# MATTHEW BLOSS — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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### name

MATTHEW BLOSS

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### last observed at

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#### quality

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id    | title                                                           |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1264 | course\_2a00c702ff402614a950606e | MATH/STAT 309 | INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS I       |
| 1264 | course\_1b76508145789f8fbc49d1fa | STAT 311      | INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND METHODS OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS I |
| 1262 | course\_1b76508145789f8fbc49d1fa | STAT 311      | INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND METHODS OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS I |
| 1262 | course\_31fb5b7b6bf20ca63e33bd46 | STAT 371      | INTRODUCTORY APPLIED STATISTICS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES           |
| 1254 | course\_2a00c702ff402614a950606e | MATH/STAT 309 | INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS I       |
| 1254 | course\_1b76508145789f8fbc49d1fa | STAT 311      | INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND METHODS OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS I |
| 1252 | course\_31fb5b7b6bf20ca63e33bd46 | STAT 371      | INTRODUCTORY APPLIED STATISTICS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES           |

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| 1252 | 1       |
| 1254 | 2       |
| 1262 | 2       |
| 1264 | 2       |

## term

1272

## courses

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## reviews

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    "comment": "Bloss acts nice in person by telling jokes and giving out prizes during lecture, but the actual material is taught at an incredibly monotonous pace and doesn't explain concepts thoroughly. HW is long, tedious and doesn't help at all w/ overall understanding of material. Final was extremely difficult (52% median) and curve wasn't much help at all.",
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    "comment": "Maybe I just hate math, but I despised this class. Lectures were tedious and boring, you had to learn how to use R outside of class to use on the homework and then you don't get to use it on the exams, the homework is long and the exams are hard. ",
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    "comment": "I wish I could give a lower rating, lectures all of class with slides. Does not engage the students AT ALL, nor does he try to connect with them. Very strict and lacks understanding for students.",
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