Hongquan Xu
Department of Statistics
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2.8
Overall Rating
Based on 4 Users
Easiness 2.8 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 2.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.2 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 2.8 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Quarter: Spring 2025
Grade: A
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
May 30, 2025

I think the reviews are a little skewed because there are less stats majors compared to the other professors' classes. The midterm was the easiest upper division stats exam I have ever taken and very straightforward. All the material is on the slides and the professor always stops to answer questions if there are any. The concept can be difficult to wrap your head around at first but that isn't the lecturer's fault, the material itself is just a bit harder, but not super difficult to grasp if people just sat to think about. If you attend lecture and ask questions, you will get a good grade. There are no curveballs in this course.

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Quarter: Spring 2025
Grade: I
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
May 30, 2025

please please PLEASE do not listen to these other reviewers 😹 “hardest stats prof”…. bro come on. that is for SURE a stretch🙄🙄 prof is very very open to explaining things in lecture if you r confused and asks MULTIPLE times if anyone is confused. so before commenting on his lectures, i would rlly like to see these reviewers up there and asking him the questions they have, cuz ik for sure they are not. he is a very monotone speaker, but honestly if u do the homework and review the lecture slides, you’ll be fine.

the midterm was the easiest exam ive ever had for a stats class, and ive had VERYYYY badly rated prof before🥶🥶. i was genuinely in shock by how direct the exam was, and if u went to class, he would literally tell u what is on it . again, go to class and listen and ask questions! that is literally all you need to do. im a straight B/C student in stats classes and i got a high grade on the midterm (before curving btw) and so it is genuinely so shocking that ppl r saying the exam was unfair. the mean of the midterm scores (BEFORE CURVING) was around 80% btw 🤓🤓!!!!!

+ regarding the TA!!! love u bro 😔 u helped so much! very, very willing to help and answer questions. TA goes over the hw prob topics every discussion, so if you go, you’ll know exactly how to approach them ‼️‼️

again, if you go to each lecture and each discussion, this class will be a breeze. so pls dont listen to these ppl, cause ik for a fact they are complaining just cause they’ve gone into this class thinking it is going to be difficult and so they just don’t try, nor ask questions, nor go to discussion. ppl r so lazy these days my god 😹💀

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Quarter: Spring 2025
Grade: NP
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
May 30, 2025

Professor Xu is one of the most hardest statistics professor at UCLA. His lectures are unclear and he doesn't go into depth with the coursework. The exams are not open book however he does have a curve depending on how well the class does

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Quarter: Winter 2017
Grade: B
June 17, 2018

One of the worst professors I've encountered at UCLA and the most careless and unsupportive professor in the entire stats department. Avoid. Just look at his grade distribution...

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Spring 2025
Grade: A
May 30, 2025

I think the reviews are a little skewed because there are less stats majors compared to the other professors' classes. The midterm was the easiest upper division stats exam I have ever taken and very straightforward. All the material is on the slides and the professor always stops to answer questions if there are any. The concept can be difficult to wrap your head around at first but that isn't the lecturer's fault, the material itself is just a bit harder, but not super difficult to grasp if people just sat to think about. If you attend lecture and ask questions, you will get a good grade. There are no curveballs in this course.

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Spring 2025
Grade: I
May 30, 2025

please please PLEASE do not listen to these other reviewers 😹 “hardest stats prof”…. bro come on. that is for SURE a stretch🙄🙄 prof is very very open to explaining things in lecture if you r confused and asks MULTIPLE times if anyone is confused. so before commenting on his lectures, i would rlly like to see these reviewers up there and asking him the questions they have, cuz ik for sure they are not. he is a very monotone speaker, but honestly if u do the homework and review the lecture slides, you’ll be fine.

the midterm was the easiest exam ive ever had for a stats class, and ive had VERYYYY badly rated prof before🥶🥶. i was genuinely in shock by how direct the exam was, and if u went to class, he would literally tell u what is on it . again, go to class and listen and ask questions! that is literally all you need to do. im a straight B/C student in stats classes and i got a high grade on the midterm (before curving btw) and so it is genuinely so shocking that ppl r saying the exam was unfair. the mean of the midterm scores (BEFORE CURVING) was around 80% btw 🤓🤓!!!!!

+ regarding the TA!!! love u bro 😔 u helped so much! very, very willing to help and answer questions. TA goes over the hw prob topics every discussion, so if you go, you’ll know exactly how to approach them ‼️‼️

again, if you go to each lecture and each discussion, this class will be a breeze. so pls dont listen to these ppl, cause ik for a fact they are complaining just cause they’ve gone into this class thinking it is going to be difficult and so they just don’t try, nor ask questions, nor go to discussion. ppl r so lazy these days my god 😹💀

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Spring 2025
Grade: NP
May 30, 2025

Professor Xu is one of the most hardest statistics professor at UCLA. His lectures are unclear and he doesn't go into depth with the coursework. The exams are not open book however he does have a curve depending on how well the class does

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Quarter: Winter 2017
Grade: B
June 17, 2018

One of the worst professors I've encountered at UCLA and the most careless and unsupportive professor in the entire stats department. Avoid. Just look at his grade distribution...

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2.8
Overall Rating
Based on 4 Users
Easiness 2.8 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 2.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.2 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 2.8 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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