Fall 2026

R for Statistics II

STAT 304 teaches advanced R programming skills for statistics, including data manipulation, text extraction, and visualization.

offering recorded1 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Bo Yang2.2/5Zhifeng Chen

Summary

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One reviewer notes the course content was manageable due to prior job experience, though they earned an A.

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STAT 303

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Fall 2026
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Raw average: 1.68/5 from 56 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

For this course: 1.0/5 raw quality · 3.5/5 difficulty · 2 reviews

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Bo Yang is described as rude and unhelpful, with students reporting he flips out for no reason and fails to teach R skills. Reviewers advise avoiding him, citing his inability to teach effectively.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.76 GPA, 84.2% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.72 GPA, 80.6% A/AB (n=67 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.77 GPA, 92.2% A/AB (n=64 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.76 GPA, 84.2% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.72 GPA, 80.6% A/AB (n=67 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.77 GPA, 92.2% A/AB (n=64 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BO YANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ZHIFENG CHEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 003Online Only70 / 860
LEC 004Online Only3 / 100

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Student experience

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Bo Yang receives severe criticism for rudeness and poor teaching, with reviewers advising avoidance.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.76 GPA, 84.2% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.72 GPA, 80.6% A/AB (n=67 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.77 GPA, 92.2% A/AB (n=64 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

One reviewer notes the course content was manageable due to prior job experience, though they earned an A.

Reviewers report that Bo Yang provides no support for gaining R skills and is difficult to interact with.

Topics

  • Conditional expressions, loops, and functions.
  • Data matrices and arrays.
  • Text data extraction.
  • High-level data visualizations.

Skills

  • Writing control structures and functions in R.
  • Manipulating data matrices and arrays.
  • Extracting data from text.
  • Creating high-level data visualizations.

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5 earlier forecasts · 0.07 GPA average error.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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STAT 304 · Fall 2026

R for Statistics II

Recorded 2026-09-07
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