[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQzMzUzMTUz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-08-07 21:11:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very difficult tests compared to others. Extremely rude during testing or general conversation if he thinks a mistake has been made. Does not want to believe the student if he has thought of something to be true. Does not give any chance, super strict with everything, so be careful and don't even think of making a mistake by mistake","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQzMjMwODk3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-06-07 20:16:34 +0000 UTC","comment":"Everything in this class is very straightforward. Grading and course content are all clearly laid out, so I'm not sure why people didn't understand what would be on each exam. Bi is not the most entertaining lecturer, but there are plenty of examples, and he was invested in helping us understand the material. Exams different from HW but still OK.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODYxNjc1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-17 19:30:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"You need to provide a trigger warning before showing graphic videos in class. Blindsiding us with intense imagery is not okay.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODYwNDA5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-17 16:54:15 +0000 UTC","comment":"Stop assigning heavy reading that you never discuss in class. It feels like busywork and wastes our limited study time.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODYwNDA0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-17 16:53:32 +0000 UTC","comment":"Please update your Canvas page. The current layout is a confusing maze and we can never find the assignments we need.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODYwNDAw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-17 16:52:43 +0000 UTC","comment":"Your lectures would be much better if you actually looked at the students instead of staring at the back wall the entire time.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODU4NDU0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-17 07:43:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"Whenever a student asks a question, the professor dances around it instead of giving a direct answer. It would help immensely if you actually addressed the core of what we are confused about.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODU4NDUz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-17 07:41:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"The theory is great, but it would be much more effective if you tied it to real-world examples. Without practical applications, the concepts are just floating in the void and hard to grasp.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODU4NDUx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-17 07:40:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"Please stop just reading the PowerPoint slides word for word. We can read them ourselves at home. The lectures need to add actual value and deeper explanation to be worth attending.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODU4NDQ4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-17 07:39:29 +0000 UTC","comment":"You need to slow down. Flying through complex slides leaves everyone behind. It feels like you're racing the clock instead of trying to actually teach us the material.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODU4NDEx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-17 07:25:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Bad teaching style. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODU4NDAz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-17 07:20:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Would not recommend this professor to anyone. The class was a complete waste of time.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODU1NDI2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-16 21:48:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very poor at teaching, students dont know what to expect on the exams. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODMwODM1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-14 05:47:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"If they let this guy teach any more classes Madison is gonna drop 20 spots in school rankings","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODI3MzY1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-13 21:46:12 +0000 UTC","comment":"Do. Not. Take.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODE2MjEx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-11 06:46:57 +0000 UTC","comment":"I saw the lead TA at her office writing the exam with Gemini. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODE2MTk2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-11 06:35:20 +0000 UTC","comment":"Incredibly disorganized and his feedback has left a lot to be desired. It seems like students, including myself, are constantly wasting time trying to figure out what he really meant. I understand that he's vague for the sake of giving freedom in assignments, but he's too vague. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODE2MTk0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-11 06:33:31 +0000 UTC","comment":"Each two hour lecture has about 20-30 minutes that are relevant. Way too much of class is idle rambling about unrelated topics. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODE2MTU0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-11 06:02:18 +0000 UTC","comment":"There is actually now way you can study for his class unless you already come in with knowledge on advanced statistical theory. If you only did Stat 240, then you are COOKED for his class because the practice exams are nothing like the actual exams and the topics change too much every semester. There is a reason why his average is so low. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNzQyODg0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-03-26 18:46:22 +0000 UTC","comment":"I am a double major who has taken CS 577 and CS 537, and I have never taken an exam that hard in my life. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNzQwOTc4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-03-26 07:39:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"The statistics department is poor quality, and Bi has a good contribution to it. I had a good impression of him, as he is nice. But as time passed, he became rude to students, he deletes piazza comments, and just reads off slides. He offers no help for exam preparation either while the other classes get review guides. Something needs to change. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNzMyNjk2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-03-24 20:05:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Worst Professor I've had at UW Madison, makes no effort to give any practice exam material, and can't even give an explanation of what will be covered on midterms. Makes a middle level difficulty class insanely tough, and wastes everyone's time at discussion as well instead of actually learning something.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjkzMjQ4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-05-15 16:06:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"Idk if it's him or the department, but this class is run so poorly and confusingly. Little overlap between lectures/hw and exams. As a lecturer he's decent, though this class is way harder than it has to be. He seems like a nice guy, but the list of things to be improved about this class is long. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwODEyOTU0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-05-11 07:12:01 +0000 UTC","comment":"Bi's words were too many people passed the midterm last semester so he made ours impossible and complained that not many people passed and will make the final easier. When the final came he made it hard as **** and killed my gpa along with it. If I pass this class I will thank god that I will have to never see this man I hope no one lets him teach.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMjMzNTI0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-05-10 03:28:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"Nice guy, awful professor. He's smart but all he does is read off an HTML file, even then concepts are explained poorly. Exams are written awfully. For reference, mean on the midterm was a 50%. Exams are theory based and are absolutely nothing like the homework or discussion assignments. The 240/340 sequence needs to be reevaluated and audited.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMTUyMjA0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-05-04 18:05:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"Exams are ridiculous and not representative of anything we learn in class or do for homework. They're extremely theory based and in depth, to an unreasonable extent. Lectures are just him reading off of the notes. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMTI0NjU5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-05-01 21:16:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"Bi is straight up just not a good professor. Very short tempered man as well he raged out during the midterm because he didnt have enough seats in the class to sit alternating order. Def do not reccomend him, save yourself the headache and agony","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwOTIyNDE2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-04-11 20:38:29 +0000 UTC","comment":"Man this class was tough, exams were really hard especially the first midterm which the average was a 50% Im assuming we getting a curve though. These carti lyrics sum up how i feel: \"They think I'm Osama, woah, she think I'm off somethin'\nI'm f*****' with a bad lil' vibe, molly all over her tongue\". I feel like this after every lecture tbh","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwODEyOTQ3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-03-25 05:12:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"This professor made the hardest exam i've taken at uw madison. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMzExNjg4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-12-15 21:40:02 +0000 UTC","comment":"Had Bi for 240 and 340 and I don't know if it's him or if the class is just poorly organized but the exams in 340 had virtually no alignment with the assignments. When I was in 240, he had tried to cap a B at a 91, so he didn't make the best impression with that. He's not the worst, just seems to lack some empathy towards his students at times. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMjUxNDE0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-12-12 17:39:52 +0000 UTC","comment":"In summary. Homework doesnt prepare you well for exams. Lectures is just him going through notes, self study is more effective. Poor response time on the Discord Help Server. As said by others, take a different base stats class with this one. Discussions are a waste of time except for finding study partners. Nice guy, shouldn't be a teacher.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMjUxMTkw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-12-12 17:31:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"Both 240 and 340 alike expect you to have a strong grasp on statistical concepts.\nBi does nothing more than the bare minimum of reading the notes with scant extra examples. The course structure is very poor, and I would recommend taking a STAT theory class concurrently. My other stats class was better at teaching me the material for this class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5NzIwNDUx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-09-03 01:38:42 +0000 UTC","comment":"very nice guy. Taught me a lot. Very \"Patient\" during office hours","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5Njk5NzA0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-08-22 17:02:55 +0000 UTC","comment":"I only watched this guys lectures online so never actually interacted with him, so I can't comment on his personality like many others on this thread are doing, but as a lecturer he was fine. Like I said, they were recorded which was very nice, and there were many resources online provided for help.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5NDM5NTYw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-05-11 19:11:27 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures are hard to engage with, literally just reads directly off a poorly formatted HTML file. Extremely hard exams that have unnecessarily specific questions that he maybe mentioned once the whole semester. Homework is easy and not super time consuming. Overall bad professor and bad organization, also he belches at least five times a lecture.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5NDI1NzM3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-05-10 00:48:45 +0000 UTC","comment":"This class is a disaster. Homeworks are insanely hard R problems, but they don't teach you R in class. The exams are random questions you have never ever had practice with. The homework does have interesting problems but you literally just have no clue how to solve it - such a shame. I have learned nothing from this class. At all.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5MTQ0NDYx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-04-08 22:12:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"Surprised to see such a low rating for Bi. I took STAT240 & 340 with him, and his teaching style fits me well. He goes through the codes detailedly and provides recordings and notes contains all the concepts and codes each class (great review material). His exam questions are usually unpredictable, but not that hard. \nWorkload: 340 << 240","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5MDMxMTA0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-03-07 03:52:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"there is no any logic in bi's class","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4OTE5NDE4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-01-24 14:11:13 +0000 UTC","comment":"stat240 and stat340 just are terrible and bi just reads off the html file. The homework does not help you prepare for the exams. He is hard to reach outside of class and takes awhile to respond to emails. The night before my final I had my homework from october finally graded","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4ODAzMTE5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-12-28 05:29:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"His grade threshold is higher than other sections, having exact same hws and exams. He thinks it's because he's good at teaching. But he simply don't know he's so bad at teaching so that some students go ask other sections about exam questions prior to taking it. His exam is one day later but we all have the exact same exam questions.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4Nzk1NTEy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-12-26 18:49:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"Bi is very mediocre. He doesn't really prepare for lectures and just through the provided HTML file for the course content. He is okay at answering questions. It was nice that all his lectures were recorded. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4Nzc3MzQ4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-12-22 18:25:52 +0000 UTC","comment":"Bi's lectures are mediocre at best, and I felt as if I could have learned the same amount by reading the html file myself. He takes a long time to respond to emails, checks the discord server sporadically, and provides half-baked answer keys for the practice exams. He's not the worst teacher I've had but he didn't facilitate learning much either. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4NzcwNTk2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-12-21 22:16:22 +0000 UTC","comment":"I took him for both 240 and 340. Bro you are going to get rekt. His notes are abstract and his tests are really hard for no reason. They are just absurdly hard and no college student should have to take a test this hard. He uses terms in his lectures and notes that you haven't used yet to attempt to teach things. Like how do I look into the future?","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4NzY5OTg3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-12-21 21:20:44 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures were boring and just reading off of an html file. Midterm (being 30%) of our grade was horrendous as the average was 10/20. There is no real help for preparing for the final or midterm because he only gives us access to the previous terms. Going into office hours is a joke, he is very demeaning and doesn't care to help. He's unpleasant. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4MTk1MDQ5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-08-29 22:58:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"His biggest flaw is that he confidently makes mistakes which is detrimental to the student's learning. The grading rubric is not comprehensive enough. So, a part of your grade will be at his discretion.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3OTkzODQ3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-05-26 16:51:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"The final exam was too lengthy and difficult for the class given the materials we were given to study. The professor was unwilling to discuss final grades or even show the final exam to his students after grades were released.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3OTM0MDM1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-05-16 06:17:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"The final of this course was during the earliest during the final week, yet results were given on the grading ddl day. Given the extremely hard final and no explanation of the cut-offs, had to guess that the prof just didn't want us to argue or ask any questions about grades. Don't take this course, cuz your hard work will be wasted.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3Njk3NTI5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-04-24 06:37:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"I have taken 2 classes with Bi, Stat240 and Stat340 and he is good. He records all his lectures and post his notes, so you do not need to go to lecture if you don't want to. Not everything is explained perfectly, but I think his homework and exams are fair, and I have never found him to be condescending like many of these ratings say. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:48.269666+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2NTc0ODAz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2772143","instructor_name":"Bi Cheng Wu","course_label":"Stat340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-08-09 20:12:40 +0000 UTC","comment":"Bi himself is very caring and understanding. He is very lenient towards late work and is very accommodating to any students who run into issues while taking his course. The one problem with Bi is that there were very few projects and homework-so while you might think it is a good thing, it makes studying for exams and being prepared very difficult.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2772143","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNzMwOTMw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-03-24 15:18:24 +0000 UTC","comment":"tests so hard bro. not even like the midterms. that curve be super high. he a nice jolly chill guy tho always smiling. js the tests bro sheesh.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzI0NjMy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-12-18 04:47:30 +0000 UTC","comment":"The course was ran very poorly. Lectures were a mix of typed out slides and coding, then homework was all coding, but then the exams were hand written questions. Made no sense. Why teach us how to code if we're going to be tested on solving problems by hand? Don't expect Piazza answers within a few days either. Nowhere to be seen before the final.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMDE5ODgz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-12-03 21:10:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"GREAT explainer! You can tell he is passionate about the topics and is a master at breaking them down. Also super nice, patient, and helpful at office hours. I learned so much from going to his office hours just once. He also made the 340 slides that other profs use so he really understands them and the examples used in lecture.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxNTE4Nzcz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-07-23 14:09:11 +0000 UTC","comment":"I actually think that Prof. Powers is very knowledgeable about stats and programming, and he's actually a good teacher if you listen to lecture and ask questions. The tests in both STAT 240 and 340 are very hard (and sometimes unrelated) compared to hw, and I do think it's odd to not release the curve until end of class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMTQ0Njk5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-05-03 16:49:48 +0000 UTC","comment":"Worst class I have taken in college. It is a complete mess. We do all of our assignments in R and then take the hardest exam known to man on paper -- we got 50 minutes to do it which was no where near the amount of time we should have been given to complete that monstrosity. Given the amount paid in tuition here, this course needs a re-evaluation. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxMTM2MDk1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-05-02 18:25:33 +0000 UTC","comment":"He makes the exams virtually impossible to complete and largely unrelated to the course material or homework. He openly acknowledges that past exams were poorly worded and confusing, yet continues to write them the same way. He also refuses to release a grading curve until the end of the semester (even with the exam average as a 50%). ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwODI4Nzk0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-03-27 19:27:37 +0000 UTC","comment":"Actually the worst test I have ever taken in my life. He is a pretty good professor, but the stat 340 curriculum needs a change. The homework has no correspondence with the tests and even knowing probability theory the test was straight-up unfair. The midterm average was a 50%. I would say the course teaches R very good, but the exams are unfair.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNzY2NzU2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-03-13 14:32:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"He just hit us with the worst test I've ever received on campus. This guys tests are near impossible. Nobody leaves the room until 2 minutes left on the test because everyone is fighting for their lives. Many just straight up leave their short answers blank because of the amount of time pressure this man put on us.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwNjA3MjQz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-01-27 15:45:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"While he does care about is students and is very accommodating, he struggles to lecture in a way that gets the point across easily and quickly. I found the lectures to be tiresome and we didn't gain much from attending. This course was definitely made harder than it needed to be by the bad lectures, hard tests and test-heavy grading.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMzc1OTQx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-12-19 03:39:30 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Powers is a standout in the stats department, especially compared to the other STAT 340 & 240 professors. He genuinely cares about teaching and goes out of his way to ensure students understand the material. Stat 340 is a challenging course that requires significant effort and study time, and I found the exams to be unnecessarily difficult.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQwMjY3MDI5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-12-13 02:51:45 +0000 UTC","comment":"I loved Dr. Powers's lectures and appreciation for the subject. He was very personable from the first day and I felt comfortable asking questions and supported in his responses. He is one of the more fun professors I have had, and highly recommend him for any Statistics course.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5OTU0MzU0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-11-15 02:05:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr Powers is a welcome exception to the rest of the stats department at UW Madison. Compared the other stats professor I've had, he cares way more about educating his students. He answers all questions very thoroughly and was able to answer inquiries well beyond the scope of the course curriculum. His exams are also written very fairly IMO.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5ODY1NzE1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-10-29 08:13:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Powers is a great mathematician, explains well, gives examples... If you like mathematics/statistics you would like the way he teaches.\n\nIn my opinion Stat340 is slightly easier than Stat240.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4ODI2MTYy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-01-03 19:32:54 +0000 UTC","comment":"Super nice professor, but does tend to go off on unrelated tangents quite often. The class is not designed well. Tests are largely unrelated to lecture topics and the final doesn't even have a coding portion, which is at least half of the class, and most of the homework.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4NzgyMjI1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-12-23 05:07:28 +0000 UTC","comment":"Dr. Powers is an excellent teacher. He is very passionate about statistics and he does go on tangents but he makes stats easier to understand and fun with his light-hearted jokes. He is extremely accommodating and helpful to his students and genuinely wants you to succeed sadly STAT 340 is very poorly designed to make the student struggle :(","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4Nzc3Mjg4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-12-22 18:18:00 +0000 UTC","comment":"Powers is an approachable, funny person and a decent lecturer. He tends to go off on tangents that waste time but his explanations are solid overall. His canvas page has additional resources and is organized better than Bi's, so I recommend taking him for 340 if they are the professors teaching it. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:51:05.861143+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4NzY3NjE3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2835672","instructor_name":"Brian Powers","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-12-21 17:46:44 +0000 UTC","comment":"While he clearly cares about his students, I don't feel like this tests (midterm and final, cumulatively worth 60% of the grade) reflected the course material we learned. Additionally, doing the homework and discussion assignments only gave a very, very loose understanding of the course material. Not sure if this is a problem with Powers or Stat340","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2835672","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:28.207502+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0ODM2MzEy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1801396","instructor_name":"Karl Rohe","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-05-21 03:41:27 +0000 UTC","comment":"Not the worst guy, he seems to be passionate and knowledgeable but he's very scatter-minded and the course is very disorganized. He does ramble a bit too much on topics irrelevant to the class but this class isn't the worst.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1801396","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:28.207502+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM0NzA1NTU1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1801396","instructor_name":"Karl Rohe","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-05-05 00:08:36 +0000 UTC","comment":"HE IS BAD! Don't take him, the class was highly disorganized, the information about the exam was given on the exam day. there is not structure to this class, no explanation. He is just bad. RUN DONT TAKE HIM","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1801396","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:27:28.207502+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTMzMzI1MzAy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1801396","instructor_name":"Karl Rohe","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2020-05-18 19:29:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"Karl was a nice guy, but his lectures were quite boring. The midterm was based off of the homework, but I wish that we were given a few practice problems. The group project is pretty important for your grade, so make sure you do well on that. Overall, this was the first time that this class was taught so I'd say he did a pretty decent job with it.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1801396","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5NzIwNDQ1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-09-03 01:36:42 +0000 UTC","comment":"UW Madison Stat department has really good teachers, especially him.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2ODE0NzY0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-08-17 22:35:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"YOU WANT ME TO SAY IT AGAIN, BUT LOUDER?\n\nKeith gets sh*t on a lot, but he isn't a bad professor, per se. He just lacks communication skills. His classes aren't too bad. But most people tend to have more issues with him than I did.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3ODQ2NzA2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-05-07 06:04:57 +0000 UTC","comment":"Not a good idea to take his lecture if you have other options.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3NDQzOTE0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-02-20 05:09:41 +0000 UTC","comment":"This review is for  STAT 606. I think he does a great job at teaching Python! There are no exams, quizzes or projects in the class. Your grade is based entirely on HWs which can be long but you have almost 10 days to work on it.  I would definitely recommend taking this class if you have a weak background in Python.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MzczMTY2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-01-24 18:27:42 +0000 UTC","comment":"Honestly didn't think he was that bad contrary to the rest of the reviews on here. I would say as a professor he's average and I didn't think his lectures were too bad. As far as grading goes I would go with someone else. Keith's class is historically much harder than the other professors that teach this course.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MTc3NTg2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2023-01-08 20:16:31 +0000 UTC","comment":"Keith is a nice guy, but not the greatest lecturer. He reads from his notes that are usually too surface level to be useful on exams. The homeworks are also not very useful, as they are light on content to likely make them easier to grade. Exams are worth 90% of your grade, but at least they're online and open note, still they're overly difficult.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjE2NTQ5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-21 19:41:03 +0000 UTC","comment":"Keith was an avg professor. Not the worst, not the best. Don't agree with everyone saying he's nightmarish. He's pretty mid. Keith tries to be funny (at least he tries). But he repeats himself too much. Exams are worth SO much of your grade, but they echo the HWs. Lectures are boring, but I went anyways--could often finish the HW in that time.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjE2MzQ0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-21 19:24:43 +0000 UTC","comment":"One thing that I hate most is the unnecessarily wordy in all lecture notes, homeworks, discussions and exam papers. Those things make students so confused","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjEyMDY0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-21 06:01:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Stupid professor. Did not provide any helpful suggestions or feedback. No answers for homework and midterms. No comments on points lost. Useless lectures. Don't take it.\nHowever, he looks good.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjAzMzg1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-20 18:23:06 +0000 UTC","comment":"Study guides and homeworks do not prepare you for the exams. Exams are three hours long, but you barely have enough time to finish them. Exams are worth 90% of your grade yet homework is only worth 10% which I think is unfair.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MjAzMzMy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-20 18:19:37 +0000 UTC","comment":"Exams are weighted heavily. I spent hours on homework, yet they hardly influenced grade. Lectures are dry and equation heavy and he makes you feel dumb. To quote him, \"Skipping class is the bestcase scenario. I get to work on research.\" Obvious contempt for the field of teaching and complains about his salary and when you don't laugh at his jokes.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MTk2NDI5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-20 04:03:41 +0000 UTC","comment":"bad professor","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MTk2OTA1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-20 02:26:51 +0000 UTC","comment":"Worst professor I have ever had in my four years in college","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MTk2ODg3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-20 02:25:55 +0000 UTC","comment":" Why does he made this class so hard while the previous semesters the professors made it much easier??? ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MTk2Mzc2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-20 01:49:57 +0000 UTC","comment":"Keith is a straight up an example of what it means to be an illiterate professor. After explicitly stating what the exam would look like, he is not ashamed of f*** up students. He will not even let you re-grade your home-works if they are graded incorrectly. He degrades the quality of professors that UW-M lives upto. HIGHLY ILLITERATE PROFESSOR! ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MTMyMzkz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-15 05:11:23 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Levin is really chill if you get to know him and he is very passionate about the subject materials. Exams are difficult but he is willing to help you understand what you aren't understanding.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MDc3NDAy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-12 05:39:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"Keith repeats the same few phrases at least once a lecture. His lectures are somewhat helpful, but he spends too much time re-explaining concepts making them more difficult. I think he is really smart but just cannot teach it well. He does read from the slides sometimes and often adds complicated math to the lectures.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MDcxNDQw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-11 04:50:15 +0000 UTC","comment":"It is really annoying how he made the class EXTREMELY HARD and at the same time HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO TEACH! ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM3MDcxMzky","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-12-11 04:43:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Very tough grader and when you ask him questions he is really impatient and very unfriendly. He is really bad at lecturing and read off directly from slides. I did not learn anything from this terrible course!!!!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2ODE0NzU0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-11-11 00:30:14 +0000 UTC","comment":"I'M NEW HERE, ARE YOU BORED OR CONFUSED??? OH SORRY, SHOULD I SAY THE SAME THING BUT LOUDER!?!? Really bad at lecturing, and says the same thing mentioned above over and over and over. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2ODA4OTA3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-11-10 05:02:14 +0000 UTC","comment":"He was just fxxking crazy and shit","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2NzE1Njgx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-10-19 17:43:56 +0000 UTC","comment":"Teaching style is great. I do get distracted occasionally during every lecture, but the professor will repeat what he said sometimes and personally it's quite helpful. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2NzAwNDYw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-10-14 02:08:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"Confused face or bored face or laptop face? Why not all 3!? Please say it again but louder!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM2NjU2OTYy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2022-09-23 00:48:32 +0000 UTC","comment":"This professor says no regrade will be offered because there are lots of students. This is also the case when they made a mistake during grading, regrade will still not be offered. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjYzMTQ0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-12-27 21:21:16 +0000 UTC","comment":"Same as other comments. I had a really bad office-hour experience because he sounded really rude. He also graded the final project arbitrarily without even reading the report carefully. Grade cut-off is not clear. Avoid at all costs.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjQ2OTg3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-12-24 03:42:19 +0000 UTC","comment":"Don't take his class. He grades everything based on his subjective opinions, doesn't even care what you have done. And yet the entire class still doesn't know the grade cutoff for this class. Just avoid him.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjM1OTkw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-12-22 22:17:00 +0000 UTC","comment":"Just don't do it. This guy leaves you with a huge open ended final to end the class and just screws you over with no guidance, and then takes off huge points when you don't understand what he wants. Absolute joke of a professor, steer clear from this guy if you actually want a professor you can respect. Pathetic effort at teaching by Keith.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjAwNDkx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-12-19 23:47:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"This is LITERALLY the WORST lecturer I have ever had at UW-Madison. He is so uncaring and subjective. He only gives you credit if you do exactly as he wants and includes the exact things he thinks of, which is impossible because he is an experienced statistician and we are obviously not. Avoid him at all costs, he will ruin your day everyday.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjAwMDQ3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-12-19 22:52:50 +0000 UTC","comment":"No piazza just make this course even harder. You don't want to wait long time during office hour :) The instruction and requirement for final project is also vague. Get ready to struggle and spend lots of time at office hour. And the most hilarious thing is that since this course is co-taught, you might receive opposite opinions from two lecturers.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NjAwMDAx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-12-19 22:47:10 +0000 UTC","comment":"I feel very unhappy taking his class. He gave harsh comment on homework. I know I did wrong, and I totally accept comment like &quot;completely wrong&quot;. But please could you provide any helpful explanations? Receiving zero for a problem and only getting a comment of &quot;completely wrong&quot; is just meaningless.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NTk4OTk4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-12-19 20:49:18 +0000 UTC","comment":"Keith always grades things toughly. He can't provide clear instruction and rubric for the final project, which is worth 30% of the final grade. Lectures are kinda boring, so I end up reading all lecture notes by myself. Some homework questions are far beyond what we learned from lectures. Don't feel this class is useful.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NTk4NDc1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-12-19 19:55:33 +0000 UTC","comment":"Terrible instructer. Never gives anything useful. Rude and disrepectful","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1NDkwOTEy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-12-13 03:47:43 +0000 UTC","comment":"The most unhelpful professor I have ever had. He does not communicate well, and his grading is super unclear. Midterm and project progress reports were not graded even a week before the final due date and the final.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1MzI2Mjg5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-11-30 21:57:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"Keith tries his best. He provides lecture notes, which are extremely detailed and comprehensive, and is not a very engaging lecturer. I've found lectures to be basically useless, discussion is optional but I definitely regret not going. I have no idea what my grade will be, and it is based on 5 HW assignments, 2 exams, and 1 group project.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1MjgzODUy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-11-22 03:09:59 +0000 UTC","comment":"His lecture is okay, a little bit dry, but he wrote good notes, which is very useful to me. However, the class is terribly structured in me opinion, no piazza, no discord, and the group project is just confusing, I have no idea what is he expecting, he didn't much dataset in class, and there are no example project.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":3.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1MjUwMjY1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-11-16 20:55:58 +0000 UTC","comment":"Keith is a good professor, his homework is reasonable, he stays on track during lecture, and I personally have never had issues with him during office hours. He is very blunt when answering questions which can be mistaken as him being rude but he is just trying to get straight to the point and let you know there are no trick questions.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1MjQzNDQ2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-11-15 22:41:09 +0000 UTC","comment":"DON'T TAKE HIS CLASS. HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HIS STUDENTS.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1MjQzNDA2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-11-15 22:36:21 +0000 UTC","comment":"Just like the first rating below, had really bad experience at his office hour. DON'T take his class unless you're smart and high IQ. He makes you feel that your questions are meaningless and is wasting his time, though office hours are to solve students' problems.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:26:32.891187+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM1MjI0MTkx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:2726941","instructor_name":"Keith Levin","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2021-11-11 05:39:53 +0000 UTC","comment":"He is rude and unreachable. I had questions from my exam. So, I went to his office hour, waited for half hour just for a short explanation. He told me there are so many people waiting outside for more important questions, started to yell at me, and looked at me with impatience. I left the office hour without asking the other more important question","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/2726941","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzU4MDcy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3089686","instructor_name":"Sahifa Siddiqua","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-12-20 07:24:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"Does not teach anything related to the exams. Has no clue what a rubric is, or how it works. Changes the syllabus for grading as and when she feels like it. Incredibly inefficient when it comes to practicing actual questions or problems related to exams. If possible don't take it with her. Honestly for me the worst professor in the stat department.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMzEyNjI1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3089686","instructor_name":"Sahifa Siddiqua","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-12-17 19:08:00 +0000 UTC","comment":"She seems very knowledgeable but cannot teach. exams unrelated to hw and discussion content. Her lectures are poorly planned and a lot of time is wasted. I liked her in STAT240 but in this class she is very disorganized. She also tells wrong things on multiple occasions and doesn't respond on Piazza until you point something out that was told wrong","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMjgzMzk0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3089686","instructor_name":"Sahifa Siddiqua","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-12-16 15:05:57 +0000 UTC","comment":"The exam has no relations to her lecture, slides, and practice exam. She put stuffs that never mentioned in class in the final without explanation. Also her hand writing is awful that you can't review and understand the annotated slides. And the exam environment is awful because she didn't book enough room for all students.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMjY2MTA3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3089686","instructor_name":"Sahifa Siddiqua","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-12-15 21:03:49 +0000 UTC","comment":"I've never seen a professor as unprepared as Dr. Sahifa. She teaches off Dr. Powers' slides and it feels like it's her first time seeing them. I get dizzy as she keeps scrolling up and down slides, and often hand-writes equations that are already on the slides before realizing they're already there. She often skips past material without realizing.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMjUzOTMx","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3089686","instructor_name":"Sahifa Siddiqua","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-12-15 04:09:55 +0000 UTC","comment":"Her first time teaching 340 and it shows. Handwriting is illegible and HW and Disc are completely unrelated to the exam. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyMjA4NjA3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3089686","instructor_name":"Sahifa Siddiqua","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-12-12 17:25:55 +0000 UTC","comment":"Knowledgeable in the material but very poor explanations during lecture. Poor handwriting and subpar explanations of concepts. Also the homework and discussion assignments have basically nothing to do with the exams. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQxNjUzNjc4","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3089686","instructor_name":"Sahifa Siddiqua","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2025-09-19 20:47:10 +0000 UTC","comment":"Quite possibly the worst professor I have ever had. Lecture notes are illegible and ridden with typos. She seems to not really know how to teach in general and just assigned a random class. She also seems to make no effort to learn how to use her technology properly and switches between screens so rapidly that I get dizzy. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:34.668824+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQzMDY2OTgw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3010926","instructor_name":"Yongyi Guo","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-05-08 01:49:38 +0000 UTC","comment":"Comparing her slides to the other professor's just showed me how much difficulty she added to the class because of her teaching style. The entire time, she would just be reading massive blocks of R code or reading formulas instead of saying anything useful or informative. She is a very nice woman, but I would definitely avoid her class.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3010926","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:34.668824+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyOTIwMjU0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3010926","instructor_name":"Yongyi Guo","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-24 01:32:26 +0000 UTC","comment":"zhe jie ke zen me zhe me nan","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3010926","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:34.668824+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODUzMzMw","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3010926","instructor_name":"Yongyi Guo","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-16 18:27:55 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lecture is just her reading off the slides, she provides no meaningful examples to deepen your understanding of the material, and the homework is absolutely nothing like the exams. She cannot convey the material clearly and in a manner that makes it easier to understand. SAVE YOUR GPA AND AVOID HER CLASSES. Don't make the same mistake I made. ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3010926","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:34.668824+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODQ2MDI1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3010926","instructor_name":"Yongyi Guo","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-15 21:20:30 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures are worthless, many of them only took 60% of the allotted time. With tough materials such as present in STAT340, she should really be taking the full amount of time. Lectures were mostly her reading off slides. Little to no in-class examples done. Exams were written in a gotcha manner and did not match lecture difficulty well.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3010926","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:34.668824+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyODI3NTM0","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3010926","instructor_name":"Yongyi Guo","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2026-04-13 22:07:40 +0000 UTC","comment":"No point in wasting your time, she just reads off the slides.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3010926","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 15:57:34.668824+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM5Mzc3NjQy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:3010926","instructor_name":"Yongyi Guo","course_label":"STAT340","course_id":"STAT 340","course_uid":"course_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548","review_date":"2024-05-06 16:27:34 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures were nothing special. She doesn't do live coding, and in that regard I liked Bi better (I had him for STAT240). Exams are fair and not too difficult. I attended almost all the lectures, but you definitely wouldn't have to (there are posted recordings and lecture notes).","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3010926","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":3.0}]