Esteban Chavez

22 reviews
Skip class? You won't pass. Would take again Tough grader Clear grading criteria Caring Respected Gives good feedback Lots of homework Lecture heavy
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PSTAT109 . 10 Years Ago

BUY A GRAPHING CALCULATOR. As long as you go to your 2 section's a week, and have a calculator you will pass. Do the homework before the quiz and you will likely get an A. Quizzes are based on the hw problems. The lab section is basically show up get 100%. You can miss 1 quiz and 1 lab. Grading is curved to where an 85% is an A- and 70% is a B-.

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PSTAT109 . 10 Years Ago

Chavez was a great professor and very easygoing. If you don't attendpay attention in lecture (which was not required to attend), you might find the class pretty difficult. There are weekly quizzes (easy if you do HW), and 2 midterms (no final), they were again, easy, if you could solve practice exams. Very fair tests & grades! DON'T BUY TEXTBOOK.

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PSTAT109 . 10 Years Ago

Easy-going, friendly, and helpful professor who is very approachable for questions outside of class. There were weekly quizzes and 2 midterms (no final), but they were easy if you did the homework and looked over the slides. There were annoying lab sections every week, but they were easy points if you showed up. His tests and grading are fair

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PSTAT109 . 10 Years Ago

He gives out quizzes weekly but they are fairly easy if you do the homework. His lectures are helpful and he requires students to know only the basic concepts. He gives out two midterms and no final. If you can solve the practice midterms, then you can definitely do well on midterms. Nice and easygoing professor!

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PSTAT109 . 10 Years Ago

He is clear and his slides are extremely helpful. He posts all of them on GauchoSpace, so you technically do not have to go to lecture. But I'd advise you to go because he teaches how to use the TI8384 calculator. Go to Lab sections which are easy marks. Quizzes are ok, yet exams are tough. DO NOT BUY BOOK. BUY CALCULATOR.

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PSTATS120A . 11 Years Ago

I found this class challenging. First off, i'm the type of person who understands material when the professor writes on the board, but Chavez simply reads off his slides 80% of the time. He has practice problems on the slides, and he'll just read the problem and the answer with no explanation. Go to his office hours, they are MORE helpful that Lec.

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