STATS 100A
Introduction to Probability
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Mathematics 32B, 33A. Not open to students with credit for Electrical Engineering 131A or Mathematics 170A; open to graduate students. Students may receive credit for only two of following: course 100A, former course 110A, Biostatistics 100A. Probability distributions, random variables, vectors, and expectation. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
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STAY AWAY from Christou. His exams are psychological experiments, and do not measure what you know. The midterms are not inherently difficult, but there is not nearly enough time to complete them. His final exam? A total joke. It doesn't matter how much you study you will not do well. And he tells us this! "The test will be hard and long." I don't need to hear that when I have three other finals to worry about. I ended up with a grade that I did not deserve even after all of my hard work. Then he tells us "grades will be submitted on Tuesday" and they don't appear until a week later. I am NOT taking Christou for 100B solely because of his ridiculous final exam.
STAY AWAY from Christou. His exams are psychological experiments, and do not measure what you know. The midterms are not inherently difficult, but there is not nearly enough time to complete them. His final exam? A total joke. It doesn't matter how much you study you will not do well. And he tells us this! "The test will be hard and long." I don't need to hear that when I have three other finals to worry about. I ended up with a grade that I did not deserve even after all of my hard work. Then he tells us "grades will be submitted on Tuesday" and they don't appear until a week later. I am NOT taking Christou for 100B solely because of his ridiculous final exam.
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Professor Ioudina is a pretty fair professor. Her tests are on material that she thoroughly covered, she is always available during office hours, and she gives out tons of extra credit opportunities. She does have a bit of an accent, but it's not that heavy. You get used to it very fast. She usually is also willing to give a few extra points on homework and exams if you go talk to her about it. The homework she assigns is pretty tough, definitely way harder than the exam questions. Going to lecture is a must, as she does problems that you will be tested on. Don't rely on the book, it is REALLY unhelpful. I came in to Stat 100A expecting horrible things due to some previous ratings, but to my pleasant surprise, she wasn't bad at all! Stat 100A is not an easy A, but it's definitely manageable. If you've never really taken a Stats course before, (like me) you'll get a lot out of this class with this professor.
Professor Ioudina is a pretty fair professor. Her tests are on material that she thoroughly covered, she is always available during office hours, and she gives out tons of extra credit opportunities. She does have a bit of an accent, but it's not that heavy. You get used to it very fast. She usually is also willing to give a few extra points on homework and exams if you go talk to her about it. The homework she assigns is pretty tough, definitely way harder than the exam questions. Going to lecture is a must, as she does problems that you will be tested on. Don't rely on the book, it is REALLY unhelpful. I came in to Stat 100A expecting horrible things due to some previous ratings, but to my pleasant surprise, she wasn't bad at all! Stat 100A is not an easy A, but it's definitely manageable. If you've never really taken a Stats course before, (like me) you'll get a lot out of this class with this professor.
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