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The whole class is built upon existing lecture videos. So the teaching is more related to self-learning. Office hours are available. However, the TA and professor never post solutions for homework/projects, nor will they give specific comments on grading. The workload is extremely high, especially if you don't have a reliable teammate.Rate My Professors ↗
This course they give you online video which is super easy which the hw and exams will be super hard. Really a tough grader for hw and provide no feedback. They will not give answer of homework, and no explanation, so you will never understand why you lose points. I decide not to go for 304 because the course is so poorly organized.Rate My Professors ↗
The workload is unbelievable, the exam is mission impossible. This course is basically online with a well organized short videos and quizzes, but the video is just basic. You need tons of self learning for the HW. Exam covers overwhelm amount of details that you learned by yourself in your HW, they didnt even publish HW solutions!Rate My Professors ↗
It shows that Covington is newer at teaching. You can tell he is an extremely intelligent person and at times forgets those hes teaching arent at his level. That being said, I felt like his class was challenging in a good way. I felt like I was forced to really learn the material and his notes contained many good examples.Rate My Professors ↗
Covington was extremely average in his teaching ability. He expects the students to know content on a deeper level even though he barely touched on it in lecture. Weekly homework assignments that are long and heavily weighted on your final grade. The discussion aspect of this course was an absolute joke and didnt help to deepen comprehension.Rate My Professors ↗
The worst instructor I ever met. The lecture content did not cover everything on the exam. I guess he would say: you did not learn hard enough. But the FACT is: there are many things that he "believed" we automatically understand, but no one knows it. Not even a PHD student.Rate My Professors ↗
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Introduction to statistical methods covering distributions, inference, regression, and experimental design.
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Spring 2016–Fall 2020STAT 303 teaches using the R language to manipulate data and perform exploratory data analysis.
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Fall 2019–Fall 2020STAT 304 teaches advanced R programming skills for statistics, including data manipulation, text extraction, and visualization.
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Fall 2019–Fall 2020STAT 305 teaches students to use the R statistical language and integrate it with high performance computing tools for scientific computing.
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Fall 2019–Fall 2020Distinct courses recorded per term
Explore courses taught by this instructor →| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2020 | STAT 301 | Introduction to Statistical Methods |
| Fall 2020 | STAT 303 | R for Statistics I |
| Fall 2020 | STAT 304 | R for Statistics II |
| Fall 2020 | STAT 305 | R for Statistics III |
| Spring 2020 | STAT 301 | Introduction to Statistical Methods |
| Fall 2019 | STAT 301 | Introduction to Statistical Methods |
| Fall 2019 | STAT 303 | R for Statistics I |
| Fall 2019 | STAT 304 | R for Statistics II |
| Fall 2019 | STAT 305 | R for Statistics III |
| Spring 2019 | STAT 301 | Introduction to Statistical Methods |
| Spring 2018 | STAT 301 | Introduction to Statistical Methods |
| Fall 2017 | STAT 371 | Introductory Applied Statistics for the Life Sciences |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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