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Mark Freidlin
STAT410 Expecting a B- Anonymous 01/12/2021 |
Incredibly difficult class and was definitely treated more as a graduate course than something usually taught in undergrand. Things were constantly wrong in the notes and were never fixed, leaving students vulnerable to many mistakes on the exams which had averages in the 40's. I ended up with a B- in the end and I really don't know how, course was near impossible. No electronic presence at all for the course, spelling errors on our official syllabus. Very very disorganized and not to mention the fact that he most times doesn't explain the necessary precursors to the content he's going into. Jumped straight into random walks and brownian motion before even touching distributions like the exponential and poisson. Don't take his courses, they're a living nightmare. |
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Mark Freidlin
STAT410 Expecting a B Anonymous 05/23/2020 |
Avoid this professor if possible. He does not use electronic devices, all his material is handwritten, make terrible mistakes all the time, etc, etc. He teaches a concept closely related to Markov Chain before introducing what random variable is. He also has very, very high expectations for students (though he put little effort on helping students meet his standards), so the problems he gives are not solvable if you only look at the textbook and his notes (we have a student pursuing her Ph.D., even she needs to google when doing the hw problems). He could not explain the concepts clearly as well. Everyone is struggling, All in all, don't. |
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Mark Freidlin
STAT410 Anonymous 12/16/2011 |
He is not the best teacher. He just write on the board. He does not follow the book. He gives quizzes however when he realizes that everyone did poorly on the first one, he made the quizzes into take home quizzes. His reviews for midterm and final are not helpful at all. However He is not unreasonable. He is very helpful and also He is not a harsh grader. He didn't not fail anyone on the midterm. He allows a formula sheet on the final so it is not that bad. His final and midterm are very much like his take home quizzes and homework. If you know how to do the take home quizzes and homework, you should be fine in the exam and final. |