Carter taught 207A very well and was decently enthusiastic about the subject. However, the class was a lot of work: the homeworks can be downright brutal and occupied most of my time during the week. Plus the exams were difficult: the final was only 5 questions and took me 4.5 hours to finish. Although I think that's good preparation for the quals.

Carter will put topics or problems that we haven’t learned about in lecture on our homework and tests consistently. Do not take this class unless you’re willing to work hours on end trying to teach yourself.

He is the worst prof I have ever met, worse than Ravat. I really don't understand why UCSB would hire a professor like that, who doesn't teach at all. He's very lazy, doesn't care about students, and doesn't answer emails at all. His lectures are difficult to understand because there is no logic. Seriously, he should get out of here right now.

Prof. Carter knows his stuff, and is able to breakdown complex ideas into small bite sizes. Carter lectures are amazing, and provided plenty of resources to succeed. However, Carters slide always have a typos, and he very temperamental. The homework assignment were difficult, and exams were tough . Carter isnt a push over.

Do not take this class with Carter. Exams were difficult, low averages, but still refused to curve the class or even bump up borderline grades. Super strict gradings, 0 partial credit. Never responded to emails, ghosted students after final grades were on gold. 122 is supposed to be one of the easier classes and he made it hell.

Professor Carter is a nice guy, but the lectures were extremely conceptual and hard to follow. Home works are also quite difficult. Virtually no partial credits were given on exams especially on the Final. Zero communication to students after the Final, no curves were given despite low Final average. Overall, it was a terrible experience.

He's not the best in STATS department, but his course is takeable if there ain't other options. His lectures can be hard to follow sometimes, especially when he goes back and forth between the slides. He does this a lot, which make it hard to focus! Homework and exams are of reasonable workload.

Carter clearly doesn't care if his students succeed. He didn't make himself accessible out of class at all. The Thursday before the final, he informed us that he wouldn't be holding additional office hours nor would he be responding to emails. Lectures were confusing and not well structured. Partial credit was promised on exams but was not awarded.

Carter is one of the best lecturers in the stats department. His lecture slides may be simple but his explanations in lecture are coherent, sensible and easy to understand. Labs are straightforward without too much R complexity.

He's definitely knowledgable and passionate about the classes he teaches, but as a lecturer he is terrible. Lots of tangent stuff and confusing to follow. Notes provided are mostly r codes with no documentations that does not provide much info. Grading is also a bit on the harsh side. Benefits: has practice final and resubmission chance for report.

A little tough to follow at lecture but he follows up with clear homework and fair test usually like the homework, never harder. Really could improve his clarity at lecture sometime, but runs a very fair course

Carter is clearly passionate about the subject, but sometimes the lectures felt a bit fragmented and hard to follow. Study the practice tests and fill out your cheat sheet fully and you will do fine. If you are passionate about stats, definitely take this course and go to office hours, Carter is very knowledgable and friendly.