Professor Roberts is by far BY FARRR the best professor I've had at UCLA. I took him for ps 30 and ps 169-authoritarian regimes. His classes do require a lot, a lottttt, of work, but they are graded very easily. He provides numerous extra credit opportunities and is a very fair teacher. To be honest, at times the amount of work did bother me, but I feel like I know as much as I do about the class without cramming because of those assignments. I would definitely take this professor if you get the chance

This class was kind of a train wreck organizationally and logistically speaking, but I didn't think it was bad overall. Professor Roberts came up with two different ways to calculate the final grade, one more homework/participation based, and one more test based. The weekly homework from the textbooks took FOREVER but it was very useful because that's where I learned the bulk of the material- not from lecture. I felt like lectures were kind of pointless because we just worked on these in-class coding worksheets as a group, but he moved SO SLOWLY and we never finished a whole worksheet. I'd recommend just completing them with your TA or on your own time, since lecture attendance isn't mandatory. There were four quizzes that were the majority of the final grade. The quizzes were extremely similar to the in-class worksheets so just make sure you complete those (after each worksheet is due, Prof. Roberts would post the answers so if you go back and check your answers, you're set). I think people just struggled with timing because the quizzes were LONG af. He drops your lowest quiz score AND he even offered a re-do for one of the quizzes that everyone bombed. Finally, he made the final optional at the request of the students, so he's super understanding and chill.

Took this class online with Professor Roberts during spring 2021 and it was pretty straightforward. You have weekly coursekatas that are due weekly before lecture and 4 quizzes throughout the quarter (plus a final). The quizzes were pretty easy and sometimes we were allowed test corrections. The workload is kinda alot. Seems like a lot of busy work and stuff to remember, but in all honesty it was very easy. Professor Roberts is very understanding and cool.

This class is pretty interesting and Roberts is a really nice and funny dude. I definitely wouldn't recommend this class if you don't have a basic understanding of economics though (think Macro and/or Micro). My problem with this class is the amount of work Roberts assigns, and it's mostly busy work in my opinion. He assigns two reading quizzes per week and either a homework assignment or research report every week. The quizzes are online and open notes/book and untimed, so they are relatively easy but it can be time consuming. The research assignments were pretty easy in my opinion and graded fairly. The homework assignments are the most challenging and can vary in difficulty with some being pretty simple and some more complex.

As far as lectures go, Roberts uses PollEverywhere to grade participation, which is a really fair way to do it because a lot of people don't feel comfortable speaking in front of the class. But Roberts talks FAST. And he covers a LOT of material each lecture. I'm a transfer coming from a semester system and I feel like this class would be much better suited to that. Roberts often ran out of time and rushed through things so that I was pretty confused about the material. Also, the midterm was pretty difficult and the class average was a C. However, Roberts took the class feedback and curved it GENEROUSLY and made our final a bit easier. He's a really nice dude and if you stay on top of the homework, take good notes, and go to office hours, it's not impossible to do well in the class. I did well on all of the quizzes and homework, but the midterm and final got me an A- in the end.

Professor Roberts seems like a genuinely kind person who has done meaningful work, and that comes through in his teaching. That said, the organization of the course can feel inconsistent at times. For example, early in the quarter there was some confusion with participation grades that caused concern for a large portion of the class before it was eventually addressed.

The reading quizzes are straightforward and actually serve as a helpful study guide for the exams, though the readings themselves can be fairly dense. You’re allowed to bring a double-sided cheat sheet (typed if you prefer), which is useful—but time management during exams is important. In our case, the final was scheduled during a regular class period rather than finals week, which made the time feel more limited than expected.

There is also a group presentation and paper based on a country research project. The workload for this is manageable, especially with a collaborative group, and overall it’s not overly time-consuming.

Overall, despite some organizational challenges, the class is very manageable. If you stay on top of the readings and attend regularly, it’s very possible to do well in the course.

Compared to the other Stats 10 Professors his grading is really easy. The Ta´s aren´t really helpfull because they barely speak english and aren´t familiar with the required software. Don´t go to the discussion! Just the Lab
He is really concerned about his students and wants everyone to understand the material.
I would definetely recommend him.

I really enjoyed this class! He's so unserious and funny. I learned actually so much from this class though. I think you shouldn't be worried about the workload, as it's simple and there's so much that it all acts as a grade buffer. Also, the homework and in class quizzes all come up sporadically on the exams, which is nice. The group project is also pretty straightfoward and you work on it throughout the whole quarter.

Disregard all other reviews. Yes, there is a lot of reading (but it's relatively interesting). Yes, attendence matters and there are in-class quizzes (but it's not that hard to come to class and the quizzes are like 0.01% of your grade). Yes, there is a lot of homework (it's really not that hard). Yes, there is a group project and 2 exams (you complete the project slowly throughout the whole quarter and the exams take from the quizzes). There is so much grade-buffing from all the activites throughout the quarter and the material is actually really interesting. Out of all the UCLA classes and professsors, I genuinely recommend this class. This guy is so funny and his 151 classes are fantastic.

Professor Tyson Roberts almost always went 5-10 minutes over time in class since we had to finish the assigned Jupiter Notebook in lecture to get credit, but he would consistently take too long to go over answers and was bad at pacing things. That being said, the content itself is not horrible since it's basically intro to R which isn't too bad, but the homework takes a solid chunk of your time outside of class as you go through multiple chapters practicing and learning the coding (also to get credit). If you know you'll be able to time manage enough and put effort into actually learning and understanding the content for the quizzes and final then it's not too bad.

Class was pretty easy, work was very manageable, midterm was retread of the quizzes. Easy recommend.