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.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Prof Paul is just a nice guy who really enjoys stats. I admit, sometimes he chooses not to comment on some questions because he does not know the answer, but really, this is an intro course, and that's exactly what he teaches you. I thought he did an excellent job of explaining why calculations were done and the reasons behind certain processes. I hated stats because all I knew how to do were mechanical calculations the book told me to do, but now I actually understand why they are done. The exams are easy, and I disagree with the other person that said he never taught what he tested on. If you go to lecture, he gives examples and if you bother to write them down, you'll notice that he uses those exact examples with different numbers on the tests. Sure he might not be the smartest guy, but he knows how to teach you what you need to know for stats 10.
Prof Paul is just a nice guy who really enjoys stats. I admit, sometimes he chooses not to comment on some questions because he does not know the answer, but really, this is an intro course, and that's exactly what he teaches you. I thought he did an excellent job of explaining why calculations were done and the reasons behind certain processes. I hated stats because all I knew how to do were mechanical calculations the book told me to do, but now I actually understand why they are done. The exams are easy, and I disagree with the other person that said he never taught what he tested on. If you go to lecture, he gives examples and if you bother to write them down, you'll notice that he uses those exact examples with different numbers on the tests. Sure he might not be the smartest guy, but he knows how to teach you what you need to know for stats 10.
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Professor Read is one of the worst professors I've taken this year. Not only is he absolutely boring but he makes everything seem harder and more tedious than it really is. I didn't know one person in the class who understood what he was doing. His notes don't correspond with the homework and neither the notes nor the homework correspond with the tests. If possible, stay away from this guy's class.
Professor Read is one of the worst professors I've taken this year. Not only is he absolutely boring but he makes everything seem harder and more tedious than it really is. I didn't know one person in the class who understood what he was doing. His notes don't correspond with the homework and neither the notes nor the homework correspond with the tests. If possible, stay away from this guy's class.
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Fall 2015 - I am a stats major so I knew everything before the course. Had I not been a stats major, I would not have been able to follow the course because the Professor has no idea what he is talking about. Plus, he doesn't understand some of the concepts he teach (standard error vs standard deviation and anova and such) so it is painstaking watching him crash and burn. If I met him outside of class, I wouldn't have noticed him.
Fall 2015 - I am a stats major so I knew everything before the course. Had I not been a stats major, I would not have been able to follow the course because the Professor has no idea what he is talking about. Plus, he doesn't understand some of the concepts he teach (standard error vs standard deviation and anova and such) so it is painstaking watching him crash and burn. If I met him outside of class, I wouldn't have noticed him.
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ECON 41 I had Professor Rojas in the Spring 12. The grade consisted of two midterms, each 30%, and a final, worth 40%. The exams were fair; no curve balls and he distributes formula sheets for each test. The orange book was not useful, but Professor Rojas was thorough enough during lecture so that the book was not really necessary. Go to lecture and take good notes... you should be fine :)
ECON 41 I had Professor Rojas in the Spring 12. The grade consisted of two midterms, each 30%, and a final, worth 40%. The exams were fair; no curve balls and he distributes formula sheets for each test. The orange book was not useful, but Professor Rojas was thorough enough during lecture so that the book was not really necessary. Go to lecture and take good notes... you should be fine :)
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The thing I love about Professor Sanchez is that she is the best at making concepts easy to understand: (directly from 02/20/2015 lecture) SANCHEZ: So, would you say that the people that are in the ‘college or higher’ group are independent of the people that are in the ‘high school or lower’ group? Do you think they are independent? Yes or no? Be, be courageous. STUDENT: (shy) Yes. SANCHEZ: Yes, yes. That’s it. Yeah. No, they are not. They are independent, right? No. They are not independent. Right? What did you say. Yes or no. No. You said yes they are independent, or yes they are not? STUDENT: Independent. SANCHEZ: Yes. They are independent. No. Yes. They are not independent, okay? They are not independent. I mean, sorry. Yes. They are independent. Fuck this class.
The thing I love about Professor Sanchez is that she is the best at making concepts easy to understand: (directly from 02/20/2015 lecture) SANCHEZ: So, would you say that the people that are in the ‘college or higher’ group are independent of the people that are in the ‘high school or lower’ group? Do you think they are independent? Yes or no? Be, be courageous. STUDENT: (shy) Yes. SANCHEZ: Yes, yes. That’s it. Yeah. No, they are not. They are independent, right? No. They are not independent. Right? What did you say. Yes or no. No. You said yes they are independent, or yes they are not? STUDENT: Independent. SANCHEZ: Yes. They are independent. No. Yes. They are not independent, okay? They are not independent. I mean, sorry. Yes. They are independent. Fuck this class.
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great professor, explains everything very well. highly recommended. pretty easy course too. the stuff he tests on comes straight out of his lecture notes. the boook was useless, only used for homework, but no worries because the TA helps you with that too. the quarter would have been perfect other than the fact that prof. schoenberg didnt bother to show up on the day of the final as all 160 of us sit in the lecture hall for 2 hours at 8 am wondering what was going on.
great professor, explains everything very well. highly recommended. pretty easy course too. the stuff he tests on comes straight out of his lecture notes. the boook was useless, only used for homework, but no worries because the TA helps you with that too. the quarter would have been perfect other than the fact that prof. schoenberg didnt bother to show up on the day of the final as all 160 of us sit in the lecture hall for 2 hours at 8 am wondering what was going on.
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Professor Strand is a VERY caring teacher and knows his stuff but his test are VERY hard!! Do not be fooled into thinking they are easy. The good thing about his lectures is that they are all online and they are easy to follow. I would recommend his class to those who want to a good challenge.
Professor Strand is a VERY caring teacher and knows his stuff but his test are VERY hard!! Do not be fooled into thinking they are easy. The good thing about his lectures is that they are all online and they are easy to follow. I would recommend his class to those who want to a good challenge.
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