Introduction to Statistical Reasoning

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; computer laboratory, two hours. Preparation: three years of high school mathematics. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 12, 13, or 15. Introduction to statistical thinking and understanding, including strengths and limitations of basic experimental designs, graphical and numerical summaries of data, inference, regression as descriptive tool. P/NP or letter grading.

Review Summary

Clarity
10.0 / 10
Organization
10.0 / 10
Time
0-5 hrs/week
Overall
10.0 / 10

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2021 Online
    Grade: A

    Really easy A, and the professor made materials very organized

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2021 Online
    Grade: A+

    Wang is very organized in her lectures and lecture notes, and she posted the slides so it was easy to follow along with lectures or review later. She explained concepts well. The only downside to lectures was that attendance was required (honestly, we're adults here, and that's just annoying).

    The class had weekly quizzes (very easy, open-note), homework (also pretty easy, maybe an hour a week), and a lab component in R. The labs were biweekly, and took maybe 2 hours each (so about an hour a week), but the TAs basically covered exactly how to do them in the lab sections, so even if you have no experience coding, they should be manageable.

    Quarter Taken: Winter 2022 In-Person
    Grade: A+

    Super easy chill class, discussion sections basically give you the answers to all the lab questions. If you look at the lecture slides, you can do well on the homework and exams.

    Quarter Taken: Winter 2022 In-Person
    Grade: A+

    Easy A

    Quarter Taken: Winter 2022 In-Person
    Grade: A

    She is the GOAT!! Very clear with explanations. Slides are very clear, she shows examples, and it's a very easy class. Lecture is sorta mandatory as she has attendance questions due at the end of lecture. Overall, just put in a little bit of work and you will get an A.

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: A

    The class is really easy. Participation and Quiz points are cumulative, so once you reach a certain amount, you will get full credit. In addition, midterm is open notes. The coding labs were also easy, given that the TAs gives the code to questions quite similar to the lab.

    Quarter Taken: Winter 2023 Online
    Grade: N/A

    The recorded lectures were super clutch. If you've taken AP stats or have any stats knowledge, this class should be very light.

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2023 Online
    Grade: B-

    The class wasn't so bad. The slides were a little confusing and the Professor could be a little confusing but she was very fair with the grading. For Finals exam, you were allowed to take the exam twice and your final score was the average of the two exams.

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2023 Online
    Grade: B+

    Surprisingly this class was honestly pretty tough and time consuming. To be fair, I came in thinking this would be an easy GE. The labs take a long time and I found the exams unnecessarily tricky.

Course

Instructor
Bao Wang
Previously taught
24S 24W 23F 23S 23W 22F 22S 22W 21F 21S 21W

Grading Information

  • No group projects

  • Attendance required

  • 2 midterms

  • 10th week final

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