Introduction to Computational Statistics
Introduction to computational statistics focusing on inference principles for complex data structures using numerical methods like Monte Carlo and optimization.
Summary
Historical reviews of Fangfang Wang: Homework is described as really long, vague, and huge parts of the grade, requiring significant self-study due to rushed lectures.
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Prerequisites
Course mapSTAT/MATH 310 and (STAT 333 or 340), graduate/professional standing, or declared in Statistics VISP
- MATH/STAT 310
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- graduate/professional standing
- declared in Statistics VISP
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- graduate/professional standing
- declared in Statistics VISP
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Historical reviews of Fangfang Wang: Fangfang Wang's course features long, vague programming assignments that heavily impact grades, with no traditional exams but including quizzes and a final project. Lectures are criticized for covering excessive content too quickly, leading students to self-teach relevant material.
FANGFANG WANG is recorded teaching in Spring 2018, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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the class
Historical reviews of Fangfang Wang: The course is heavily CS-focused with no exams, relying instead on long programming assignments, quizzes, and a final project.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.84 GPA, 89.7% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Fall 2020: 2.50 GPA, 31.6% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.74 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Fangfang Wang: Homework is described as really long, vague, and huge parts of the grade, requiring significant self-study due to rushed lectures.
Historical reviews of Fangfang Wang: Lectures covered too much content in too little time, leading some students to tune out and teach themselves relevant material.
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Model & dataset provenance
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