# JOHN DAVIS — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### name

JOHN DAVIS

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id | title                                                 |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
| 1164 | course\_31fb5b7b6bf20ca63e33bd46 | STAT 371   | INTRODUCTORY APPLIED STATISTICS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES |
| 1162 | course\_31fb5b7b6bf20ca63e33bd46 | STAT 371   | INTRODUCTORY APPLIED STATISTICS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES |
| 1154 | course\_31fb5b7b6bf20ca63e33bd46 | STAT 371   | INTRODUCTORY APPLIED STATISTICS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES |
| 1152 | course\_31fb5b7b6bf20ca63e33bd46 | STAT 371   | INTRODUCTORY APPLIED STATISTICS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES |

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    "comment": "Mr. Davis is a great teacher! The way he explains things makes everything very clear. He is very goofy and funny too. He tells funny stories (questionably true) in between subjects. Just today he was giving a lecture on Normal Distribution and he was flapping his arms around like crazy. It was so cute. But seriously though, his class is great.",
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