Professor Christou comes across kind of abrasive but he's a pretty good guy. He holds tons of office hours which is a plus. There is a lot of homework and labs which only count for 10% of the grade which is sort of frustrating, and the tests are really hard. The average was about 40% on every exam. This class seems really daunting and miserable but there is a huge curve. Got a B with minimal effort which is pretty good, but if you're trying to really understand and appreciate statistics I'd go with a different professor.

I was also fooled by the Bruinwalk evaluations. I honestly believe he's a terrible professor. He teaches to the people who have a background in statistics and doesn't really consider the fact that most people taking an introductory course to statistics don't know what they're doing. The TA for the class is great but obviously stressed out with the amount of material Christou requires him to teach and the number of confused students who don't even know what questions to ask. The exams are completely unfair and nothing like any of the homework or sample problems. Going to office hours doesn't help because he is very abrupt with students and doesn't take the time to listen to them before answering and not allowing time for them to understand. This class is incredibly frustrating unless you already know a lot about stats and don't need a professor to help you.