Introduction to research skills. Discussion of current research trends, writing literature reviews, etc. Students will be required to present materials reflecting their interests, which will be critically appraised for both content and presentation. Emphasis will be placed on aiding students to acquire a high-level of professionalism.

Prerequisites: PSTAT 126; and consent of instructor.

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Units

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Grading

1, 2

Passtime

Upper division only

Level Limit

Letters and science

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Katie Coburn
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62 reviews
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PSTAT 197A Coburn K M Fall 2025 Total: 60
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pstat197a . 2 Years Ago

Extremely unclear lectures, slides are so vague it's useless. Teaches difficult topics as if you already know them. No continuity between lectures (very random). No grading syllabus, no clue which assignments got graded, no place to check your grade until it showed on GOLD, and no response to emails. Even TA's felt lost. Terrible experience!

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pstat197a . 2 Years Ago

Horrible course. NO feedback during the whole quarter. You even don't know the grading criteria.

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PSTAT120a . Coburn T 2 Months Ago

Dr. Coburn was great in lectures, and made the concepts seem simple to understand, but the ease of homework, examples and quiz questions left me improperly prepared for the midterm and final question styles. Very accesible, and office hours are helpful. Weekly homework and quizzes, a midterm and a final exam.

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PSTAT120a . Coburn T 2 Months Ago

The professor is calm and cool. The exams are a bit hard and I would recommend studying with lots of practice problems weeks before exams. I found that the practice exams were not as helpful as the lecture examples.

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PSTAT120a . Coburn T 3 Months Ago

honestly 120A was fine if you studied and showed up to class. it was hard but idk who expects it to be easy

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PSTAT120a . Coburn T 3 Months Ago

All my friends said that he was the easy professor for 120A, but his practice tests were NOTHING like the actual exams. Lectures were boring and not useful. Fully made me lose the passion that I had for statistics. Ended up taking this class P/NP and dropped my stats minor. None of the content is interesting or applicable to the real world.

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