50% homework and 50% final project, very clear about the grading critera and very very generous about grades. Super nice prof and an easy A for basically all classes she teaches. Never responds to emails though, so go to office hours/lecture for questions. Great professor and I learned a lot.

Dr. Coburn was great. She's a really nice person overall. Also probably the easiest A you can get in the PSTAT department for every course she teaches. One problem is that she never responds to emails so you have to find her in person during lectures. Take her if you want good grades but don't expect to learn deep into the materials.

Dr. Coburn's PSTAT 120A is one of the best options you have if you want to get A. However it might not dive in as deep as other 120A. The only imperfection of her is that she will never respond to your email. Other than that the class is generous on giving As. section attendance required and hw graded on completion.

Professor Coburn's class is easy and she is a nice person. She is also not a tough grader. However, the lecture is always behind the homework, and she does not respond emails. She teaches way too slow, and we were not able to finish all the materials we need to be prepared for 120B.

Professor Coburn is a very easy professor, graded 50% on section attendance and homework (which was graded on completion). She, however, taught the material very slowly and would often lag behind assigned home work. Her in class examples were very simple while the homework was very complex. I didn't learn a lot.

Truly a wonderful person and even more impressive Professor. Nothing but respect and admiration from me!

best in the world

Nicest professor I've met. The grading scheme was very generous with hw being half the grade and only graded on completeness. She is very helpful during office hours. Her implementation of R in the course was most useful too. Especially compared to the majority of the PSTAT department, Dr. Coburn is amazing!

Dr. Coburn cares more about being liked by her students (by handing out As like candy) then she does about teaching statistics. In fact, I am not even certain that she knows statistics. She fails to answer students questions, frequently makes mistakes in class, and her slideshows are near incomprehensible and riddled with errors. review continued

One of the nicest profs out there. She is very understanding and will help you understand the material to the best of her ability. Homeworks based on completion and exams/quizzes are take-home. However, you still must understand the material quite well to do well on the exams/quizzes. Don't be scared to ask questions, she loves questions!

Absolutely one of the nicest professors at UCSB, but not that great in terms of teaching. Lenient Grading. Should be your first choice.

Professor Meiring is a very nice person, but it felt like she was juggling many things at once. It felt difficult to get more than a surface-level understanding of the material and the final was worth 45% which made the class stressful. Luckily, the midterm and final were similar to the practices (which are previous exams) which was helpful.

She is decent

Had a group project. No exam. Topics are quite interesting.

Professor Coburn's kindness was so needed last quarter! She was incredibly helpful and accommodating no matter what kind of difficulties we were going through. She expects you to do well, but will give you the support you need to succeed, unlike so many other professors. Best professor I've ever had.

After a horrendous experience with 120A, I was delightfully surprised by Professor Coburn's compassion. She is a very good professor and even took time to review some 120A stuff that not everyone had learned previously. She even offers extra credit and makes the class easy to pass. Take her if you have the chance. :)

Professor Coburn is super sweet. She gives lots of opportunities for extra credit and freebies on quizzes/homework, and will give extensions if you need them. Her quizzes are kind of hard and you definitely need to go to class, but her friendly demeanor makes up for it.

Course had some interesting concepts, but it wasn't taught practically. Textbook barely used here. Lectures could have concrete analysis after drawing figures in lecture instead of more sketches. Quizzes needed to be worth more too!

Does not use a textbook. Setup was rough. Exams are tough. I thought I'd get an A.

Caveat:2005. Too much theory and derivation. "Advanced statistical methods" should prepare students to get hired applying methods on the job, not to do research and develop methods. Too few methods covered because it went too deep. Whatever programming language is used for application should have a course and should be a prerequisite.

Should pay more attention to practical stuff rather than theories.

Great professor. Office hours are a must! Hers and Ta's! Attendance for section and lecture is not manditory but very helpful. Always there for you outside of lecture and will take the time to explain things. She will stay longer than her scheduled office hours just so you will understand the material.

She should NOT be teaching this class. While the hw was fair and midterm was ok, the final project had nothing to do with the class (2 little time to work on it too). Let alone the lectures never made sense. She needs to be better prepared and use a book atleast. A very frustrating class when it should not be.

Talk to her; she'll help you out if you're struggling.