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Shixin Zheng
STAT400 Anonymous 09/21/2025 |
Given that we are only 3 weeks into Zheng's first semester of teaching, I'm only giving 4 stars just to balance out the review below. This is by no means a complete review, though it doesn't immediately justify giving someone a 1-star for that reason. The lectures are loosely based on a drafted version of lecture notes from Jonathan Fernandes and Mestiyage Gunatilleka, both of whom are historically high-regarded professors for STAT400. There are gaps of explanation during the lecture; some parts feel glossed over, likely unintentional due to the nature of reading off the draft notes. There have also been some observable moments of language barrier, such as reading "Independent Trails" instead of "Independent Trials", or some handwriting issues mid-lecture that students occasionally have to raise their hand to question what was written, or correct the professor in writing P(B|A) instead of P(A|B). According to Zheng, if he had to put a number on the difficulty of the coursework, he mentioned the following towards the end of the first lecture: "Homeworks are... like an 8/10" "Exams are, 5/10" "The quizzes, these are like 2/10" "The homeworks are by far harder than anything you will see on the exam" As of now, we've only had one homework (no homework was assigned during the first 2 weeks). There were four problems, each one reflecting what we learned in class: basic combinatorics, binomial trials, geometric probability, and the inclusion-exclusion principle. They do not expect you to know the answer just from the lectures alone - it is explicitly encouraged to use outside material (internet included) when completing it. The first midterm isn't till October, the second one isn't till November, and the cumulative final is in December. I cannot speak for how the exams go until then. Whether you choose to go to the lectures is up to your learning style: Are you actually incentivized to study outside of class? Or would you do better with a primer in-person? Until then, take the preceding reviews with a grain of salt. |
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Shixin Zheng
STAT400 Anonymous 09/20/2025 |
DONT TAKE HIM. THE SEMESTER HAS BARELY STARTED AND I CANT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I REGRET NOT SWITCHING OUT OF THIS SECTION. THE HOMEWORK DOES NOT REFLECT ANYTHING WE DO IN CLASS. PEOPLE WALK OUT OF HIS LECTURES BECAUSE HES JUST WASTING EVERYONES TIME. PLEASE DONT TAKE HIM |