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BRET LARGET

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Raw average: 3.31/5 from 29 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.

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What students say

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STAT 240
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Super nice and knowledgable, mostly just reads off the notes but is super helpful during office hours
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STAT 240
Quality 2/5Difficulty 2/5
lectures are long winded and inefficient. lack of reading and self study material compared to professors of other sections. says he will record every single lecture but quite a few lecture recordings were missing or missing video or missing audio. the course was still easy tho
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STAT 240
Quality 2/5Difficulty 3/5
While Bret was kind and always encouraged reaching out for help/office hours, he would sometimes assume students knew as much as he did. When asking for help, I felt a little confused based on how much jargon is required to understand current concepts. Be ready to study, review lectures, and spend time familiarizing yourself with the content.
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STAT 240
Quality 3/5Difficulty 1/5
Any professor rating based on Stat240 should be 3 b/c of how standardized the course is. Every professor uses the same set of notes and does the same thing. Personally watched Bret's recordings until halfway through when I swapped to Bi who did lectures better IMO. The class was easy outside of the final. Overall, cram for tests and watch lectures.
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STAT 240
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
TBH I did not try very hard in this class as I just want to add ds major and I took some similar classes before and had enough programming skills. But Bret was a really good professor. He just read his slide but his slide is really good and makes sense. Weekly projects took abt 3~4 hrs and exams can be hard. Not hard to pull an A in this class.
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STAT 240
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
I loved the material in this class as an economics and data science double major. However Bret could of taught it better. He would just read off slides, so I stopped going to lecture and just watched them online. Class was pretty disorganized as well. However, The group project wasnt that bad and I thought It was pretty cool.
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Classes with BRET LARGET

STAT 998

Statistical Consulting

3 credits

STAT 998 is a consulting apprenticeship course for graduate or professional students.

No offering record · Fall 2025

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Bret Larget

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2021–Fall 2025 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Fall 2025STAT 998Statistical Consulting
Spring 2025STAT 699Directed Study
Spring 2025STAT 990Research
Fall 2024STAT 240Data Science Modeling I
Fall 2024STAT 990Research
Fall 2024STAT 998Statistical Consulting
Spring 2024STAT 240Data Science Modeling I
Fall 2023STAT 240Data Science Modeling I
Spring 2023STAT 240Data Science Modeling I
Fall 2022STAT 240Data Science Modeling I
Fall 2021STAT 240Data Science Modeling I
Fall 2020STAT 240Data Science Modeling I
Spring 2020BOTANY 575Special Topics
Spring 2020STAT 682Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2019STAT 240Data Science Modeling I
Fall 2019STAT 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2019STAT 699Directed Study
Spring 2019BOTANY 575Special Topics
Spring 2019STAT 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2019STAT 699Directed Study
Fall 2018STAT 681Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2018BOTANY/PLPATH 563Phylogenetic Analysis of Molecular Data
Spring 2018STAT 679Special Topics in Statistics
Spring 2018STAT 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2018STAT 698Directed Study
Spring 2018STAT 992Seminar
Fall 2017STAT 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2017STAT 998Statistical Consulting
Fall 2016BOTANY 575Special Topics
Spring 2016BOTANY/PLPATH 563Phylogenetic Analysis of Molecular Data
Spring 2016STAT 679Special Topics in Statistics
Spring 2016STAT 682Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2015STAT 990Research
Fall 2015STAT 998Statistical Consulting
Spring 2015STAT 990Research
Fall 2014STAT 990Research
Spring 2014BOTANY 940Seminar in Plant Systematics and Evolution
Spring 2014STAT 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2014STAT 699Directed Study
Spring 2014STAT 990Research
Fall 2013STAT 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2013STAT 990Research
Fall 2013STAT 998Statistical Consulting
Spring 2013BOTANY 940Seminar in Plant Systematics and Evolution
Spring 2013STAT 990Research
Fall 2012BOTANY 699Directed Study
Fall 2012BOTANY 940Seminar in Plant Systematics and Evolution
Fall 2012STAT 990Research
Fall 2012STAT 998Statistical Consulting
Spring 2012STAT 699Directed Study
Spring 2012STAT 990Research
Fall 2011F&WECOL/STAT 571Statistical Methods for Bioscience I
Fall 2011STAT 990Research
Spring 2011BOTANY 940Seminar in Plant Systematics and Evolution
Spring 2011STAT 990Research
Spring 2011ZOOLOGY 956Seminar-ecology
Fall 2010F&WECOL/STAT 571Statistical Methods for Bioscience I
Fall 2009MATH/STAT 309Introduction to Probability and Mathematical Statistics I
Fall 2009STAT 699Directed Study
Fall 2009STAT 990Research
Spring 2009BOTANY 940Seminar in Plant Systematics and Evolution
Spring 2009MATH/STAT 310Introduction to Probability and Mathematical Statistics II
Spring 2009STAT 698Directed Study
Spring 2009STAT 699Directed Study
Spring 2009STAT 990Research
Fall 2008BOTANY 940Seminar in Plant Systematics and Evolution
Fall 2008MATH/STAT 309Introduction to Probability and Mathematical Statistics I
Fall 2008STAT 699Directed Study
Fall 2008STAT 990Research
Spring 2008BOTANY 940Seminar in Plant Systematics and Evolution
Spring 2008F&WECOL/STAT 572Statistical Methods for Bioscience II
Spring 2008STAT 990Research
Fall 2007BOTANY 940Seminar in Plant Systematics and Evolution
Fall 2007GENETICS 875Special Topics
Fall 2007STAT 990Research
Spring 2007F&WECOL/STAT 572Statistical Methods for Bioscience II
Spring 2007STAT 698Directed Study
Spring 2007STAT 990Research
Spring 2007STAT 992Seminar
Fall 2006BOTANY 940Seminar in Plant Systematics and Evolution
Fall 2006STAT 990Research

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