Lectures were pointless since he reads off the slides. Going over the slides and studying async is more worth the time to passing. Also do recommended book problems to do well on progress checks in class since that is a large chunk of your grade!

My first stats class and it was so much better than I expected. His lectures were basically just reading his slides so I never went to class but GO TO SECTION! Attending section is like half of your grade, free points basically. Doing the homework practice problems and light review will get you at least a B on the tests: 2 midterms and a final.

I thought it was hard at first, but if you pay attention to the lectures and worksheets with some practice, you will be good in this course. The professor is kind, and TAs are really helpful.

For 5LS I would highly recommend if you want an A. It's an extremely doable A and his grading is fair. His tests are copies of the homework so there are no surprises. I've seen tests from other stats professors for 5A and Wainwright's is way easier and straightforward. His tests also give credit on work shown so partial credit is given :))

horrible

Crazyyy final

Wainwright is a good prof who really cares about his students. Lecture is not mandatory, but is EXTREMELY helpful. I agree with other posts regarding the weekly check in quizzes -- I would have done better on a couple of them if it weren't for the 10 minute time limit. One TA held review sessions for both exams which was essential to doing well.

Honestly, he isn't a bad professor, he's chill it's the class that's boring. He does tend to dwell over topics tho. All expectations are clear. Grading is fair. Recommend reading the textbook for harder topics.

Professor Wainwright's class is very manageable and the expectations are very clear, but his class is super boring. Lectures are very slow and he takes forever to cover the easiest topics. With that said, the class is not difficult and if you attend section you'll be fine.

Very clear and relatively generous grading criteria, 35% labs which are free points, 20% weekly check in quizzes (can be tricky), 20% midterm (very technical and specific, average was in the 70s) and 25% final (haven't taken yet but assume it's like midterm). 90%+ is an A so that's nice. Lectures not mandatory, can learn through section.

I dont really think Wainwright deserves the low rating. Lectures are very boring and the material can be hard for some, yeah, but the grading system is actually really forgiving and material isnt too different from AP Stats. Tests are 50% of your overall grade, and the other half is basically participation and attendance.

He's a pretty good explainer tbh. Teaching alone, he would've gotten a 4/5. However, the weekly quizzes are the definition of STRESS. They are 4 question quizzes with a 10-minute limit worth 20% of ur grade. It's really easy to accidentally misread the q carelessly cuz of time limit and be punished severely; meant to spread class grade distribution

Horrible professor in my opinion. Don't bother going to lectures, he's slow and the stuff he teaches isn't relevant to the exams. Just learn from the textbooks and do all of the book problems he suggests and then the exams will be fine.

Professor Wainwright made me want to fall asleep every time I walked into a lecture. His lectures are incredibly dull, and I found reading the book more beneficial and doing the optional homework. My TA was great and very helpful. I looked forward to doing the excel labs, and the weekly quizzes were not challenging. I found the midterms difficult.

By far the worst aspect of the class is the weekly check-in assignments. These four-question weekly quizzes account for 20% of your grade. They target the most minuscule and impeccable details imaginable and it is really easy to mess up. These should not be graded so heavily...or at the very least mix in easy questions with hard ones.

Wainwright is ok, he is always available to help outside of class which is nice. Having a good TA is really helpful. Do the practice homework and ask questions and the midterms are fine. He doesn't give A-, B-, etc so that's nice bc he'll bump you up to A, B or C. Definitely manageable to get an A If you do book work, and section grade counts a lot

Material is alright, If you do all the optional homework and read the textbook, you should be fine. If you're able to do the homework with no issues, you should be able to do well on the midterms. Same for final. Just keep up with the class.

Prof. Wainwright wasn't as bad as the rating shows. The lecture slides were extremely clear and there were useful examples on them. Grading was fair and the questions on the exams were straight-forward as long as you go through the slides and examples. Wonderful TA sessions which were very practical and TAs reply to all your emails.

I don't know why people don't like him. He's really accessible outside of class and it's obvious he cares about his students and wants us to learn. As long as you put effort into the class, you will get an A. If you don't, you won't.

great professor

Brian was an okay instructor. The material is fairly complicated and he was able to break it down somewhat simply. 50% of your grade is final and midterm. Four HWs were challenging and you could work on them with a partner. Midterm was incredibly difficult and the final was take home and much fairer.

He mumbles in class which makes people sleepy. The textbook is much more helpful than him

2 labs & 2 lectures every week. He was a dry lecturer and read off the slides. A bit condescending when answering questions tbh. Sometimes I just read the textbook instead cuz it's the same stuff. He wasn't very accommodating, lectures would fail to record and he gave no solutions and pretty much said oh well. But, this was a low stress class.

I actually really enjoyed Professor Wainwright's class. While the content could be dry at times, he did his best to keep it lighthearted and engaging. His exams were straightforward, and well-aligned with the lecture material and practice tests. He was also a generous grader, despite the class not being curved. Would definitely take him again!