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PSTAT 120A
MILLER J B
Jack Miller
4.7
43 reviews

43
4.7
PSTAT120A . Miller J B 8 Months Ago

Amazing professor! Teaches 120A only in the summer, so don't miss it if you need it. Lectures are amazing, exams are fair with a clear and helpful formula sheet. Does not give A- B-, etc simpliy because they don't like it (90+ is an A, same for other letters). Overall an amazing professor. Also provides many insights on academic life in general.

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PSTAT120A . Miller J B 1 Year, 1 Month Ago

Makes statistics VERY easy. Compared to other stats classes this is very manageable. Very clear teaching and provides examples of all problems that will be on exams. So as long as you learn how to do each of the problems during class, you will do good on the exams. And if you ever have problems, he was always able to explain how to fix it.

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PSTAT120A . Miller J B 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

the lecture slides and the practice exam are really helpful for study.

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PSTAT120A . Miller J B 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

Professor Miller is probably the best professor I've had in the stats department so far. I took 120A in the summer and thought it was going to be extremely difficult but professor Miller's lectures made everything clear and the practice exams were pretty similar to the tests and definitely prepared me.

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PSTAT120A . Miller J B 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

Amazing professor! Professor Miller was truly one of my favorite professors that I've had at UCSB. They made lectures engaging and made sure that everyone who asked questions fully understood the concepts. They explained all the content and noted what would and wouldn't be on exams. Highly recommend taking a class with Professor Miller!

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PSTAT120A . Miller J B 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

They are such a great professor. Gives so many resources to study from and the exam reviews are just like the actual exams. Exams are also pretty easy and they give a lot of partial credit too. Wish they taught 120B as well. Lectures were easy to follow albeit a little boring at times. One of the best professors I've ever had and highly recommend.

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PSTAT120A . Miller J B 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

Great Professor, cares about their students. The course grade was based 80% on exams, but they were extremely fair and the exam practice prepares you well. If you have the option to take them for the 120 series, definitely go for it.

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 3 Months Ago

This is a teacher that cares. It's not a super difficult class but there's a decent amount of homework. They present the information very clearly in each lecture and prepare you well for the exams. Super friendly and helpful. The class material itself is a bit boring but they do what they can to make it an engaging learning experience.

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 4 Months Ago

they clearly care about their students' success. its an easy class, but there's a good amount of homework

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 4 Months Ago

I got a C+ and it was only becuase I didn't go to lecture as much as I should have. This class is extremely easy and passable if you study concurrently, literally you will only get an A if you go to class.

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 4 Months Ago

This class was fairly easy. I STRONGLY encourage actually taking time on the weekly homework assignment, and making sure every problem is understood. Slides and recorded lectures are posted if you are not able to make it to lecture. Section attendance is required. Actual tests are not bad, just do practice test. Overall great professor who cares!

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 5 Months Ago

easy A, good lecturer. lots of hw, easy tests

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 6 Months Ago

I feel like this class is harder than most people say it is. There are so many little niche things about stats you have to really write down everything in lecture and make notes on what you did wrong on homework to really understand, as even the wording can mess you up. Miller clearly cares though.

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 8 Months Ago

I liked this class a lot, the only thing I was stuck on was the coding but honestly the class is so easy. Just do the practice exams and make sure you really study the notes. Also do the homework everyday and don't put it off because the coding makes it confusing.

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 8 Months Ago

The lectures are very boring but the professor is very passionate about stats! Focus hard on the language you use when writing on midterms and finals, the professor will mark you down if it's the wrong wording. R coding might scare you at first but it's just tedious. Make sure to complete all reviews, it'll help you a lot for the tests.

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 8 Months Ago

Professor Miller is an extremely caring professor and the class is easy to receive an A if you put in the work (which I did not, whoops). Lectures aren't mandatory and are dreadfully boring, but they go through many example problems to help grasp concepts. Sections only helped with homework but literally had zero correlation with lectures.

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 8 Months Ago

Professor Miller is amazing! The course is graded on ECoach journals, section participation, homework, two midterms, and a cumulative final. The lectures were engaging, but attendance isn't mandatory! Lectures are recorded and then posted on Canvas with all review w/s as well. I would say the class is very easy if you put in the effort!!

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 8 Months Ago

They are an amazing professor and they always make sure to keep lecture engaging to the students. They are really passionate about their work and they are AMAZING at explaining the little things!

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 8 Months Ago

Miller was great. They were super nice and good professor. they made the class super accessible, and really wanted their students to succeed. Two midterms and one final. some R assigments. section mandatory. Final can replace one of the midterm grades. mostly open response. They were great, would take again. very fair class and descriptive notes.

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 9 Months Ago

Professor Miller is an amazing professor who is always willing to help their students. They structure the class around the students needs and truly cares. I would definitely recommend taking their class because it is a fairly easy A as long as you complete the homework and look over the lecture slides.

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 9 Months Ago

Prof. Miller was AMAZING! Tests were extremely similar to the practice exams, and slides were always posted and very easy to follow. The homework was pretty chill, just an assignment once a week. If you have to take this course I highly recommend Prof. Miller, they were awesome and made me actually enjoy stats.

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 10 Months Ago

Not a hard class. this issue is that lectures are WAY to long for the content taught. The proffesser goes to slowly for most people and the slides could be cut down and simplified A LOT. but its an easy class and Miller tries to make it intresting.

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 10 Months Ago

Great professor! They made lectures easy to follow and the material/ hw was very do-able outside of class. Office hours were a great way to receive pretty much one on one help. Practice exams were very helpful and as long as you review, class is very manageable.

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PSTAT5LS . Miller J B 10 Months Ago

Pretty easy class. There is are usually only two homework assignments a week and both are usually pretty easy. They post all the slides and annotations on Canvas so you don't have to attend lecture if you don't want to. Midterms and the final are decently simple and all the information you need for them will be on previous homeworks.

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