The professor is a very very nice person. However, the course is taught superficially and moves very slowly. (6 weeks on glm, 2.5 weeks on ridge/lasso, 1.5 weeks on nonparametric methods) I also need to do a lot of repeated and really boring practice problems to do well on exams.

Clearly passionate about the subject but is an extremely harsh grader and stickler for notation. Expect to spend lots of time in office hours and study groups if you want to pass. Grading 15% quizzes (unlimited attempts), 20% homework, 20% midterm, 45% final

Professor Meiring is a very nice person, but it felt like she was juggling many things at once. It felt difficult to get more than a surface-level understanding of the material and the final was worth 45% which made the class stressful. Luckily, the midterm and final were similar to the practices (which are previous exams) which was helpful.

She is decent

Course had some interesting concepts, but it wasn't taught practically. Textbook barely used here. Lectures could have concrete analysis after drawing figures in lecture instead of more sketches. Quizzes needed to be worth more too!

Does not use a textbook. Setup was rough. Exams are tough. I thought I'd get an A.

Caveat:2005. Too much theory and derivation. "Advanced statistical methods" should prepare students to get hired applying methods on the job, not to do research and develop methods. Too few methods covered because it went too deep. Whatever programming language is used for application should have a course and should be a prerequisite.

Should pay more attention to practical stuff rather than theories.

Great professor. Office hours are a must! Hers and Ta's! Attendance for section and lecture is not manditory but very helpful. Always there for you outside of lecture and will take the time to explain things. She will stay longer than her scheduled office hours just so you will understand the material.

She should NOT be teaching this class. While the hw was fair and midterm was ok, the final project had nothing to do with the class (2 little time to work on it too). Let alone the lectures never made sense. She needs to be better prepared and use a book atleast. A very frustrating class when it should not be.

Talk to her; she'll help you out if you're struggling.

Very nice & helpful lady. Has a lot of commitments and is very overwhelmed most of the time. Does not do a great job communicating main concepts but homework is manageable. Would take with a different teacher if possible, lectures are very dry and boring and midterm/final are very hard