STATS 13
Introduction to Statistical Methods for Life and Health Sciences
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 10, 10H, 11, 12, or 14. Presentation and interpretation of data, descriptive statistics, introduction to correlation and regression and to basic statistical inference (estimation, testing of means and proportions, ANOVA) using both bootstrap methods and parametric models. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
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Wow.....His lectures were completely disorganized. You were never sure which concepts or formulas you would need from them until you tried the homework and by then you'd forgotten them already, even if you did it right after class. The tests were relatively straightforward and were in large part based upon his review sheets so I ended up getting an A in the class. However I don't feel that I've truly learned very much at all about statistics. The lectures were just too fractured. It doesn't help that half of the stuff Dr. Li lectures about simply isn't in the book, and what is in there is horribly written. You're pretty much on your own. Pray you get a good TA.
Wow.....His lectures were completely disorganized. You were never sure which concepts or formulas you would need from them until you tried the homework and by then you'd forgotten them already, even if you did it right after class. The tests were relatively straightforward and were in large part based upon his review sheets so I ended up getting an A in the class. However I don't feel that I've truly learned very much at all about statistics. The lectures were just too fractured. It doesn't help that half of the stuff Dr. Li lectures about simply isn't in the book, and what is in there is horribly written. You're pretty much on your own. Pray you get a good TA.
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His lectures are helpful but he moves through material at such a slow pace...which I guess isn't a bad thing except that you have to sit through every one because most of the material he tests on is specifically from details in his lecture and not the textbook. However, if you do manage that, his exams are pretty much easy As, especially with the notes he allows you to have. I went to class about 80% of the time, spent an hour max preparing for each exam (which consisted of making my notes sheet) and nearly aced every one.
His lectures are helpful but he moves through material at such a slow pace...which I guess isn't a bad thing except that you have to sit through every one because most of the material he tests on is specifically from details in his lecture and not the textbook. However, if you do manage that, his exams are pretty much easy As, especially with the notes he allows you to have. I went to class about 80% of the time, spent an hour max preparing for each exam (which consisted of making my notes sheet) and nearly aced every one.
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***ECON 41*** I want to take the time to warn everyone who takes ECON 41 with this professor in the future that there is practically NO CURVE WHATSOEVER, and, therefore, you MUST pull 80s or higher on the exams if you want anything higher than a C. Definitely a hardcore weeder class. You have been warned.
***ECON 41*** I want to take the time to warn everyone who takes ECON 41 with this professor in the future that there is practically NO CURVE WHATSOEVER, and, therefore, you MUST pull 80s or higher on the exams if you want anything higher than a C. Definitely a hardcore weeder class. You have been warned.
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If you don't like going to class which I don't this class is lame, because if you don't make it you loose stupid participation points from lectures and its idiotic. I highly suggest not taking this professor if you don't go to class, her lectures are pointless and I have to go for the participation, which I never get because its always on some random day I don't go. Overall easy class, just do all the tedious requirements to do well, doesn't test ability, it tests stamina to not quit on pointless tasks, which is harder in my opinion than ability.
If you don't like going to class which I don't this class is lame, because if you don't make it you loose stupid participation points from lectures and its idiotic. I highly suggest not taking this professor if you don't go to class, her lectures are pointless and I have to go for the participation, which I never get because its always on some random day I don't go. Overall easy class, just do all the tedious requirements to do well, doesn't test ability, it tests stamina to not quit on pointless tasks, which is harder in my opinion than ability.
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Decent professor. He explains things in depth during class and explains the concepts in an easy to understand manner. His tests aren't particularly forgiving if you mess up on them, but his tests are relatively easy regardless. If you've taken AP stats before and did well in it/are familiar with basic stats concepts, Stats 13 will be a cake walk.
Decent professor. He explains things in depth during class and explains the concepts in an easy to understand manner. His tests aren't particularly forgiving if you mess up on them, but his tests are relatively easy regardless. If you've taken AP stats before and did well in it/are familiar with basic stats concepts, Stats 13 will be a cake walk.
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Winter 2017 - I'm going to start this by stating that I got straight c+'s in physics. I'm great in bio, I get by in chem, but math (and yes I know physics is both a science and a mathematics, but to me it's MATH) is difficult for me. I came into this class wholly expecting to cry and struggle over it just like I did in physics. But I didn't. I got an A. And I truly believe that was due to Tsiang. He is so sweet, so understanding, and really wants his students to do well. He was willing to work with me on anything I struggled with and I really felt welcomed to ask him questions. He also makes awesome Parks & Rec references. If you do the homework and seek help in this class, you will do great - if you take it with Tsiang. 10/10 recommend.
Winter 2017 - I'm going to start this by stating that I got straight c+'s in physics. I'm great in bio, I get by in chem, but math (and yes I know physics is both a science and a mathematics, but to me it's MATH) is difficult for me. I came into this class wholly expecting to cry and struggle over it just like I did in physics. But I didn't. I got an A. And I truly believe that was due to Tsiang. He is so sweet, so understanding, and really wants his students to do well. He was willing to work with me on anything I struggled with and I really felt welcomed to ask him questions. He also makes awesome Parks & Rec references. If you do the homework and seek help in this class, you will do great - if you take it with Tsiang. 10/10 recommend.
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VERY concerned about his students. For stats 13, it seemed a little out of the ordinary that we focused almost entirely on proofs and derivations (rather than basic problems, which a lot of my friends told me they did in past quarters) - but it does really help you understand the material and its theoretical basis. most of our quarter was spent writing papers or proving certain formulas - and indeed, this is what the final was on as well. but, if you really study his proofs/derivations and understand how everything works, you can do very well on the final (the only exam we ever had).
VERY concerned about his students. For stats 13, it seemed a little out of the ordinary that we focused almost entirely on proofs and derivations (rather than basic problems, which a lot of my friends told me they did in past quarters) - but it does really help you understand the material and its theoretical basis. most of our quarter was spent writing papers or proving certain formulas - and indeed, this is what the final was on as well. but, if you really study his proofs/derivations and understand how everything works, you can do very well on the final (the only exam we ever had).
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Summer 2020 - I want to start off by saying I have never taken a stats class before, at first I was extremely nervous to take this class with this particular professor due to the amount of things the professor did to prevent cheating. Both exams were on respondus and we had to have our phones on zoom with the camera directed on our hands. As someone who already gets anxiety during exams, this policy did not really help ease it, I will say I was much more calm during the final though as I knew it was not as bad as i had initially thought. To break the class down, lecture attendance counted as extra credit (max 1%) and were recorded/uploaded to ccle, at first the professor would only leave the lectures up for 3 days and then we were not allowed to watch them, but for some reason he just removed this restriction after the midterm. Labs/HW were both worth 20% of our grades (so together 40%), the hw's were pretty easy, labs I hated simply because I did not understand the purpose of them, grading will depend heavily on your TA. I personally had Jireh and he was amazing at explaining concepts and was an overall very good TA. The midterm and Final were both worth 30% each, and were both mc. The final was not cumulative and was everything after the midterm, both exams were not focused on calculation, rather they were heavily conceptual. Overall, I think I stressed about this class a lot more than I should have, professor Wu does have a very monotone voice, but he is very good at explaining most concepts and would try to interact with the students during lecture. I definitely think that this class was very fair, after taking this class I appreciate the security measures implemented to prevent cheating, as I think my final grade would have been a lot different if they weren't. In all, the best way to describe my experience with this professor was fair, it was not super easy but if you put in the effort it should have not been extremely hard.
Summer 2020 - I want to start off by saying I have never taken a stats class before, at first I was extremely nervous to take this class with this particular professor due to the amount of things the professor did to prevent cheating. Both exams were on respondus and we had to have our phones on zoom with the camera directed on our hands. As someone who already gets anxiety during exams, this policy did not really help ease it, I will say I was much more calm during the final though as I knew it was not as bad as i had initially thought. To break the class down, lecture attendance counted as extra credit (max 1%) and were recorded/uploaded to ccle, at first the professor would only leave the lectures up for 3 days and then we were not allowed to watch them, but for some reason he just removed this restriction after the midterm. Labs/HW were both worth 20% of our grades (so together 40%), the hw's were pretty easy, labs I hated simply because I did not understand the purpose of them, grading will depend heavily on your TA. I personally had Jireh and he was amazing at explaining concepts and was an overall very good TA. The midterm and Final were both worth 30% each, and were both mc. The final was not cumulative and was everything after the midterm, both exams were not focused on calculation, rather they were heavily conceptual. Overall, I think I stressed about this class a lot more than I should have, professor Wu does have a very monotone voice, but he is very good at explaining most concepts and would try to interact with the students during lecture. I definitely think that this class was very fair, after taking this class I appreciate the security measures implemented to prevent cheating, as I think my final grade would have been a lot different if they weren't. In all, the best way to describe my experience with this professor was fair, it was not super easy but if you put in the effort it should have not been extremely hard.
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Fall 2019 - I love Dr. Zanontian!! She's a college professor with high school teacher energy, which is a great thing. She really cares about student learning and is willing to be really interpersonal to make sure her students thoroughly understand the material and aren't struggling. The class itself is not difficult either and is very fair. I would recommend this class to anyone.
Fall 2019 - I love Dr. Zanontian!! She's a college professor with high school teacher energy, which is a great thing. She really cares about student learning and is willing to be really interpersonal to make sure her students thoroughly understand the material and aren't struggling. The class itself is not difficult either and is very fair. I would recommend this class to anyone.
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