Reddit reviews Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

I also had him for 3470 last semester and everything this guy said is on point. Donges has some really awful reviews on RateMyProfessor but I am genuinely convinced that he has taken that criticism to heart and improved the class from it because last semester it was not nearly as bad as people seemed to claim it was.

He more of less tells you exactly which topics will be on the exams, he tells you where to find practice problems, and let's you have a front/back sheet of handwritten notes on each midterm and 2 pages on the final.

I'm convinced that people hate his class for two reasons: The first is that stats is just a difficult class. Students who are extremely competent at math go in to their first stats class and get a C and are convinced that the only way this is possible is because the professor is bad, but that isn't true. I also think people dislike him because he more or less forces you to attend without actually offering attendance points for it. People like to skip class and instead read the textbook or do the online homework but that just doesn't work in his class, his lectures and note templates that he puts online are the best study materials.

Speaking of textbooks, he will frequently mention an alternative book to the one that he is required to recommend to the class. It is Statistics for Engineers and Scientists by William Navidi GET THIS TEXTBOOK. I was able to find it online for free, but it is only $17 to rent on Amazon if you want a physical copy. This textbook is absolutely amazing and I swear Donges teaches directly out of it. There are also these youtube lectures that a different 3470 professor uploaded if you ever miss the notes to something, they're very useful when studying for exams.