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ISMOR FISCHER

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Raw average: 3.56/5 from 111 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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STATS311 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Prof Fischer is an old school professor: he gives you the information and tools, and the rest is up to you. Don't expect easy homework or exams, he definitely makes you work for it. For Fall 2020, our exams were take home and we were allowed to collaborate, which made things nice. Definitely take this class seriously.
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STAT 311
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Pretty laidback class, if taken online. The tests are 'takehome' so you have a week or so to work on them. All the lectures are prerecorded so you can watch them at your leisure, and Ismor is very clear in all of them. Honestly out of any class I took this semester his was the best organized (everything switched to online for me).
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STAT 311
Quality 1/5Difficulty 3/5
The man isn't helpful in his emails, there were no office hours, there was one ta who graded everything, the professor reused his old lecture videos from last year so halfway through October he just stopped having to work. Ismor Fischer does not care about his students at all and I learned nothing from his lectures or the class overall.
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STAT 311
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
Prof. Fischer handled the transition to online courses very well. He made himself very accessible, and if you emailed him for help (which he encouraged), he gave very good feedback and resources to learn more. Only qualm is you're graded by only a few things so any mistake you make will affect your grade more than it would in another class.
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Classes with ISMOR FISCHER

STAT 311

Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics I

3 credits

Introduction to mathematical statistics covering probability, distributions, the central limit theorem, and estimation.

No offering record · Fall 2020

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Ismor FischerMichael Iltis+1 more

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Spring 2016–Fall 2020

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Fall 2020STAT 311Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics I
Spring 2020STAT 311Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics I
Spring 2020STAT 312Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics II
Fall 2019MATH 319Techniques in Ordinary Differential Equations
Fall 2019STAT 311Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics I
Spring 2019MATH 319Techniques in Ordinary Differential Equations
Spring 2019STAT 311Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics I
Fall 2018STAT 311Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics I
Fall 2018STAT 312Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics II
Spring 2018STAT 311Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics I
Spring 2018STAT 312Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics II
Fall 2017STAT 311Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics I
Fall 2017STAT 312Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics II
Spring 2017STAT 311Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics I
Spring 2017STAT 312Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics II
Fall 2016STAT 312Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics II
Spring 2016STAT 311Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics I
Fall 2015STAT 311Introduction to Theory and Methods of Mathematical Statistics I
Spring 2015STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Fall 2014STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2014STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Fall 2013STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2013STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Fall 2012STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2012STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Fall 2011STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2011STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2011STAT 441Advanced Sports Analytics
Fall 2010STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2010STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2010STAT 441Advanced Sports Analytics
Fall 2009BMI/STAT 541Introduction to Biostatistics
Fall 2009STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2009STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2009STAT 441Advanced Sports Analytics
Fall 2008BMI/STAT 541Introduction to Biostatistics
Spring 2008STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2008STAT 441Advanced Sports Analytics
Fall 2007STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2007STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods
Spring 2007STAT 441Advanced Sports Analytics
Fall 2006STAT 301Introduction to Statistical Methods

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