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.

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.

He's a great professor. I didn't have him for PSTAT 131, but I will say that 131 is notoriously difficult since it's streamlined course by the department. Oh has been exceptional in 134 in terms of explaining material and concepts. Don't expect and easy A but expect a fair course. Keep up with the material and you'll be fine.

Professor Oh is really available whenever you have any questions. His lectures are more about concepts, and the quizzes are based on that. He doesn't talk about coding in lectures but the homework is in python. Therefore, you may need to learn by yourself how to deal with it. However, he will give hints and documentations in the prompt.

Great material. Great HW. However, Professor Oh if you are reading this, please be a bit more specific on what will be on the midterm. You made it seem like it was Heavy Coding exam, when it was mostly 50% theory, and the rest coding. I screwed up my midterm because of this. If I would have known it was heavy theory, I would have gotten an A+. (

Professor Oh is very nice and cares about his students. That being said, his lectures are not very engaging and sometimes he didn't explain hard concepts well, but lecture notes are clear and helpful. Homework is not difficult since there are detailed instructions but be sure to leave enough time for it.

I wouldn't take a class with him again. There were pop quizzes which were difficult, because it was hard to focus on his lectures. The homeworks are very long (lots of coding), but there are only 4 of them with a LONG final project. One midterm and one final project (no final test). Study hard for the midterm to help you get an A in the class.

Way more emphasis on lecture and lab attendance than needed. I'm familiar with most of the materials so it's not hard for me. But even with 90+ on all homework/quizzes/midterm/final, missing a few labs get me down to B. Unfair grading. Plus, you won't hear back from him if you email him about any issues.

Terrible lectures and section don't bother attending he really does not know how to teach. Ridiculously hard midterm and final. My advice switch professors or take it a different quarter just avoid him.

I came back to write a review after taking 120B again this quarter with a different professor and honestly this material is easy Oh made it unnecessarily hard. He is bottom line a horrible professor: lectures are confusing, homework is graded way too toughly, midterms were extremely difficult for no reason. You'll regret it if you take 120B with Oh

I had Oh for PSTAT131. He's a wonderful professor who explains details clearly. One thing that you should be pay attention to is his pop quiz, which is harder than I imagine.

Very poor professor, really failed to make concepts clear or explain the subject well. Homework was graded way too toughly instead of checking for completeness and effort. The midterm average was far below failing and yet there was no curve. Final was unfair as well. Bottom line don't take this professor. Got an A in 120 just to fail this class.

VERY HARD professor. I got an A in 120A and I had no idea what he was talking about half the time. His midterm had a class average of far below failing, unreasonably hard tests, difficult to follow during lecture. Very nice guy though, he is definitely just new and trying

I had Oh for PSTAT 120B and I thought he was unfairly tough in that class. However, he has made a dramatic improvement in 131. The material is pretty dense, but he does his best in lecture to break it down. There is no midterm or final, the final project takes up 50% of your grade and it's pretty straightforward. Homeworks are partner assignments.

DO NOT take courses of this professor Exam was verrrrrry hard and grade was given toughly even if you work really hard

His lectures are often boring but he does go through a lot of examples. The homeworks are really hard but are also much more difficult than the exams. He's a young guy so will probably (hopefully) get better.

The lectures were unclear at times, however, Oh is extremely helpful in clarifying topics in office hours. Oh gets a bad rap from students who most likely didn't put in the time to read and go to office hours. Read the book, ask questions, go to s office hours, and you'll do fine. Don't expect a good grade if you aren't willing to work for it...