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I appreciated his humor and personality, but in terms of teaching he is subpar. Often times difficult subjects were glossed over, while he went on an anecdote about his addiction treatment center. Also, his slides are atrociously bad and not informative.
He is a very cool and helpful teacher but is sometimes bad at explaining things. He's super approachable and funny though, which makes up somewhat for this class being very difficult. I recommend using the book as a backup supplement
I have never taken a statistics class before this one but using the book, it's pretty straightforward and easy to figure out yourself. Going to class is good because sometimes he slips questions from things he's talked about in class on the multiple choice midterms, but it isn't too helpful. The TA's for this class were really good, they helped outline things very straightforwardly but I feel like Jaffe always went on tangents. I've heard he's better than other professors, so he's probably the best option, but this class isn't going to change your life.
Jaffe is a great professor and nice human but the course structure was unnecessarily challenging for the statistics you actually need to know for Psych for 100b. I do not feel I'm better off for knowing all the formulas I know now because the important thing to know is when to use which tests in 100b and beyond- the computer does the rest and I'm frustrated I spent sooo much time energy and stress to do well in his class. There are easier professors and their students don't flounder later.
Jaffe was always in a good mood. He has a really cool story and I feel like he is the kind of person who probably has a lot of wisdom to share. As far as the class goes, the textbook SUCKED but he knew it did. It was online, had tons of typos, and explained things terribly. Luckily he was a good enough teacher that I could understand it without the book. Highly recommend him as a professor, but hopefully they've changed textbooks by now!
Dr. Jaffe is a great guy! His story is very inspiring and you can tell he really loves his work. The midterms were fair and there was plenty of review. Somtimes I felt like I was just memorizing past answers instead of actually learning material though. I wish he would not follow the given slides and do more of his own. He is very open to help you out and is a great presenter though. I ended up with an A-
Psych 100A with Prof. Jaffe was great! He made the material interesting and was always willing to help if you came to him. To succeed in this class, keep up with the material and utilize your peers! The powerpoints and book are awesome study tools. I HIGHLY recommend taking 100A with Jaffe.
I took 100A with Dr. Jaffe (spring 2014) and got an A.
Professor: Dr. Jaffe is a great professor who genuinely wants to help you succeed. He's pretty honest because he outright tells you that Psych 100A is structured badly. Still, he does his best to help you with this shitty class.
He responds promptly to emails and he's incredibly helpful during office hours, where he's willing to explain concepts over and over until you get it. If you're struggling with the class, you should definitely email him and go to his office hours.
Lecture: He's animated and relatively entertaining during lecture. His Powerpoint slides aren't that great, but that's probably because he's taken them from another professor. He should have a go at writing his own Powerpoints.
Class also moves at a lightning pace so a background in statistics - like Stats 10 - is highly recommended if you want to keep up easily. We covered everything taught in a quarter of Stats 10 in 5 or 6 weeks.
Grading: 1 set of homework on every non-midterm week, 3 midterms and 1 final. All of the questions are recycled from the same small question bank of poorly-worded multiple choice questions. No TI calculator or formula book during the midterm and final.
To do well in the class, have a basic understanding of all the concepts. Then, get your hands on as many past papers as you can through the test bank (McAuliffe and Moran tests use the same question bank) and Jaffe's site. Memorise how to do the tricky past paper questions. Memorise how to do the tricky homework questions. Memorise how to do the tricky worded questions from your midterms(for the final). Yeah, pretty much just memorise everything, and you should do fine.
Section: It's helpful for review but you don't really need to attend, especially if you're willing to go to office hours and get more personalised attention instead.
Overall: The class is very do-able, especially if you're willing to sit down, learn the basic concept, and memorise all the questions. Dr. Jaffe is extremely helpful and has lots of good advice but even he admits that it's pretty much down to you and your willingness to "get" the question(through understanding or memorisation, or whatever). You should also do the 1% extra credit assignment he offers because you don't know if you're going to be a borderline case, like me.
Take Dr. Jaffe; he's pretty great. Listen to his advice - especially about the class -, because he's pretty much on point.
I liked Professor Jaffe and feel like he did the best he could with what was overall a super boring, pointless class. One tip: go over practice midterms/homework problems/practice finals at least twice before the test. Almost all problems are recycled from old tests (when we walked into the final he told us it was 80% practice problems) and they're all multiple choice so you can literally just memorize answers and get at least a B. Also, TAs Ben and Kevin were so helpful and concerned, so if you don't understand definitely go to section or office hours.
A very nice and entertaining professor. Sometimes the materials are presented in a really brief and hasty manner. As long as you do all the homework problems AND make sure to practice his old tests, you'll be good for the midterms and finals because he often recycles old test problems!
I appreciated his humor and personality, but in terms of teaching he is subpar. Often times difficult subjects were glossed over, while he went on an anecdote about his addiction treatment center. Also, his slides are atrociously bad and not informative.
He is a very cool and helpful teacher but is sometimes bad at explaining things. He's super approachable and funny though, which makes up somewhat for this class being very difficult. I recommend using the book as a backup supplement
I have never taken a statistics class before this one but using the book, it's pretty straightforward and easy to figure out yourself. Going to class is good because sometimes he slips questions from things he's talked about in class on the multiple choice midterms, but it isn't too helpful. The TA's for this class were really good, they helped outline things very straightforwardly but I feel like Jaffe always went on tangents. I've heard he's better than other professors, so he's probably the best option, but this class isn't going to change your life.
Jaffe is a great professor and nice human but the course structure was unnecessarily challenging for the statistics you actually need to know for Psych for 100b. I do not feel I'm better off for knowing all the formulas I know now because the important thing to know is when to use which tests in 100b and beyond- the computer does the rest and I'm frustrated I spent sooo much time energy and stress to do well in his class. There are easier professors and their students don't flounder later.
Jaffe was always in a good mood. He has a really cool story and I feel like he is the kind of person who probably has a lot of wisdom to share. As far as the class goes, the textbook SUCKED but he knew it did. It was online, had tons of typos, and explained things terribly. Luckily he was a good enough teacher that I could understand it without the book. Highly recommend him as a professor, but hopefully they've changed textbooks by now!
Dr. Jaffe is a great guy! His story is very inspiring and you can tell he really loves his work. The midterms were fair and there was plenty of review. Somtimes I felt like I was just memorizing past answers instead of actually learning material though. I wish he would not follow the given slides and do more of his own. He is very open to help you out and is a great presenter though. I ended up with an A-
Psych 100A with Prof. Jaffe was great! He made the material interesting and was always willing to help if you came to him. To succeed in this class, keep up with the material and utilize your peers! The powerpoints and book are awesome study tools. I HIGHLY recommend taking 100A with Jaffe.
I took 100A with Dr. Jaffe (spring 2014) and got an A.
Professor: Dr. Jaffe is a great professor who genuinely wants to help you succeed. He's pretty honest because he outright tells you that Psych 100A is structured badly. Still, he does his best to help you with this shitty class.
He responds promptly to emails and he's incredibly helpful during office hours, where he's willing to explain concepts over and over until you get it. If you're struggling with the class, you should definitely email him and go to his office hours.
Lecture: He's animated and relatively entertaining during lecture. His Powerpoint slides aren't that great, but that's probably because he's taken them from another professor. He should have a go at writing his own Powerpoints.
Class also moves at a lightning pace so a background in statistics - like Stats 10 - is highly recommended if you want to keep up easily. We covered everything taught in a quarter of Stats 10 in 5 or 6 weeks.
Grading: 1 set of homework on every non-midterm week, 3 midterms and 1 final. All of the questions are recycled from the same small question bank of poorly-worded multiple choice questions. No TI calculator or formula book during the midterm and final.
To do well in the class, have a basic understanding of all the concepts. Then, get your hands on as many past papers as you can through the test bank (McAuliffe and Moran tests use the same question bank) and Jaffe's site. Memorise how to do the tricky past paper questions. Memorise how to do the tricky homework questions. Memorise how to do the tricky worded questions from your midterms(for the final). Yeah, pretty much just memorise everything, and you should do fine.
Section: It's helpful for review but you don't really need to attend, especially if you're willing to go to office hours and get more personalised attention instead.
Overall: The class is very do-able, especially if you're willing to sit down, learn the basic concept, and memorise all the questions. Dr. Jaffe is extremely helpful and has lots of good advice but even he admits that it's pretty much down to you and your willingness to "get" the question(through understanding or memorisation, or whatever). You should also do the 1% extra credit assignment he offers because you don't know if you're going to be a borderline case, like me.
Take Dr. Jaffe; he's pretty great. Listen to his advice - especially about the class -, because he's pretty much on point.
I liked Professor Jaffe and feel like he did the best he could with what was overall a super boring, pointless class. One tip: go over practice midterms/homework problems/practice finals at least twice before the test. Almost all problems are recycled from old tests (when we walked into the final he told us it was 80% practice problems) and they're all multiple choice so you can literally just memorize answers and get at least a B. Also, TAs Ben and Kevin were so helpful and concerned, so if you don't understand definitely go to section or office hours.
A very nice and entertaining professor. Sometimes the materials are presented in a really brief and hasty manner. As long as you do all the homework problems AND make sure to practice his old tests, you'll be good for the midterms and finals because he often recycles old test problems!