WAINWRIGHT B

Brian Wainwright

106 reviews
Test heavy Clear grading criteria Lecture heavy Tough grader Caring Graded by few things Accessible outside class Get ready to read Hilarious Participation matters Skip class? You won't pass. Amazing lectures Lots of homework Inspirational EXTRA CREDIT Respected Gives good feedback Online Savvy
Past quarters
PSTAT 115
73 / 90 Enrolled
Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis
Brian Wainwright 3.1
M W
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
PSTAT 120A
85 / 190 Enrolled
Probability and Statistics
Brian Wainwright 3.1
M W
14:00 PM - 15:15 PM
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PSTAT 5A Wainwright B Fall 2023 Total: 271
PSTAT 120A Wainwright B Fall 2023 Total: 258
PSTAT 120A Wainwright B Spring 2023 Total: 237
PSTAT 120B Wainwright B Winter 2023 Total: 160
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PSTAT120B . Wainwright B 2 Months Ago

midterm was hard, but he curved a lot. Final was super essay, as far as i know a lot of people get full credits. However, his lecture was boring, but you have to go there since the explainations on the textbook were not clear. If you only read the textbook, it will be hard to get an A.

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PSTAT120B . Wainwright B 3 Months Ago

The first half of the quarter's content was covered really quickly and pretty confusing, but he slowed down a lot in the last half. Once he slowed down, I actually liked his lectures. The midterm was quite long so scores were very low, but he curved the whole class a lot at the end. The final was reasonable.

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PSTAT120B . Wainwright B 3 Months Ago

Midterm and final were difficult (especially the midterm), He accounts for it with a huge curve. Curves the entire class grade in the end Explains things clearly and throroughly answers questions Some people don't like his teaching style, but if that's the case, attendance isn't mandatory he provides a textbook that explains the material well

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PSTAT120B . Wainwright B 3 Months Ago

Professor Wainwright is a super nice guy and very helpful during office hours, but unfortunately mundane during lecture. His slides are ripped from the textbook with little elaboration, and his examples are also from the book, but often skip "trivial" steps which can make them hard to follow during lecture. Homework is graded on completion.

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PSTAT120B . Wainwright B 3 Months Ago

Gives long exams that make it difficult to finish in time but he very generous curves

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PSTAT120B . Wainwright B 3 Months Ago

While Brian isn't the worst teacher, he definitely fumbled the midterm W24 (avg. was ~50% after curve). I scored extremely low but still managed to pass the class after numerous office hour visits and practice. My advice to succeed is to do extra HW prob. from the book as he uses it for tests Grade Scale was 30 HW, 15 Section, 25 Midterm, 30 Final.

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PSTAT120B . Wainwright B 3 Months Ago

Sped through example problems in lecture, had to do a lot of review outside of class. Midterm was unreasonably short but he did curve it and the final had several problems drawn directly from the textbook, overall difficulty was pretty manageable. As long as you study consistently w/ examples from the textbook you should pass, could have been worse

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PSTAT120B . Wainwright B 3 Months Ago

His tests are the most unreasonable exams I have ever taken at this school. His lecture notes are oftentimes disorganized. At least bro seems like a nice guy

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PSTAT120B . Wainwright B 3 Months Ago

He is simply committing a crime

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PSTAT5A . Wainwright B 5 Months Ago

wainwright was a good professor and very efficient with his lectures. there are weekly quizzes but they really did help to prepare for the midterms and the final. the tests weren't too hard if you understood the homework. the only thing i didn't love how the format of the final was free response when the previous midterms were multiple choice

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PSTAT5A . Wainwright B 5 Months Ago

really understanding and office hours are awesome. he's willing to answer any questions and really makes sure that everyone does well. grade is based on participation, but it's easy to get participation points. the material is hard, but overall, wainwright is a great prof and seems to really care about his students and his class

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PSTAT120a . Wainwright B 6 Months Ago

120A was tough. I wouldn't say Wainwright was, though. Twice weekly office hours provided plenty of time to get clarification of homework, previous quiz questions, or general prob/stats questions. Every-other-week quizzes were tough, made by TAs, but only 12% of total grade. Mandatory section attendance (13%). Very information-dense. Worth it!

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