STAT W1111

There are I think 6 problem sets throughout the semester, each a reasonable length with problems that more or less correspond to those on the midterms. They are graded leniently, but PLEASE NOTE, the TA's for this class are atrocious and they will not be graded until the end of the semester (we received PS1 grade on time, and no others until finals had concluded). There are 3 midterms, the first two are non-cumulative and pretty straightforward, the third one was cumulative and extremely long, I did not finish. Professor Nguyen said he might curve at the end of the semester but probably not, so you actually have to perform well in the class. My grade ended up coming out okay, so I believe he did end up caving and curving.

weekly in class quizzes, a midterm, a final, weekly hw(2-3 hours).

I've read Kobi's other reviews and after taking his class this is my statement: If you are willing to work to learn the material you will love Kobi's class because he really wants you to understand and loves statistics. If you don't want to work and just want to get past the course you will not like Kobi and will have a hard time with the material. His tests are not the "regurgitation" type: you have to understand the material to do well. And if it is worth anything to say, I got an 'A' in his class.

a couple of exams, quizzes once a week, project

like two hw assignments per test. 3 total tests. really good.

Two chapters of textbook reading a week, goes by quickly. Weekly problem set from the textbook for 25%, two quizzes for 5%, midterm for 20%, final for 40%, and a group project for 10%. Lecture slides on Courseworks are good enough to skip going to class, but going is useful if the textbook wasn't clear enough for that topic. No more than a couple of hours of work a week outside of class.

Overall not too bad at all. If you go to weekly recitation as well as lectures you'll be fine. JiTT Online Reading Questions (before almost every class) and in-class clicker participation: As long as you do the reading and go to class this is a piece of cake. Often I was totally baffled by the reading and said so in the JiTT/definitely answered the question wrong. It's about effort rather than understand at this point. 12 homeworks - all relatively straightforward (the R code came straight out of the reading!), though a few homework assignments took eons because of the amount of R involved. Two lowest grades dropped. 4 quizzes - lowest quiz dropped. 1 final - not too terrible either.

1 problem set a week, which got more tedious as the semester went on in terms of amount of time you need to spend on them. 10 problem sets in total. 40% of your grade. They are never that bad at all, and very leniently graded. Midterm (30%) and Final (30%): super easy, no curve balls. She also gives you bonus points on the final if you've missed 2 classes or less all semester, and also an extra problem set at the end of the semester to replace the score off 1 problem set if you screwed up. Also, she showers you with extra practice problems before exams, with problem types that appear on exams.

Homework due once a week. She'll give you ten problems and you'll be content until you realize that each problem has 3 or 4 sub-questions. 2 quizzes, midterm, final, and an optional extra credit assignment (although she made it an "optional extra credit assignment" because we ran out of time to do a real project.)

A weekly problem set consisting of problems from the textbook (he drops the lowest score), 2 easy quizzes, a midterm, a final and a project. Very reasonable and not hard.