DR. MIKE IS F--ING AWESOME! TAKE THIS CLASS, YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT! The old Bruinwalk reviews scared me, so I really hesitated to join this class. However, Dr. Mike is quite literally one of the sweetest, most empathetic, fun Profs I have ever met. He made a lot of adjustments to his curriculum in light of his student feedback.

He knows his lectures like the back of his hand and creates these organized pdfs of the material. His class was also really engaging and he managed to make me laugh in each lecture. He also teaches in a way where you can just focus on your learning without being concerned about your grade. I never found myself stressed or incentivized to cheat to do well.

The homework, while challenging, is graded on completion. The exams are quite difficult, but he curves generously so it doesn't really matter in the end. Just focus on trying to learn from mistakes you make on past exams. A study hack for this class is to also play around with R commands and see how outputs change depending on different types of inputs. He literally gives you all the resources you need for the class condensed on his pdfs, so Stack overflow is entirely useless and exams never have surprises on them. You will leave this class with a foundational knowledge of R that will help you loads in the future.

Dr. Mike also makes himself super available to his students. He has extensive office hours and is eager to answer all questions that come his way. He also places a strong emphasis on the importance of mental health and he cares about his students deeply.

Seriously, this class is fantastic. Ignore the other reviews, you'll be in great hands :)

Mike's stats 20 is a fantastic class to me. I learned a lot about R language, and I also learned a lot from How Mike cares about his students. Go and take this class with no hesitation, and you will gain far more than you can imagine. At UCLA, it's really hard to find a professor that cares students so much, and luckily, Mike is one of them. I will keep the following quotes in mind:
"We need to remember what's important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn't matter, but work is third." ― Leslie Knope.

Stats 20 with Mike is an wonderful and caring professor, and it is a great class which I highly recommend taking. Going into this class I had some concerns because of some of its low reviews that took place around 2019 and 2020, but the class has been revamped and is a lot better. The grading on homework assignments is based on completion so as long as you give it a good effort you will get credit. The TA Eduardo is also very knowledgeable and approachable in office hours and discussion. If you take this course wanting to learn R, you will get a lot out of it and finish with a good grade.

Professor Mike (as he prefers to be called than his last name) is arguably one of the best professors that I have taken as a lower division class (I took this class for fun for the summer, since it does not satisfy any requirements for my engineering major). Anyway, Professor Mike went above all expectations that I could have expected from any public university faculty member. His lectures are very clear with the content and relatable applications, often amusing with his interesting jokes/comments, and his attempt to connect with the students and himself, through Campuswire and proper communication, is distinct and commendable (in fact, I think he connected with the students on a personal level almost unparalleled than any faculty member I encountered at UCLA). I am satisfied that I took this course over the summer, and it will be an experience that I will not forget for the rest of my life. And also, his Winers-and-Cheese Club (basically, a personal mini social club) was also a very fun experience, being able to chat with him informally. If you want to connect to him on a personal level, this is the place to be (at the time I took his class, it was on Fridays, 7:30 pm, at MS 8105). Dr. Mike, on behalf of the entire body of students that took Stats 10 for SSC 2022, thank you for all that you do! I am certain you will make many more meaningful achievements, both within teaching statistics, researching in statistics, and making long-lasting friends (because waffles and friends come before work, right?).

Very nice professor. Always answers students' questions on campuswire. Tests are ok. Very easy A+.

I liked Tsiang, this review isn't about him.

It's about Jake Kramer the TA. Absolutely awful. IF YOU GET HIM TRANSFER SECTIONS. Just trust me on this one.

Michael Tsiang was an amazing professor. In my first quarter at UCLA, and in my first statistics class since junior year of high-school, he was able to help me understand the content easily and do well in the class. The tests are all multiple choice, and he has chapters of reading for all the content he covers which are very straight-forward and help you understand what you're learning. The homework assigned can be challenging, but it is always testing a topic that you can learn through the reading, which he also goes over in class. Most importantly, it's very obvious that this professor really cares about how well students do in this class.

The worst professor ever in college.
tons of meaningless homework, torturing exams and scores, and horrible TAs (especially Jake, I think the only thing he wants to do is to make everyone fail the class)
Never, ever take this class, or any class, with this professor.

This man ruined my life. He has no regard for how difficult and time-consuming projects are and his high-minded messaging about student welfare (sends you emails saying "your grade doesn't reflect you," makes you meditate at the beginning of class) is completely undercut by the fact that he will assign massive amounts of work and immediately ding you for an honest mistake. You will end up in disciplinary hell and go through a process that saps you of your energy and desire to learn. I know he's done this to at least 40 students.

ok i am never one who writes reviews but this class is so damn bad i have to step up and make sure other students dont suffer. I looked forward to this class seeing the previous reviews, and especially hearing about how kind mike is towards his students. BUT THIS CLASS IS HELL. I am a stats major myself but the homework is excessively tedious, the exams are so darn hard and they literally ask the most random questions which are not the most important or related to what we need to know in R. The exam is only 45 minutes but is wayyyy too tedious. Jake Kramer even shouts a lot during the exam, often times giving students a scare. I have once been to office hours with mike in week one and never again. He is the most passive aggressive professor who isnt even helpful, all he does is give you a condescending look. Honestly am considering changing my major because of this class. The only helpful TA is Bo Pang, he is genuinely amazing and helpful but Mike and Jake are no-go. Do not take this class at all cost. It reignited my anxiety