# SAHIFA SIDDIQUA — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/SAHIFA_SIDDIQUA--instructor_862a61219afe05b2a1dac6ce) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 85abe9ff8837c2c5a134368dcc4cfc85eb723524b21ddeb3d2e953887d2f0c8f ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-11T07:45:51.576183+00:00 ### courses 8951 ### current instructors 5754 ### limited false ### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1272 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | AFROAMER | 71 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | AMERIND | 53 | | ANAT\&PHY | 7 | | ANATOMY | 2 | | ANESTHES | 8 | | ANSCI | 57 | | ANTHRO | 95 | | ART | 125 | | ARTED | 10 | | ARTHIST | 121 | | ASIALANG | 129 | | ASIAN | 109 | | ASIANAM | 28 | | ASTRON | 38 | | ATMOCN | 69 | | BIOCHEM | 51 | | BIOCORE | 10 | | BIOLOGY | 14 | | BIOMDSCI | 18 | | BME | 66 | | BMI | 41 | | BMOLCHEM | 10 | | BOTANY | 69 | | BSE | 44 | | C\&ESOC | 73 | | CBE | 48 | | CHEM | 101 | | CHICLA | 52 | | CIVENGR | 133 | | CLASSICS | 47 | | CNP | 10 | | CNSRSCI | 50 | | COMARTS | 137 | | COMPBIO | 15 | | COMPLIT | 11 | | COMPSCI | 138 | | COUNPSY | 78 | | CRB | 19 | | CS\&D | 71 | | CSCS | 40 | | CURRIC | 193 | | DANCE | 93 | | DERM | 8 | | DS | 88 | | DYSCI | 35 | | ECE | 155 | | ECON | 145 | | EDPOL | 114 | | EDPSYCH | 97 | | ELPA | 70 | | EMA | 53 | | EMERMED | 17 | | ENGL | 206 | | ENTOM | 40 | | ENVIRST | 148 | | EP | 15 | | EPD | 67 | | ESL | 16 | | F\&WECOL | 60 | | FAMMED | 22 | | FINANCE | 50 | | FOLKLORE | 40 | | FOODSCI | 43 | | FRENCH | 63 | | GEN\&WS | 145 | | GENBUS | 72 | | GENECSLR | 17 | | GENETICS | 60 | | GEOG | 113 | | GEOSCI | 83 | | GERMAN | 82 | | GLE | 48 | | GNS | 38 | | GREEK | 27 | | HDFS | 41 | | HEBR-BIB | 13 | | HEBR-MOD | 10 | | HISTORY | 233 | | HISTSCI | 56 | | HONCOL | 13 | | ILS | 43 | | INFOSYS | 9 | | INTEGART | 7 | | INTEGSCI | 22 | | INTER-AG | 18 | | INTER-HE | 11 | | INTER-LS | 22 | | INTEREGR | 16 | | INTLBUS | 21 | | INTLST | 50 | | ISYE | 83 | | ITALIAN | 53 | | JEWISH | 56 | | JOURN | 88 | | KINES | 128 | | LACIS | 26 | | LANDARC | 61 | | LATIN | 24 | | LAW | 120 | | LEGALST | 48 | | LINGUIS | 35 | | LIS | 89 | | LITTRANS | 78 | | LSC | 52 | | M\&ENVTOX | 7 | | MARKETNG | 62 | | MATH | 153 | | MDGENET | 8 | | ME | 130 | | MEDHIST | 43 | | MEDICINE | 60 | | MEDIEVAL | 32 | | MEDPHYS | 39 | | MEDSC-M | 29 | | MEDSC-V | 41 | | MHR | 68 | | MICROBIO | 45 | | MILSCI | 16 | | MM\&I | 22 | | MOLBIOL | 6 | | MS\&E | 59 | | MUSIC | 165 | | MUSPERF | 126 | | NAVSCI | 20 | | NE | 44 | | NEURODPT | 11 | | NEUROL | 7 | | NEURSURG | 4 | | NTP | 11 | | NURSING | 111 | | NUTRSCI | 65 | | OBS\&GYN | 18 | | OCCTHER | 39 | | ONCOLOGY | 14 | | OPHTHALM | 5 | | OTM | 43 | | PATH | 34 | | PATH-BIO | 29 | | PEDIAT | 26 | | PHARMACY | 31 | | PHILOS | 77 | | PHMCOL-M | 11 | | PHMPRAC | 45 | | PHMSCI | 60 | | PHYASST | 37 | | PHYSICS | 88 | | PHYSIOL | 3 | | PHYTHER | 37 | | PLANTSCI | 52 | | PLPATH | 35 | | POLISCI | 192 | | POPHLTH | 58 | | PORTUG | 33 | | PSYCH | 101 | | PSYCHIAT | 22 | | PUBAFFR | 54 | | PUBLHLTH | 23 | | RADIOL | 11 | | REALEST | 41 | | RELIGST | 90 | | RHABMED | 9 | | RMI | 24 | | RP\&SE | 102 | | S\&APHM | 17 | | SCANDST | 73 | | SLAVIC | 89 | | SOC | 149 | | SOCWORK | 87 | | SOILSCI | 46 | | SPANISH | 83 | | SRMED | 21 | | STAT | 94 | | STDYABRD | 52 | | STS | 8 | | SURGERY | 25 | | SURGSCI | 33 | | THEATRE | 91 | | URBRPL | 60 | | UROLOGY | 5 | | ZOOLOGY | 89 | ## instructor ### instructor uid instructor\_862a61219afe05b2a1dac6ce ### source madgrades ### source instructor id 6687549 ### identity basis source\_id ### identity status source\_identified ### name SAHIFA SIDDIQUA ### 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 33 #### quality 1.91 #### difficulty 3.82 #### quality count 33 #### difficulty count 33 #### profile id rmp:3089686 #### source url #### match basis exact\_name #### observed at 2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00 #### courses ##### course 03f8aaae24bac7658b319ca8 ###### review count 26 ###### quality 2 ###### difficulty 3.85 ###### quality count 26 ###### difficulty count 26 ##### course d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548 ###### review count 7 ###### quality 1.57 ###### difficulty 3.71 ###### quality count 7 ###### difficulty count 7 #### bayesian quality 2.5702587862439983 #### prior mean 3.6596857835465957 #### prior weight 20 ### grade statistics #### gpa 3.249 #### graded 1542 #### counts * 488 * 318 * 436 * 142 * 134 * 14 * 10 #### sections 10 ### current false ### courses None recorded. ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### instructor url /instructors/SAHIFA\_SIDDIQUA--instructor\_862a61219afe05b2a1dac6ce ## history | term | course\_uid | course\_id | title | | ---- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------ | | 1264 | course\_03f8aaae24bac7658b319ca8 | STAT 240 | DATA SCIENCE MODELING I | | 1262 | course\_03f8aaae24bac7658b319ca8 | STAT 240 | DATA SCIENCE MODELING I | | 1262 | course\_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548 | STAT 340 | DATA SCIENCE MODELING II | | 1254 | course\_03f8aaae24bac7658b319ca8 | STAT 240 | DATA SCIENCE MODELING I | | 1252 | course\_03f8aaae24bac7658b319ca8 | STAT 240 | DATA SCIENCE MODELING I | ## timeline | term | courses | | ---- | ------- | | 1252 | 1 | | 1254 | 1 | | 1262 | 2 | | 1264 | 1 | ## term 1272 ## courses None recorded. ## reviews ### items ```json [ { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzNDA3NDIx", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3089686", "instructor_name": "Sahifa Siddiqua", "course_label": "STAT240", "course_id": "STAT 240", "course_uid": "course_03f8aaae24bac7658b319ca8", "review_date": "2026-09-04 00:18:42 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Poor teaching, gives dirty looks when students ask questions at office hours. Incredibly passive-aggressive over email. Would rate 0 if I coud. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMTA4NjQ1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3089686", "instructor_name": "Sahifa Siddiqua", "course_label": "STAT240", "course_id": "STAT 240", "course_uid": "course_03f8aaae24bac7658b319ca8", "review_date": "2026-05-12 22:05:17 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Sahifa is super sweet, but she is fresh out of school and cannot teach. If this is your first stats class, start teaching yourself the content today.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686", "quality_rating": 2, "difficulty_rating": 5 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMTA1OTI3", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3089686", "instructor_name": "Sahifa Siddiqua", "course_label": "STAT240", "course_id": "STAT 240", "course_uid": "course_03f8aaae24bac7658b319ca8", "review_date": "2026-05-12 18:23:45 +0000 UTC", "comment": "lectures very hard to track. she gives us one practice test for the whole semester (all of last years exam questions). first midterm is easy. exams dont correlate with course content. if you like to be forced to self teach, then def take this class. I think my ta was a better teacher than she was.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMTAxODUw", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3089686", "instructor_name": "Sahifa Siddiqua", "course_label": "STAT240", "course_id": "STAT 240", "course_uid": "course_03f8aaae24bac7658b319ca8", "review_date": "2026-05-12 05:38:56 +0000 UTC", "comment": "I felt that she did a very ok job at teaching the content and going over practice questions but then those questions were a lot easier than the actual test. If you have a question and you can't make it to office hours and you have a question she rarely response to emails. I have sent her 10 over the whole course and she has replied to only 3. ", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMDk3MzI1", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3089686", "instructor_name": "Sahifa Siddiqua", "course_label": "STAT240", "course_id": "STAT 240", "course_uid": "course_03f8aaae24bac7658b319ca8", "review_date": "2026-05-11 22:10:41 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Clear HTML but obviously based on other professor's modifications. Her teaching ability can be reflected by mean score of all exams, which are always lowest. At the same time, the difficulty level of the exams is arbitrary. Compared with the past, the number of questions has definitely increased and the difficulty level has also risen.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 }, { "observed_at": "2026-09-07 16:07:51.086388+00:00", "run_id": "20260907T155543-ce3781c4", "source_review_id": "UmF0aW5nLTQzMDk3MjQ5", "source_instructor_id": "rmp:3089686", "instructor_name": "Sahifa Siddiqua", "course_label": "STAT240", "course_id": "STAT 240", "course_uid": "course_03f8aaae24bac7658b319ca8", "review_date": "2026-05-11 22:03:47 +0000 UTC", "comment": "Clear HTML but obviously based on modifications made by other professors. Her teaching level is truly reflected by the mean score of all exams, which are always the lowest. At the same time, the difficulty of the exams is completely arbitrary. Compared to the past, the number of questions has definitely increased and the difficulty has also risen.", "source_url": "https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/3089686", "quality_rating": 1, "difficulty_rating": 3 } ] ``` ### total 33 ### page 1 ### courses | course\_uid | course\_id | | -------------------------------- | ---------- | | course\_03f8aaae24bac7658b319ca8 | STAT 240 | | course\_d2d0c15e32bd1631a6074548 | STAT 340 | ### matched true ## social Image false