Reviews for SURV410

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Jonathan Fernandes
SURV410

Expecting an A
mewuzhere
07/15/2022 		I took this class over the summer and found it manageable and well organized. We had lectures every day, which were always recorded and the professor's notes were also posted after class. A short quiz was given every day and was available after class from 4 PM until 9 AM the next day. In general the quizzes had 3-8 questions and were a mix of multiple choice, true/false, and choose all that are true. You always had two quiz attempts, allowing you a second chance to learn the material and fix your mistakes. There were two homeworks due every week, these were the most time-consuming part of the class. I found them challenging but nothing too difficult. We also had three R-projects that we were encouraged to work on with a partner, these were pretty easy. To end the course, we had a take-home final. The grading breakdown was quite generous with a large percentage of points coming from quizzes and homeworks, the final was worth 10% of our grade. I felt everything was graded quite appropriately so long as you were actually trying. Prof. Fernandes was good at explaining things further when asked and clearly came into lessons with a plan. The whole class ran very smoothly and I will be going out of my way to take him again in the fall for STAT420.
David Hamilton
SURV410

Anonymous
05/19/2021 		Took his STAT410 online. Honestly he's quite good for this class. I don't like statistics but Hamilton happens to be a mathematician, so his treatment of the material was closer to my taste, making the course much more tolerable than expected. Grading was pretty lenient, had bonus quizzes to boost grades and stuff. He's not the most passionate lecturer but also not the worst - occasionally cracks jokes (dry...) and because he's very smart, I found it strangely entertaining to watch him deriving formulas while complaining about the textbook. Also from my impression, he does recognize people who regularly show up and keep up with the course. I guess he's not too bad for small classes.