Honestly, such a good teacher. While he does post lecture slides and recordings online, I would recommend attending his lectures because he is always open to questions during and after. He prepares you extremely well for both mid term and final. One thing thats a bit tough is that you have basically no room for error on both the mid term and final because everyone gets 100% on homework and labs. He is a very caring and knowledgeable professor, and I recommend this class as a good and useful GE.

Professor Maierhofer’s class is definitely the best statistics class offered at UCLA. He provides engaging lectures with detailed slides, Kahoots, and examples that really prepare you for the quizzes, homeworks, and tests. The grading is nothing too heavy, but make sure to do good on the Mid-Term and Final because those add up to 70% of your Grade (35% each); he offers bonus points throughout the course as well which will increase your grade by 1%. There are 2 quizzes and a homework assignment due each week, and a lab due once every two weeks that are done in your discussion sessions with your TA (you must go to these). These assignments are pretty mediocre and are definitely time consuming. Additionally, the professor is very passionate about his students success and will do everything he can for you to do well in his class. He’s a very friendly guy so never hesitate to ask questions and show up to his office hours. He posts announcements quite often to keep you on track with his class on Bruinlearn, which I thought was very helpful. One thing I have to say though is that he talks way too fast in his lectures, so if you have a hard time understanding fast-talkers like I do, bring another device to his lectures in handy with his lecture slides. Other than that, I highly recommend you take this class with Professor Maierhofer because he is amazing.

P.s, the lectures slides cover all the textbook material, so there is no need to buy it.

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The midterm and final for this class were both 30 question multiple choice, and at the end of the quarter he offered 1% of extra credit for a completion assignment that takes 10 minutes. take this class!!! all his slides were super detailed and he seems like he genuinely cares about his students succeeding and learning. The labs are all done in section and the TA basically walks you through every step. There is also another section for going over anything that is unclear for the week. overall very helpful professor and TAs just do what ur supposed to and it will be pretty easy