ZES IS AMAZING!! He's super helpful and so understanding. I've never taken a stats class in my life, and I was a bit nervous about my lack of knowledge on the subject, but honestly, this was a great and not so difficult class.

I have no stats background, never took it in high school, however, this class was probably one of the best and easiest classes I've ever taken. Zes gave us 3 tries for each quiz we had as well as the midterm and final. The labs (4) made me really nervous but my TA was super helpful and we were given 2 weeks to complete one. If you need to cover a GE I HIGHLY recommend taking Zes' class!

This class was so easy. The material itself is difficult to grasp, but you don't even need to know the topics well in order to get an A. The TA did all of the homework and labs in front of us so I could literally just copy down the answers and not have to do any of the work on my own. Tests/quizzes had 3 tries and were graded easily so you were guaranteed a high grade. I highly recommend this class.

You literally need to have a pulse to get an A. I did not attend a single lecture and was able to get an A+. Granted, the class was online and so the quizzes/tests were open note, but the material is not hard to learn (and a majority of it is common sense).

The HW and the Labs were both pretty easy. If you couldn't figure it out yourself, the TA does it for you during discussion so you just need to copy it.

The tests/quizzes were werid. You get 3 tries on them, but the kicker is that wrong answers are worth negative points. (sometimes I'd get like -4/8 on them on my first try). But after 3 tries you should be able to do decently enough I guess.

Professor Zes was fantastic and I have absolutely nothing negative to say about him. I have no hesitation recommending taking his class.

The TAs were pretty hit or miss. But that's just how it goes. Plus, you could definitely just watch another TAs review sessions instead and it's no big deal.

Dave is really helpful and puts an effort into getting to know his students. However, if you come to this class with prior knowledge of data mining (e.g. STATS 102B, research or internship ML-experience), you will likely find this class not in-depth at all. My friends and I agreed that while the class was fun, we didn't end up learning a lot that we didn't know already.

Lectures are a waste of time. Zes digresses all the time so the frequency of useful information is very low. You don’t need to listen to lectures for assignments or tests. Honestly this class is a shallow overview of the methods that a lot of us already knew and to apply those methods, you use the R functions out there without thinking about the math behind those functions. This maybe a mean statement to say but I question the qualification of Zes as a lecturer and his ability to teach properly.