# MUHONG GAO — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### repository

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### built at

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### courses

8951

### current instructors

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### limited

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### departments

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## instructor

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### source

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### source instructor id

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### identity basis

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### identity status

source\_identified

### name

MUHONG GAO

### first observed at

2026-09-06 23:14:58.172943+00:00

### last observed at

2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00

### ratings

#### review count

3

#### quality

2.33

#### difficulty

2.33

#### quality count

3

#### difficulty count

3

#### profile id

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#### source url

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#### observed at

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#### courses

##### course 24942ca6acb3a153de2907d5

###### review count

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###### quality count

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### grade statistics

#### gpa

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#### graded

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#### counts

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#### sections

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### current

false

### courses

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### revision

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### instructor url

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## history

| term | course\_uid                      | course\_id | title                                                            |
| ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 1222 | course\_096be5272e913d9005e3298b | STAT 421   | APPLIED CATEGORICAL DATA ANALYSIS                                |
| 1204 | course\_1b76508145789f8fbc49d1fa | STAT 311   | INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND METHODS OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS I  |
| 1202 | course\_24942ca6acb3a153de2907d5 | STAT 312   | INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND METHODS OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS II |
| 1194 | course\_e960d322d17638a03f3d8a4b | STAT 351   | INTRODUCTORY NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS                            |

## timeline

| term | courses |
| ---- | ------- |
| 1194 | 1       |
| 1202 | 1       |
| 1204 | 1       |
| 1222 | 1       |

## term

1272

## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

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    "review_date": "2019-12-17 13:57:53 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Muhong Gao is a very nice guy. Past that, he is a not a good lecturer who is very quiet and he struggles to explain things clearly to students. Also a nice guy.",
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    "review_date": "2019-12-15 22:41:12 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Very underrated professor and is very informative during lecture. Tests are similar to homework problems and he is very clear with his expectations.",
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    "review_date": "2019-09-26 20:08:56 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Muhong Gao is terrible. He basically whispers all of lecture and mumbles as he scribbles on the chalk board. He doesn't explain any of the concepts and then gets confused when no one knows what's going on in lecture. Good luck if you have him.",
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```

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### page

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### courses

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| course\_24942ca6acb3a153de2907d5 | STAT 312   |

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