completely out of stock. Tests are easy, about 25 -35 multiple choice. Good, fair, engaging and passionate enough professor.
Fall 2015 - Content is easy, pretty much all stuff you should have learned in high school data management. It's enough to just read the textbook chapters (so you can complete the required homework), and do your labs (don't even have to go to lab section, you can do it on your own). The textbook is overpriced and during the start of the quarter it was completely out of stock. Tests are easy, about 25 -35 multiple choice. Good, fair, engaging and passionate enough professor.
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Yeah yeah...She may make you feel like you're in an elementary school math class, but I personally liked it. Come on now... Wouldn't you rather have a professor who teaches stats to you simply or explains it in a more complicated manner?? Her practice midterm was similar to the actual midterm and she let us have a whole sheet of paper (front and back) as our cheat sheet. I would say her midterm was pretty fair, but I got a grade in the C range (with the curve!). This was because I missed a whole page of points on her midterm. I think I would have scored higher if I had paid more attention to my lecture notes and the terms she uses. Luckily, if you score higher on the final than on the midterm she'll account your final for 75% of your grade. I guess I scored much higher on the final than I did on the midterm because I ended up with an A in the class after stressing out so much over how I needed to raise my grade. Her final was alright I guess. It was open book and open notes like some other student said, but it was much different than her midterm because there were articles you had to read through. I would say about one or two of the problems on the final were confusing because I didn't know what type of answer she wanted. Just study the practice final to get some idea of the type of answers she wants from those articles. Oh and it helps if you put labeled post-it tabs in your notes and book before the final exam so you don't flip madly through your stuff trying to find the equations or examples you need. Overall I think she's an ok professor to take stats 10 with because she teaches well, but she's not easiest professor you can take it with.
Yeah yeah...She may make you feel like you're in an elementary school math class, but I personally liked it. Come on now... Wouldn't you rather have a professor who teaches stats to you simply or explains it in a more complicated manner?? Her practice midterm was similar to the actual midterm and she let us have a whole sheet of paper (front and back) as our cheat sheet. I would say her midterm was pretty fair, but I got a grade in the C range (with the curve!). This was because I missed a whole page of points on her midterm. I think I would have scored higher if I had paid more attention to my lecture notes and the terms she uses. Luckily, if you score higher on the final than on the midterm she'll account your final for 75% of your grade. I guess I scored much higher on the final than I did on the midterm because I ended up with an A in the class after stressing out so much over how I needed to raise my grade. Her final was alright I guess. It was open book and open notes like some other student said, but it was much different than her midterm because there were articles you had to read through. I would say about one or two of the problems on the final were confusing because I didn't know what type of answer she wanted. Just study the practice final to get some idea of the type of answers she wants from those articles. Oh and it helps if you put labeled post-it tabs in your notes and book before the final exam so you don't flip madly through your stuff trying to find the equations or examples you need. Overall I think she's an ok professor to take stats 10 with because she teaches well, but she's not easiest professor you can take it with.
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I really don't get most of the negative reviews on here. The class was simple and very straight forward. All you need to do to succeed in the class is do the EASY and short homework assignments, skim the chapters to get the gist of it, and print out his lecture notes, bring them to class and bring em with you to the tests. Theres no curve in the class, but if you do exactly what he tells you to do you'll be fine. The TA's for the class were utterly horrible though. One spoke barely intelligible English and the other flipped out all the time actually ate chalk during a review session. Go to the discussions when you can though, 4 out of the 9 questions on the final were verbatim from the review exam given by the TA's.
I really don't get most of the negative reviews on here. The class was simple and very straight forward. All you need to do to succeed in the class is do the EASY and short homework assignments, skim the chapters to get the gist of it, and print out his lecture notes, bring them to class and bring em with you to the tests. Theres no curve in the class, but if you do exactly what he tells you to do you'll be fine. The TA's for the class were utterly horrible though. One spoke barely intelligible English and the other flipped out all the time actually ate chalk during a review session. Go to the discussions when you can though, 4 out of the 9 questions on the final were verbatim from the review exam given by the TA's.
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Spring 2019 - Relatively easy class, but the instruction was unfortunately unclear and section did little to improved my comfort with the material. Cha is super nice and means well but I needed a couple hours with Khan Academy to feel like I understood what was actually happening in the class. Textbook is optional, but it might have helped because I didn't get it and felt behind for much of the class. Minimal week-to-week work, but I highly encourage doing practice problems on the regular.
Spring 2019 - Relatively easy class, but the instruction was unfortunately unclear and section did little to improved my comfort with the material. Cha is super nice and means well but I needed a couple hours with Khan Academy to feel like I understood what was actually happening in the class. Textbook is optional, but it might have helped because I didn't get it and felt behind for much of the class. Minimal week-to-week work, but I highly encourage doing practice problems on the regular.
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Summer 2018 - I took AP Stats in high school and this was a repeat of the class completely! Cha had a pretty thick accent, making it hard to understand what she was saying. The class was straightforward and I did not go to one lecture past the midterm because all the examples and notes are posted. Both Midterm and final are all multiple choice. Labs are hard, but find a TA you like and they are pretty good about helping you out with them. That being said, the labs, although are mandatory, do not help you or are relevant for the midterm or final at all. Just do them for completion.
Summer 2018 - I took AP Stats in high school and this was a repeat of the class completely! Cha had a pretty thick accent, making it hard to understand what she was saying. The class was straightforward and I did not go to one lecture past the midterm because all the examples and notes are posted. Both Midterm and final are all multiple choice. Labs are hard, but find a TA you like and they are pretty good about helping you out with them. That being said, the labs, although are mandatory, do not help you or are relevant for the midterm or final at all. Just do them for completion.
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Winter 2016 - My favorite class I've ever taken. He explains statistics in a very clear manner. I did not have to consult my textbook at all for this course - everything I learned from his lecturing made sense. I definitely hope to have him as a professor again if I take statistics courses in the future.
Winter 2016 - My favorite class I've ever taken. He explains statistics in a very clear manner. I did not have to consult my textbook at all for this course - everything I learned from his lecturing made sense. I definitely hope to have him as a professor again if I take statistics courses in the future.
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the greatest quality christou has is his concern for student learning. his availability, as previously mentioned, is exceptional. no matter how "dumb" my questions were, he was always willing to take the time to answer them so that i understood everything. lectures are clear and comprehensible, but his tests are killer. however, the curve is generous, and if you study hard and go to his many office hours, you should be fine.
the greatest quality christou has is his concern for student learning. his availability, as previously mentioned, is exceptional. no matter how "dumb" my questions were, he was always willing to take the time to answer them so that i understood everything. lectures are clear and comprehensible, but his tests are killer. however, the curve is generous, and if you study hard and go to his many office hours, you should be fine.
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Dr. Cochran is a very blunt, funny, caring, challenging, motivating professor. Can't handle the blunt/challenging/motivating part? Choose a different stats prof to breeze through stats 10 with an A. But if you want a dynamic experience, Cochran is the prof to take. She focuses on concepts a lot, and uses overheads (which are also copied into a reader so you don't have to copy down all the graphics/charts) which help so you can really listen to the specifics. Stats may not be the most enthralling subject matter, and she will wake you up if you fall asleep -- trust me, I know from experience. But she'll just laugh it off, I think she said something like: "Hey I already know this stuff, I want you all to do well on my final!" She really does care about her students, and when I went to her office hours about a missing homework assignment that I did turn in, she gave me the benefit of the doubt and said she'd count it towards my grade if I couldn't turn another in (you're allowed to skip one homework assignment per half quarter). Two words of warning: I had Jason as a TA, and he was horrible. I mean, really bad. Don't take his section, he confused all of us from concepts from lectures and was no help at all. Unfortunately, participation in section was part of your grade. Also, the final was VERY DIFFICULT. I was getting an A/A- in the class up to the final and got a B for the quarter. The final is definitely not easy. All in all, a wonderful prof.
Dr. Cochran is a very blunt, funny, caring, challenging, motivating professor. Can't handle the blunt/challenging/motivating part? Choose a different stats prof to breeze through stats 10 with an A. But if you want a dynamic experience, Cochran is the prof to take. She focuses on concepts a lot, and uses overheads (which are also copied into a reader so you don't have to copy down all the graphics/charts) which help so you can really listen to the specifics. Stats may not be the most enthralling subject matter, and she will wake you up if you fall asleep -- trust me, I know from experience. But she'll just laugh it off, I think she said something like: "Hey I already know this stuff, I want you all to do well on my final!" She really does care about her students, and when I went to her office hours about a missing homework assignment that I did turn in, she gave me the benefit of the doubt and said she'd count it towards my grade if I couldn't turn another in (you're allowed to skip one homework assignment per half quarter). Two words of warning: I had Jason as a TA, and he was horrible. I mean, really bad. Don't take his section, he confused all of us from concepts from lectures and was no help at all. Unfortunately, participation in section was part of your grade. Also, the final was VERY DIFFICULT. I was getting an A/A- in the class up to the final and got a B for the quarter. The final is definitely not easy. All in all, a wonderful prof.
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