STAT 1601

Professor Afriyie is the best!!! I would recommend taking this class if you have any interest in coding or statistics. It is super easy, and Professor Afriyie is the kindest professor I've had. He was the most engaging professor out of all my classes this semester, even though all of his lectures were completely asynchronous. I usually spent about an hour each week on the class outside of the lectures except on the weeks that we had parts of the final project due. On those weeks, I still spent less than 2 hours doing work total. The tests aren't very difficult either. The multiple choice was all direct information from the lectures and the coding section was comparable in difficulty to the homework.

Afriyie is the best!!! I came into the class with no coding experience, but Afriyie does a great job of explaining concepts and the work wasn’t too difficult for me. He was also receptive to student feedback, canceled class on Election Day, told us to take breaks during his lectures, and his positive energy made class fun. There is weekly homework (35% of final grade), two tests (20% each), and a final group project (25%). The homework and final project aren’t too hard if you don’t procrastinate. The tests are open note and a mix of multiple choice and free response, so if you study beforehand they shouldn’t be too difficult. Also, the TEXTBOOKS ARE OPTIONAL, which I didn't realize until after I bought one, and I never used either of them, so DON’T MAKE MY MISTAKE, save your money.

Professor Afriyie is an awesome dude. He's a very nice guy and even threw our entire class a Mellow Mushroom pizza party in the ampitheater after class once. I wouldn't really recommend the class if you're interested in learning data science though. This class is essentially a watered down version of AP statistics where you pretty much just use R instead of a TI-84. I think Practice of Data Science (DS 3001) is a better introductory class that actually covers data science topics with R. I've also heard that STAT 3080 is also pretty good.

As someone who is incredibly awful at math, I took this class because someone said that it wasn't that hard. I just needed to take this class to fill my final math gen-ed. Firstly, this is more so a coding class than a math class in my opinion, but I'm sure being good at statistics or coding, in general, could give you an advantage. I am going to end up with a B, but honestly, I'm happy with that because I know if I took like Calc I or something I would've done much worse. The grading is broken up between homework, exam 1, exam 2, and the group project. I have done amazingly on the homework and the group project, so that is why my final grade is a B. I did VERY bad on both the exams so honestly the homework and project have saved my grade. Professor Afriyie is so nice, so I would definitely recommend asking him for help. I never went to office hours, but I often emailed him with questions and he was always quick to reply with help.
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Afriye is a ridiculously nice guy and clearly puts a lot of effort into his teaching. The focus is mainly on basic data manipulation and learning about relevant functions and what they do, with essentially no programming knowledge needed. This makes this class great for people who are new to coding, but actually might make it worse for those who already have some experience since lectures trade depth for accessibility.

HW and a semester-long project make up 60% of your grade and are essentially free points. HW is due every week or two and follows the lectures pretty closely, while the project has due dates throughout the semester (but mostly stacked near the end) that just require small amounts of work that build on previous parts. Not an especially difficult course but if you take it for a grade you may have to put in a moderate amount of effort for an A.

This was a new subject for me, but the class was really interesting and not hard. Professor Afriyie is so nice and funny, as well as a great lecturer. He really guided us well through the process of learning how to code. Personally, coding for statistics is really cool, and it's satisfying to write a nice code to perform some analysis about a dataset. A very practical skill to have. There are two tests, plus weekly homework assignments, as well as a project that you work on throughout the semester. None of it was super difficult, although it definitely takes problem-solving. You have to be good with the specific syntax of the system R in order to do well, but if you pay good attention to the lectures you'll be all set. I recommend this class.

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Awesome course, learned about 10% of what was covered in AP Stats but that's because it is more focused on teaching you programming in R. Super easy to follow along and prof Afriyie is the most helpful ever, constantly answering questions on Piazza and willing to help. I thought the class was easy, I got 100% on every homework and the final project and the first exam. Second exam was a little harder. Be warned, this class sets an A at 95%. Also, I did not choose to work with a partner on the final project, which was the move. It is really hard to coordinate coding across multiple people, so I recommend working alone.

I took this course online during COVID so keep that in mind when reading my review. Professor Afriyie was one of the sweetest, most cheerful professors I've ever had. Although his lectures were recorded, you could truly see his positive character come through. I found this class to be so fun and interesting! Towards the end of the course when you've gotten a good understanding of the basics of the R program, you feel somewhat like a hacker (lol). We had one homework assignment each week which was fairly similar to the codes and examples he taught that week (I highly recommend taking good and through notes during his lectures). We also had 2 exams and a group final project (no final exam). I don't know how he'll format the final project when his course is in-person, but for us, we submitted a particular section of the final project every couple of weeks so towards the end, all you had to do was compile everything you had submitted previously and make any small changes if necessary before submitting the whole thing. I found that Professor A was a great lecturer, he understands that the majority of his students have no previous knowledge of R so he repeats concepts multiple times to ensure that students understand what happens with each code. His examples are easy to follow along with and he works at a good pace so you don't feel as though you're overwhelmed. I suggest you try to do the codes on your own when at home, but make sure to put the majority of your efforts into writing down what he types into R during lecture, because that makes studying for the exams a lot easier. Good luck :)

Professor Afriyie is probably the sweetest man you will ever meet. He genuinely cares about each of his students and how they do in his class. There are 2 exams and one final project, all of which are pretty manageable if you study. There are also weekly homework assignments which aren't too difficult if you pay attention in class. This class is a very good introduction to R if you have never used it before. Piazza is also very helpful in this class if you have questions or don't understand something. Definitely recommend taking this class with Prince, he knows what he is talking about and is very willing to help. He is my favorite professor that I have ever had and I do not believe he has a mean or bad bone in his body. Although I did not love statistics before this class, STAT 1601 made statistics and R very interesting to me. #tCFfall2021

I took this class as a requirement for the psychology department, but ended up really enjoying the content! I thought that Intro to data science with R was more of a probability and R value type of class, but it turns out it is a coding class! I have never coded a day in my life, but after about 2 weeks I was comfortable with the coding and the understanding of the content. Professor Afriyie was the sweetest professor who was always willing to help with any questions I had! He just wanted to make sure everyone understood what they were learning. The grade consists of 25% exam 1, 25% exam 2, 25% final project, and 25% homework. There was a homework assignment due every week which was a direct translation of the work we did in class (the top 10 homework assignments are taken for a grade and the lowest one is dropped). The examples from class will guide you on the line of codes for the homework. MAKE SURE TO TAKE NOTES DURING CLASS OF WHAT THE CODES MEAN AND WHAT IS HAPPENING DURING EVERY STEP OF THE CODE!!! I accidentally didn't do this the first few classes and I struggled to understand the homework that followed. If you take notes and pay attention in class you will do well!! The exams are open note and the 1st one requires you to code, but the 2nd exam is just content based with no coding. The final project can be done alone or in a group (I recommend doing it in a group cause it will lessen the workload and give you more perspectives and help). Professor Afriyie gives recommended deadlines on the syllabus for different sections of the project, and as long as you follow those you should be alright (so that you aren't overwhelmed at the end of the semester). I finished with a B+ and I found the class to be moderately difficult. If you need to fulfill your Quantification, Computation and Data Analysis requirement, I recommend taking this class!!