Stats is the most difficult course I have taken yet. I am leaving this review because of all the trolls that I fell for (like the two above comments) during the time of taking the course. I took it during fall COVID-19 2021 thinking it would be an easy course to complete and left it with the lowest mark on my transcript. Stats is actually the second hardest course in University - you can check the validity of my statement online by searching "how difficult is statistics?" on google.

The course content was really brutal. A very good grasp of mathematics is required. It was not useful to learn, since most people took the course later (fourth year) and did not struggle with any courses in the meantime. Lots of formulas to remember, very, very time limited tests, difficult assignments requiring the use of difficult -to-learn statistical software like "R", if your gonna take this course, better take STATS 1LL3 first.

Dr. Childs was a really bad prof. Completely overrated person who laughed at jokes in the chat instead of teaching. Also incredibly old person who didn't put much effort into explaining questions to students and opted to "encourage" students to figure out the question for themselves, even when they were difficult. His lectures were also very quick and shallow and required students to read info in the textbook.

I wish I knew stats was a very, very, difficult course and that Dr. Child's was a very, very difficult prof.

A very chill course provided you keep up with the work. Midterms and final exam were both very similar to all the practice provided and quite easy. Assignments were also a nice boost to your mark.

Dr. Childs is amazing. He explains concepts very well and is always happy to answer student questions.

Keep on top of the work, the textbook is definitely useful for the suggested problems, but probably not a necessity to be successful. Do the practice tests Childs provides when studying for the real tests and final.

Not bad at all. Some concepts are definitely hard but with Dr. Childs' teaching and enough studying, you should do well. There's also assignments/labs which are essentially completion and they really help you learn, you're basically getting course credit for studying

Love him. He's hilarious, and has a very dry/deadpan humour, delivery is always on point. Oh and he's a good teacher too