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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

Overall a fairly easy class, I would recommend it as a great GE (I took it for my life science req). There is homework every week and it can kind of be a pain but it only took me around an hour - 2 hours every week. His tests were very poorly written because he would ask strangely difficult questions about super easy topics. However, you get like 3 tries for each portion of each quiz so you can very easily ace each quiz.

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.

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.

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.

Professor Zes is amazing! If you have to take stats, you should definitely take it with him! He He does expect you to have some level of understanding from the assigned chapters in the textbook to fully understand his slides, but honestly it is pretty easy to keep. He is super helpful and nice, and I would definitely take another class with him, even though I hate STEM classes. The midterm and final were really easy, the only annoying this is that he takes extra points off for getting a question wrong, similar to the old SAT grading style. Still would 100% recommend taking his class though!

Professor Zes was kind and caring of his students. His methods of teaching were slightly disorganized and hard to follow at times, but overall he was able to covey the course material. His quizzes at the beginning of the quarter were nothing like what he was teaching, and I relied on counting pixels of my computer screen for one quiz. However, he took feedback from students and from that point on, quizzes were generated from course material. The midterm was good, and the large amount of time given to take it was great. The homeworks were normal, some things were difficult, but the TAs did well in explaining.

since this class was remote, i'm not sure how his teaching would translate in person. i love zes as a guy -- he's really dorky and a sweet guy, but i'm not sure how i feel as him as a professor. since i had taken stats before i'm not sure how his teaching style would work for someone who was brand new to stats.

his quizzes (almost every week) in the beginning of the quarter were soooo frustrating! but they definitely got easier as the quarter went on! he gave us four attempts, with the same ordeal for the midterm (four attempts for each part, which looked exactly like the previous quizzes). there's also the labs using R Studio, but my TA basically just gave us the code and went over it, so the only difficult part is getting it to convert to a PDF and get the software to cooperate. There's also weekly homework which the TA also go over that wasn't overwhelming. your lowest homework and lab grade is also dropped.

if you can use a TI-84 calculator or R Studio, then this class will be really easy to get through. if i were ever stuck on a topic or question on the homework, the textbook (which is required in order to do the homework) was actually really helpful. zes said in the very beginning that the textbook will be the greatest resource in the class, and the lecture is supplementary to it. his lectures were also recorded, so i ended up not attending lecture most of the time. i did try to drop lectures just because i like zes haha but he does ramble a lot (sometimes too much that there's only like 30 minutes of actual lecture content) and those 50 minutes can be a bit messy.

the class is definitely manageable though and can be an easy A. he has a lot of extra credit opportunities that are as simple as completing a questionnaire. i never attended office hours, but he was always trying to be flexible with his hours and does try to answer all his student's questions. he was always very accommodating throughout the quarter for his students, but especially towards the end with all the protests, making the final optional. overall, it was a great class to take while adjusting to learning remotely :)