Linda Zanontian
Department of Statistics
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4.5
Overall Rating
Based on 26 Users
Easiness 4.1 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.5 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.7 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.5 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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37.7%
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43.3%
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52.5%
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63.9%
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31.8%
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43.2%
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54.1%
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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: B+
Jan. 6, 2021

Prof Zanontian is really nice and you can tell she cares a lot about the class and students. However, her exams are really difficult compared to the homework and labs (which I found super enjoyable and useful). The lectures covered simple examples of the course material, while the exams were much more difficult and very tricky. Even with the notes she allowed, the exams are much more problem-solving focused than conceptual, which is the opposite to how I felt her teaching style was. As I said, she was really nice and caring, but I know some of the other stats professors have easier exams, so maybe wait to take it with them.

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Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A
Dec. 28, 2019

I love Dr. Zanontian!! She's a college professor with high school teacher energy, which is a great thing. She really cares about student learning and is willing to be really interpersonal to make sure her students thoroughly understand the material and aren't struggling. The class itself is not difficult either and is very fair. I would recommend this class to anyone.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A-
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Dec. 30, 2020

I think the class was overall good! It had a lot of busywork from the homework, polls, labs, and quizzes but the professor was very accommodating and allowed a lot of time for the exams. My only complaint would be I felt like the first midterm was a bit more difficult than the final but that could have been to my slacking in the beginning. Also, her exams can have a bit of awkward wording so watch out for that! Just don't slack off at the beginning of the class and you'll be fine.

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Quarter: Spring 2020
Grade: A
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June 17, 2020

I really liked Professor Zanontian. There was usually one very short homework assignment and a 7-10 question online quiz each week, and a lab due every two weeks. There were two assessments, each with a 24 hour time limit once you begin but open for several days so you can take them at your leisure. The grade breakdown is 20% for each category: labs, homework, quizzes, assessment 1, and assessment 2.

Since I took the course online, all of the lectures were recorded so there was no live element to lecture. Lectures were clear and the slides are super detailed. I took stats in high school, so none of the material was particularly new to me, but the way that the professor explained concepts was much more clear than the way I had previously learned them.

Discussion was optional, twice a week, but I found it to be really helpful as my TA went through homework and labs in great detail. The homework is super easy and very short, never longer than 7 or so questions. Labs, to me, were completely pointless as I learned nothing about programming or statistics in doing them, but they weren't difficult (even with no R experience).

The first assessment had some pretty specific questions, but the study guide she gives covered everything you needed to know. The professor dropped 6 questions from the grade, which helped bump me up from a B+ to an A+ on the exam. Given the circumstances this quarter, the second assessment was made optional so I did not take it.

In a normal quarter, the lowest homework and quiz grades are dropped. This quarter, she dropped two homework assignments, two quizzes, and one lab.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A
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Jan. 8, 2024

Prof. Zanontian is extremely nice and patient with her students, and this class is easy enough if you follow the rules and put in the work. Class material basically covers the first half of AP Statistics, so if you've taken that understanding the material should be a breeze. The only difficult part was the coding labs, where we needed to learn and utilize R. I ended up basically teaching myself because I had a horrible TA and I would get even more confused by going to section. The easiest way to make sure you got the questions right though was to go to the professor's or TA office hours. The only downside to this class is that Prof. Zanontian is an unbearably slow lecturer, and because lecture wasn't mandatory and I already had a background from AP Stats, I just never went to lecture. It was much more convenient to watch the lectures on 2x speed. I still got an A, so it definitely worked out for me.

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Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: A
June 30, 2023

Mrs Zanontian is the absolute goat and I recommend absolutely every life science student toke her. As a student with absolutely zero background knowledge on statistics and did not take AP stats in high school, I still did so well and you will too. I heard from friends that this class is beyond easier than AP stats which is a plus, and Mrs Zanontian really knows how to teach and cares about her students success. She holds office hours at the end of each class lecture within the last 30 minutes, additionally to an office hours dedicated period outside of class. Whenever you are confused about a concept, she will break it down so well. It's almost impossible to fail this class. She teaches so well, and the coding is very easy. The TA's provide the coding script to paste for the assignment which helps. Overall if you take stats 13, you must enroll with this teacher as she will guarantee your success. All of my friends finished with an A+ in her class, and keep in mind not all of us had a statistics background and still did fine. The workload is also super manageable! Feels almost like an easy GE with how amazing Mrs Zanontian is at teaching and constructs her class because in the end, she doesn't want her students to fail and cares a lot about you

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Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: A
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March 26, 2022

This class wasn't quite as easy as I was expecting but still completely fair and doable. The class is broken into 5 grading criteria:
- 25% Final
- 20% Midterm
- 20% Homework (lowest dropped)
- 20% Quizzes (lowest dropped)
- 15% Labs (lowest dropped)

I didn't go to pretty much any of the discussion sections just fyi. The labs weren't that bad, but I consistently got a few points off here and there. The HW was fairly easy and short!! The midterm and final were, in my opinion, very fair. Just do the practice problems she provides, they're very similar but there are a few tricky questions. The quizzes started off hard, and if you don't do well on the first few don't blame yourself. It takes a second to adjust to them but I promise they'll get easier (at least they did for me). Prof herself is super nice and helpful! Def recommend going to office hours if you have questions as she's super willing to help. The class was overall fairly stress free and pretty enjoyable!

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A-
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Dec. 15, 2021

Dr. Zanontian is a kind professor who gives her students ample opportunity to succeed. In my case, my quarter was very busy with other things so I didn't give this class enough time. If you do not have a strong statistics background or your mind doesn't wrap around these concepts as efficiently, you will need to invest some time to understand the concepts. If I had done that more, I would easily have gotten an A instead of an A-.

Homework and lab grades matter, and they are not based on completion but correctness, so make sure that you take the time to get all of the answers correct. That just means that you will have more buffer for the exams when they come around.

Exams are not difficult and are very fair. All material is based on the concepts that Dr. Zanontian taught, and she doesn't include anything else or any trick questions.

I would definitely take this class again, even if statistics isn't my favorite subject, and just pay a little bit more attention! It's very easy, so don't worry about it at all.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: B+
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Dec. 15, 2021

Literally don’t take this class. Zanontian is a really nice person but decided to make the exams so hard while still telling us if we just did well on the hw, labs, and quizzes we would get A’s. Girlie no. I had 100% for labs/hw/quizzes and did well on her practice midterms/ finals heck I even went to office hours and I still got a B+ in the class because her exams were so removed from the content. Like I got straight A’s in the whole LS 7 series and you’re telling me stats is my GPA killer please. She makes this class genuinely seem like another weeder class and for what? And if you really want to weed us pre-meds out at least let us know that’s your plan. Smh y’all just trying to get my degree in peace.

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Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: A
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July 9, 2021

If you're gonna take stats, try your best to take it with Dr. Zanontian. She's an absolute godsend! Her slides were very clear (you don't rly need the book except for homework problems, so just find a pdf and you're good), no participation/attendance necessary, homework was minimal, labs were basically spoon-fed to us (shoutout to Jireh, legendary TA), and lab attendance gave you extra credit (applicable to labs only tho) instead of being mandatory for participation! Quizzes were tricky at first because of the wording, but once you get the hang of it you'll do better, I swear; exams felt easier than the quizzes sometimes, honestly.

Extremely stress-free when you take stats with Dr. Zanontian, because she structures her class to keep it that way. I appreciate her so much and wish I could take another class with her. Definitely worth waiting 4 quarters to finally get a pass that was early enough to allow me to enroll into hers lmao

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Quarter: Winter 2020
Grade: B+
Jan. 6, 2021

Prof Zanontian is really nice and you can tell she cares a lot about the class and students. However, her exams are really difficult compared to the homework and labs (which I found super enjoyable and useful). The lectures covered simple examples of the course material, while the exams were much more difficult and very tricky. Even with the notes she allowed, the exams are much more problem-solving focused than conceptual, which is the opposite to how I felt her teaching style was. As I said, she was really nice and caring, but I know some of the other stats professors have easier exams, so maybe wait to take it with them.

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Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A
Dec. 28, 2019

I love Dr. Zanontian!! She's a college professor with high school teacher energy, which is a great thing. She really cares about student learning and is willing to be really interpersonal to make sure her students thoroughly understand the material and aren't struggling. The class itself is not difficult either and is very fair. I would recommend this class to anyone.

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Quarter: Fall 2020
Grade: A-
Dec. 30, 2020

I think the class was overall good! It had a lot of busywork from the homework, polls, labs, and quizzes but the professor was very accommodating and allowed a lot of time for the exams. My only complaint would be I felt like the first midterm was a bit more difficult than the final but that could have been to my slacking in the beginning. Also, her exams can have a bit of awkward wording so watch out for that! Just don't slack off at the beginning of the class and you'll be fine.

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Quarter: Spring 2020
Grade: A
June 17, 2020

I really liked Professor Zanontian. There was usually one very short homework assignment and a 7-10 question online quiz each week, and a lab due every two weeks. There were two assessments, each with a 24 hour time limit once you begin but open for several days so you can take them at your leisure. The grade breakdown is 20% for each category: labs, homework, quizzes, assessment 1, and assessment 2.

Since I took the course online, all of the lectures were recorded so there was no live element to lecture. Lectures were clear and the slides are super detailed. I took stats in high school, so none of the material was particularly new to me, but the way that the professor explained concepts was much more clear than the way I had previously learned them.

Discussion was optional, twice a week, but I found it to be really helpful as my TA went through homework and labs in great detail. The homework is super easy and very short, never longer than 7 or so questions. Labs, to me, were completely pointless as I learned nothing about programming or statistics in doing them, but they weren't difficult (even with no R experience).

The first assessment had some pretty specific questions, but the study guide she gives covered everything you needed to know. The professor dropped 6 questions from the grade, which helped bump me up from a B+ to an A+ on the exam. Given the circumstances this quarter, the second assessment was made optional so I did not take it.

In a normal quarter, the lowest homework and quiz grades are dropped. This quarter, she dropped two homework assignments, two quizzes, and one lab.

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Quarter: Fall 2023
Grade: A
Jan. 8, 2024

Prof. Zanontian is extremely nice and patient with her students, and this class is easy enough if you follow the rules and put in the work. Class material basically covers the first half of AP Statistics, so if you've taken that understanding the material should be a breeze. The only difficult part was the coding labs, where we needed to learn and utilize R. I ended up basically teaching myself because I had a horrible TA and I would get even more confused by going to section. The easiest way to make sure you got the questions right though was to go to the professor's or TA office hours. The only downside to this class is that Prof. Zanontian is an unbearably slow lecturer, and because lecture wasn't mandatory and I already had a background from AP Stats, I just never went to lecture. It was much more convenient to watch the lectures on 2x speed. I still got an A, so it definitely worked out for me.

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Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: A
June 30, 2023

Mrs Zanontian is the absolute goat and I recommend absolutely every life science student toke her. As a student with absolutely zero background knowledge on statistics and did not take AP stats in high school, I still did so well and you will too. I heard from friends that this class is beyond easier than AP stats which is a plus, and Mrs Zanontian really knows how to teach and cares about her students success. She holds office hours at the end of each class lecture within the last 30 minutes, additionally to an office hours dedicated period outside of class. Whenever you are confused about a concept, she will break it down so well. It's almost impossible to fail this class. She teaches so well, and the coding is very easy. The TA's provide the coding script to paste for the assignment which helps. Overall if you take stats 13, you must enroll with this teacher as she will guarantee your success. All of my friends finished with an A+ in her class, and keep in mind not all of us had a statistics background and still did fine. The workload is also super manageable! Feels almost like an easy GE with how amazing Mrs Zanontian is at teaching and constructs her class because in the end, she doesn't want her students to fail and cares a lot about you

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Quarter: Winter 2022
Grade: A
March 26, 2022

This class wasn't quite as easy as I was expecting but still completely fair and doable. The class is broken into 5 grading criteria:
- 25% Final
- 20% Midterm
- 20% Homework (lowest dropped)
- 20% Quizzes (lowest dropped)
- 15% Labs (lowest dropped)

I didn't go to pretty much any of the discussion sections just fyi. The labs weren't that bad, but I consistently got a few points off here and there. The HW was fairly easy and short!! The midterm and final were, in my opinion, very fair. Just do the practice problems she provides, they're very similar but there are a few tricky questions. The quizzes started off hard, and if you don't do well on the first few don't blame yourself. It takes a second to adjust to them but I promise they'll get easier (at least they did for me). Prof herself is super nice and helpful! Def recommend going to office hours if you have questions as she's super willing to help. The class was overall fairly stress free and pretty enjoyable!

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: A-
Dec. 15, 2021

Dr. Zanontian is a kind professor who gives her students ample opportunity to succeed. In my case, my quarter was very busy with other things so I didn't give this class enough time. If you do not have a strong statistics background or your mind doesn't wrap around these concepts as efficiently, you will need to invest some time to understand the concepts. If I had done that more, I would easily have gotten an A instead of an A-.

Homework and lab grades matter, and they are not based on completion but correctness, so make sure that you take the time to get all of the answers correct. That just means that you will have more buffer for the exams when they come around.

Exams are not difficult and are very fair. All material is based on the concepts that Dr. Zanontian taught, and she doesn't include anything else or any trick questions.

I would definitely take this class again, even if statistics isn't my favorite subject, and just pay a little bit more attention! It's very easy, so don't worry about it at all.

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Quarter: Fall 2021
Grade: B+
Dec. 15, 2021

Literally don’t take this class. Zanontian is a really nice person but decided to make the exams so hard while still telling us if we just did well on the hw, labs, and quizzes we would get A’s. Girlie no. I had 100% for labs/hw/quizzes and did well on her practice midterms/ finals heck I even went to office hours and I still got a B+ in the class because her exams were so removed from the content. Like I got straight A’s in the whole LS 7 series and you’re telling me stats is my GPA killer please. She makes this class genuinely seem like another weeder class and for what? And if you really want to weed us pre-meds out at least let us know that’s your plan. Smh y’all just trying to get my degree in peace.

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Quarter: Spring 2021
Grade: A
July 9, 2021

If you're gonna take stats, try your best to take it with Dr. Zanontian. She's an absolute godsend! Her slides were very clear (you don't rly need the book except for homework problems, so just find a pdf and you're good), no participation/attendance necessary, homework was minimal, labs were basically spoon-fed to us (shoutout to Jireh, legendary TA), and lab attendance gave you extra credit (applicable to labs only tho) instead of being mandatory for participation! Quizzes were tricky at first because of the wording, but once you get the hang of it you'll do better, I swear; exams felt easier than the quizzes sometimes, honestly.

Extremely stress-free when you take stats with Dr. Zanontian, because she structures her class to keep it that way. I appreciate her so much and wish I could take another class with her. Definitely worth waiting 4 quarters to finally get a pass that was early enough to allow me to enroll into hers lmao

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Easiness 4.1 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 4.5 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.7 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 4.5 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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