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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Adam's pretty much the best. I'm a sociology major an in no way any sort of math-whiz, and I passed the class. The work was relatively easy, and the questions from the tests were forms of same questions he asked in class. Lectures notes were provided beforehand, but there were blanks that you could only fill if you went to lecture. Discussion was extremely helpful, and the TAs and professor were always available.
Adam's pretty much the best. I'm a sociology major an in no way any sort of math-whiz, and I passed the class. The work was relatively easy, and the questions from the tests were forms of same questions he asked in class. Lectures notes were provided beforehand, but there were blanks that you could only fill if you went to lecture. Discussion was extremely helpful, and the TAs and professor were always available.
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Winter 2020 - Professor Michael Tsiang's lectures and slides are very helpful because he breaks everything down in order for it to be easy to understand. His exams are not easy A's however as you will find trick questions or oddly-worded questions causing you to get a B or B+ on his exams instead. But don't worry!!! I was below the mean on the first mid-term, but quite above the mean on the next mid-term and final. As long as you guys make sure you are at the mean for every exam, YOU WILL GET AN A! In addition, he gives very generous extra credit opportunities, which I made sure to capitalize on, make sure you do too. Although this class might make you stress out a bit, as long as you put in your effort, it is an easy A. I wish all his future students the best of luck. YOU GOT THIS!!!
Winter 2020 - Professor Michael Tsiang's lectures and slides are very helpful because he breaks everything down in order for it to be easy to understand. His exams are not easy A's however as you will find trick questions or oddly-worded questions causing you to get a B or B+ on his exams instead. But don't worry!!! I was below the mean on the first mid-term, but quite above the mean on the next mid-term and final. As long as you guys make sure you are at the mean for every exam, YOU WILL GET AN A! In addition, he gives very generous extra credit opportunities, which I made sure to capitalize on, make sure you do too. Although this class might make you stress out a bit, as long as you put in your effort, it is an easy A. I wish all his future students the best of luck. YOU GOT THIS!!!
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Spring 2021 - This is definitely an EASY A GE. Professor Wang provides her students with previous quarter sample exams and the slides which makes the exam much easier. Besides, the lecture given by Professor Wang are super clear, while the HWs in this class are completely optional which means the workload is very light. After every lecture, there will be a post-lecture pop quiz which counts towards the participation credits, and there's easy extra credits. Overall, this course is definitely not a time consuming but an EASY A GE. I highly recommend this course to those who have already select multiple intense major course during the quarter.
Spring 2021 - This is definitely an EASY A GE. Professor Wang provides her students with previous quarter sample exams and the slides which makes the exam much easier. Besides, the lecture given by Professor Wang are super clear, while the HWs in this class are completely optional which means the workload is very light. After every lecture, there will be a post-lecture pop quiz which counts towards the participation credits, and there's easy extra credits. Overall, this course is definitely not a time consuming but an EASY A GE. I highly recommend this course to those who have already select multiple intense major course during the quarter.
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Prof. Womack is a really cool guy. He is pretty laid back and very helpful at the same time. He explains every concept clearly. His midterms are fair, as long as you practice the problems you'll be fine. Choose him over any other, especially if it's not an important part of your major.
Prof. Womack is a really cool guy. He is pretty laid back and very helpful at the same time. He explains every concept clearly. His midterms are fair, as long as you practice the problems you'll be fine. Choose him over any other, especially if it's not an important part of your major.
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Fall 2020 - I'm a poli sci major that hates math, but Wu made this fairly painless. He's an incredibly nice, personable, and helpful professor that clearly cares about students succeeding. The content isn't that interesting but Wu teaches in a very clear manner that made it fairly easy. It is easy to get behind, however, so I'd recommend staying on top of lectures and actually reading the textbook (I think I'd space out on a lot of the lectures if I didn't have the textbook's background knowledge). The lab portion of Stats 10 is totally ridiculous, but most TA's walk you through it step by step so it's fine. Wu writes pretty hard exams, as well. The midterm was easy but he used relatively confusing language that lead to the mean score in the class being 73. The final was also hard, with a mean score of a 72... so take studying for the tests seriously. In my class he curved pretty generously (dropped a few low scores and rounded some things up, I believe), but I'm not sure if this is the norm. If you have to take stats 10, Professor Wu is a good person to take it with!
Fall 2020 - I'm a poli sci major that hates math, but Wu made this fairly painless. He's an incredibly nice, personable, and helpful professor that clearly cares about students succeeding. The content isn't that interesting but Wu teaches in a very clear manner that made it fairly easy. It is easy to get behind, however, so I'd recommend staying on top of lectures and actually reading the textbook (I think I'd space out on a lot of the lectures if I didn't have the textbook's background knowledge). The lab portion of Stats 10 is totally ridiculous, but most TA's walk you through it step by step so it's fine. Wu writes pretty hard exams, as well. The midterm was easy but he used relatively confusing language that lead to the mean score in the class being 73. The final was also hard, with a mean score of a 72... so take studying for the tests seriously. In my class he curved pretty generously (dropped a few low scores and rounded some things up, I believe), but I'm not sure if this is the norm. If you have to take stats 10, Professor Wu is a good person to take it with!
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Spring 2020 - COVID. Easiest class ever, and I've taken Scan 50W, Theater 10, Span 44, and more. He gives 4 tries per test and quiz and honestly you only ever need 1 to get 100%. Its that easy. Literally no tricks, nothing in depth. Can you plug numbers into an equation? You'll get an A. I fully believe (literally, no exaggeration it is that easy) my 6th grade cousin could've gotten an A in this class. He literally explained that X was a variable that represented any number. I am a dumb student and still thought this class was a joke. I honestly felt like this class insulted the intelligence of UCLA students. People did so well (like 95% of students got 100% on the midterm) he gave made us take an academic honesty quiz. Bro, people aren't cheating, it's really just that easy. I was scared at first because he gave the whole "UCLA students are held to a high standard, you all are smart blah blah blah" at the beginning of class so I took it seriously at the beginning. Nope, this class was a joke. The quizzes scared me at first because of the really random numbers, but it ends up being a blessing in disguise. If you don't get the exact random number that he has, you did it wrong. Most annoying thing is this class honestly has to be the freshman. I've never thrown shade on people in my class in a review before. But honestly, they needed to chill. They made a whole Zes fan club and just talked so much during the zoom lecture and in the chat that it was impossible to focus and honestly was just so cringe. That being said, lectures are useless, just google the formula for the quizzes during the quizzes once you see the question (again that easy). I don't know if I've said it yet, but this class is super easy. I'm not even a stem major, and truth be told, I'm a huge brick. Homework is graded on accuracy but the answers are in the back of the book and online. For R assignments, just go to discussion cause your TA does the whole thing and you just need to write it down and you'll get a 100% in that department too. All in all: what a joke. Take this for literally the easiest class in your life including high school and middle school
Spring 2020 - COVID. Easiest class ever, and I've taken Scan 50W, Theater 10, Span 44, and more. He gives 4 tries per test and quiz and honestly you only ever need 1 to get 100%. Its that easy. Literally no tricks, nothing in depth. Can you plug numbers into an equation? You'll get an A. I fully believe (literally, no exaggeration it is that easy) my 6th grade cousin could've gotten an A in this class. He literally explained that X was a variable that represented any number. I am a dumb student and still thought this class was a joke. I honestly felt like this class insulted the intelligence of UCLA students. People did so well (like 95% of students got 100% on the midterm) he gave made us take an academic honesty quiz. Bro, people aren't cheating, it's really just that easy. I was scared at first because he gave the whole "UCLA students are held to a high standard, you all are smart blah blah blah" at the beginning of class so I took it seriously at the beginning. Nope, this class was a joke. The quizzes scared me at first because of the really random numbers, but it ends up being a blessing in disguise. If you don't get the exact random number that he has, you did it wrong. Most annoying thing is this class honestly has to be the freshman. I've never thrown shade on people in my class in a review before. But honestly, they needed to chill. They made a whole Zes fan club and just talked so much during the zoom lecture and in the chat that it was impossible to focus and honestly was just so cringe. That being said, lectures are useless, just google the formula for the quizzes during the quizzes once you see the question (again that easy). I don't know if I've said it yet, but this class is super easy. I'm not even a stem major, and truth be told, I'm a huge brick. Homework is graded on accuracy but the answers are in the back of the book and online. For R assignments, just go to discussion cause your TA does the whole thing and you just need to write it down and you'll get a 100% in that department too. All in all: what a joke. Take this for literally the easiest class in your life including high school and middle school
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