Dr. Coburn was great in lectures, and made the concepts seem simple to understand, but the ease of homework, examples and quiz questions left me improperly prepared for the midterm and final question styles. Very accesible, and office hours are helpful. Weekly homework and quizzes, a midterm and a final exam.
The professor is calm and cool. The exams are a bit hard and I would recommend studying with lots of practice problems weeks before exams. I found that the practice exams were not as helpful as the lecture examples.
honestly 120A was fine if you studied and showed up to class. it was hard but idk who expects it to be easy
All my friends said that he was the easy professor for 120A, but his practice tests were NOTHING like the actual exams. Lectures were boring and not useful. Fully made me lose the passion that I had for statistics. Ended up taking this class P/NP and dropped my stats minor. None of the content is interesting or applicable to the real world.
Test materials are different from lectures. He said he would not test the materials he had taught in the last several minutes, yet he still gave one.
Studied hours a week and still nearly failed. The student's effort doesn't pay off because the tests were not taught properly in the lectures either.
Extremely tough grader. The exam questions were not completely relevant to what appeared on HW and Quizzes. Avoid him at all costs
Professor was lowk nice but exams were nothing like the practice ones given, better to just practice the CLAS ones. Lectures were behind and slow as we spent an unreasonable amount of time on elementary arithmetic. Went to every lecture, but still had to basically teach myself the course. exam grading is fair and hw/quizzes are light
run away from her at all costs
Coburn is a very nice person but the class was hard due to the structure. Had to do a lot of self teaching for homework because he was a week behind on lecture. We were still being taught 2 days before the final. Spent so much time on integrals that we weren't able to cover the stats efficiently.
A nice and respectable person, but he gives harsh grades. Messing up the exam so much that you are still significantly above the median will fail you in the course. Lectures didn't help so much either.
Exams were hard but fair. Couple students got perfect score on each one which shows they arent impossible. 120A is rough but doable if you put in the work. Lectures are boring. Shes nice tho. Would take again.
Tony Coburn is real nice. He offers extra credit and grades HW leniently. However, these are no excuses for lackluster lectures, where he hypnotizes you to sleep and spends dozens of minutes on an integral with about no regards to pace. Sometimes you go to lectures and immediately want to go home as the book is better at instructing. Not the best.
PSTAT 120A is hard. Prof Coburn's lectures are understandable, but will put you to sleep. The tests are a LOT harder than the practice ones she will give you.Our class fell behind schedule because she is so slow at teaching. To be honest, it was a chaotic learning environment and made it hard as a student to actually try.
took 120c online over the summer. overall good class, attendance was mandatory which sucked but otherwise fine
131 with coburn was probably one of the best classes i've had at UCSB. you can tell she really cares about the material and how passionate she is. the project was also super useful
Coburn is very sweet and understanding. I will say sometimes the lectures can sometimes be hard to follow, but things like her posting handwritten notes I found quite helpful. Tests/quizzes aren't too bad
A mix of semi-lackluster lectures plus a bad TA (got unlucky, my TA was very dull and hard to understand) made me learn so little in this class, self-studying was much more effective. However, she's likely your best bet for the 120 series given decent tests and caring/kind attitude, even if she can be difficult to reach occasionally.
Didn't learn much from lectures, but easy tests and grading scheme made up for it. Overall would recommend taking.
Nice person but not very accessible outside of class. Lectures are lackluster, expect to self study a big portion of the class. Dont expect to leave with good knowledge of mathematical statistics.
I just self-studied for all the materials and got an A. Exams become easy if you can 100% solve all these practice problems.
The instructor was largely unresponsive to emails, including inquiries about the final exam. Even the TA had difficulty reaching her. Lectures were minimal and lacked depth, requiring significant self-study to truly understand the material. If you're looking for a course with strong guidance and engagement, this might not be the best choice.
Good professor with knowledge of the subject. Straightforward in their expectations and lectures.
The lectures were lackluster and behind schedule, making the course feel a lot harder than it really was. Coburn grades generously, but I feel that I've learned very little in her class.