Don't take as professor! Felt very uncomfortable asking him for help outside of class. At times, flew by the material in lecture so hard to follow. Stats isn't an interesting subject, and Dinov didn't help that fact.

horrible experience, this class will keep you guessing at the material no matter how much you study.. this is a TERRIBLE feeling that you don't want to have.
Even the hardest classes I have taken, I know when I've understood something and when I haven't, not so with this class.

plus there's the assigned work is a lot of busy work that really doesn't help toward understanding the material = exams

do NOT take his class. he makes everything more complicated than they really are. i've learned nothing from his lectures. he knows that people ditch his lectures so he randomly takes roll. the book is so much clearer. for his tests, they're not too bad, it's just that he doesn't curve the scores. if you have to take his class cuz there's no other choice... be prepared to learn everything on your own.

First of all, I have taken statistics in high school, so this class is pretty easy. His lectures are very confusing indeed. I will not lie about that because my TA teaches so much better than he does. Besides all these, the class itself is EASY. He assigns one homework and a lab each week. If you are consistent and work hard, hws and labs are just easy points. His first midterm is easy after you do his review package. MAKE SURE you DO THOSE REVIEW QUESTIONS!!! Some questions are taken out of those review questions! After realizing how easy his midterm is, I started slacking off and NEVER open my book until two days before the final. I was panicking when I was doing his review questions. I didnt know shit. But then dont worry, because after 5 hours of studying, I pull it off with a 91 on the final exam. After the exam, I thought I bombed it too. The final is difficult but somehow I got a 91 on the final. I am extremely confused, but happy too. I believe if you do all the hw, labs, and review questions, it is a easy class! take it! And dinov is very very nice during his office hours. JUST GO AND MAKE SURE HE KNOWS YOU!

I don't recommend this professor because he's all the things the others have said on this page... but also because he's kinda difficult to understand, which makes him boring because he goes off into convoluted statistical terms... and sometimes I wonder if he knows what he's talking about.

Instead of saying go from A to B, he tells you to make six circles around A, jump up and down 3 times, think about running, then to go from A to B. (I don't think he realized we weren't statistics majors.) The material is not hard if you read the book, but he doesn't present it in a comprehensible manner is what I'm trying to say.

So if you like reading the book and going to TA's all the time because you don't understand the class, then this class is right for you!