Class is super easy. Midterm/Final are 20%/30%, lowest score becomes the 20%. "Quizzes" are untimed and easy enough, 15%. Labs are perhaps the most unnecessary things at this school. Focuses on using R to do statistics stuff, you can get by by copying exactly what your TA shows you. No coding knowledge is required. Shoutout Luciano Vinas for being the homie, dude made it so easy to do labs and graded quite easy. There's a group project at the end of the year, thing takes maybe 2 hours to grind out by yourself, there is no real need for a group. 15% of your grade.

This class is definitely one of the easiest GEs out there! Professor Cha is also very sweet and accommodating since she continued to record lectures for us if we were not able to attend in-person lectures. The assignments of this class consisted of six weekly quizzes, a lab due every two weeks, and a final project. The quizzes were very easy and could easily be done as long as you pay attention to lectures. Also, do not be scared of coding for the labs since the TAs will basically walk you through the entire thing and give you the answers. The final project basically involved things we had used in labs, so it was not hard at all either. Also, you can go solo or be in a group of up to 7 for the project.
For the exams, just like the quizzes, as long as you pay attention to the lectures and take good notes then you should be good. Definitely take this class if you can!

Take this class with professor Cha if you can!! she is really sweet and amazing and you can tell she actually really cares for her students. Her lectures are really engaging and she goes at a good speed but she can talk kind of quiet so make sure to pay attention. The class consisted of a midterm and final, 6 quizzes, 5 labs, and a final project. The quizzes weren't too bad as long as you paid attention in class and sometimes some of the questions for the quiz were used as clicker questions during lectures. The labs were also pretty easy and don't be scared because of the coding because the TAs basically walk you through it and give you the answers. The midterm and final wasn't too bad because it's mostly similar to the quizzes but do make sure that you know the content because some questions can be tricky. Also, the midterm and final for W22 were online and the professor used respondus lockdown browser with camera on to proctor the test but don't worry because despite this she made it open note so as long as you have good notes then you will be fine. The final project was also not too bad since you use the coding you learned from labs to help you answer a research question you come up with based on the data set she gives you and you just write a report at the end based on your findings. Also, for the project you can work alone or in a group of up to 7 people so if you do it in a group the project becomes super manageable and easy and can be done in a day.
Here is the class breakdown for what goes towards your grade:
Quizzes: 15% (6 total - lowest dropped)
Labs: 20% (5 total - lowest dropped)
Exams: 50% (midterm 20% and final 30% or midterm 30% and final 20% depending on which exams you did better on)
Final Project: 15% (2 project check ups graded on completion 3%, final lab report and R code 12%)
Extra credit: up to 1% (iclicker questions for participation give you 0.1% for each lecture. answer iclicker questions in 10 lectures to get full 1% extra credit) (yes you will have to pay for iclicker to get these points)
Also on a final note, this class does have an optional textbook (which can be found online for free) but it is definitely not needed or required since you will only be tested on things from lecture.
Overall, TAKE THIS CLASS!!! you won't regret it!

I would highly recommend this class, even for those who aren't very interested in statistics. Professor Cha is so kind! She made it clear from the very beginning that no grade was more important than our mental health and she even gave us candy on Valentine's Day.

I haven't taken any classes about stats before (not even in high school) and I was still able to understand the material really quickly. Going to lecture was super helpful, especially since you get extra credit for doing the clicker questions, but just the slides on their own were clear enough if you wanted to review/learn the content. Tbh I wasn't really on top of things after taking the midterm, but I still managed to cram 5 weeks worth of content in 2 days by just reading the slides, going through example problems, doing the provided practice exam, and re-watching certain clips from lectures. I'm sure it would've been a breeze for anyone who managed their time better than I did.

Workload was very manageable. It was just a lab every other week (which the TAs basically walk you through during discussion), weekly quizzes (no time limit, open note), a project (not much work at all if you worked with a group), and 1 midterm and 1 final (taken online on Respondus, but you were allowed a 15-page cheat sheet).

Basically, if you can get a spot in this class you should definitely take it!

I know it was so long ago, but there was too much coding and a thick international accent made it hard to understand the material, which was taught at a shallow level. Do not recommend to fellow Bruins

Professor Cha is so nice and cares so much about the students in her class. Don't be afraid to ask her questions before or after class or in office hours. Her slides had so much information on them, making it super easy to study for the exams. The only criticism I have is that there was a lot of busy work in the class, especially the worksheets in discussion section.

Despite being uncannily clear, the lecturer (not a professor) fumbled with the languages as she only knew R. Hence, there was no way for Ms. Cha to teach SAS/STATA/SPSS

I took AP Stats in high school but took this class for GE and found it to be very easy. The grading is:

4% participation- with iClicker; as long as you answer at least one question during each lecture (doesn't even have to be correct) then you're good, and you can miss up to one class. If you get Reef, you don't even have to go to lecture.

20% online quizzes- on CCLE, a few easy multiple choice questions assigned every Friday, due on Sunday. Drop lowest two scores as well

16% labs- There's 5 labs (about one due every two weeks), lowest grade is dropped. You'll have to get a $6 course reader from the campus bookstore. You can either go to your TA's lab session every week, or you can do it on your own time if you download the Fathom software (it costs $5 to rent for a year). As long as you read the instructions in the course reader/lab manual, you can fully complete the labs by yourself; they're very straightforward.

60% exams, 30% each- There's midterms weeks 5 and 10, and the material is not cumulative. They're 25-30 multiple choice and I aced both of them. She lets you bring a one-sided formula sheet as long as it's handwritten. Also, you can use any calculator you want. That means if you have a TI-84 and know how to use the DISTR and STAT menus, you barely have to do any work at all; you can have the calculator do the z- and t-tests or normal/binomial distribution stuff for you. If you got a 5 on AP Stats these should be a breeze.

Overall, during lecture she was pretty clear and she posted her lecture slides in advance every week. She 'recommends' you get the textbook "Essential Statistics: Exploring the World Through Data, Second Edition" by Gould, Ryan and Wong but it's not necessary at all; her slides cover everything and have plenty of examples.

First off you can easily get an A in the class if you go over all her lecture slides and listen to her midterm/final review. Professor Cha is my favorite professor in the Stats department, due to the fact that her slides are extremely organized and she puts a lot of effort in giving you the material you need to succeed in the class whether it is r code examples, slides, and textbook resources. I messed up on two of the homework assignments due to my own mistakes, yet the homework assignments tended to be fair. She is also extremely approachable, and although the group project was a decent amount of work she grades it fairly leniently. Overall, I recommend Maria Cha over any professor for 101a, 101b, and hopefully one day she'll teach 101c.

Professor Cha was possibly the sweetest professor I have ever met. She deeply cares about everyone's well being both mentally and academically. I have never taken a stats class before and I thought that this class was extremely easy! The first midterm is extremely easy, I messed up on it because I didn't read some of the questions carefully, but still thought that a 100% is extremely attainable. the quizzes are online and you can use your notes, I didn't because I wanted to know what I needed to learn more of, and the final was also easy there were just a couple tricky questions. A few people said that they though her accent was hard to understand, but i had no issue understanding everything clearly. I would take this class again just because I literally love her!!!!
my grade breakdown went like this, just for reference:
Midterm 1: 80%
Overall Quiz: 92%
Overall Lab:90%
Final: 82%
Overall Grad: B+