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W4220 Analysis of Categorical Data

Departments: Statistics

Professors: Zhiliang Ying

December 01, 2004

Ying, Zhiliang
W4220 Analysis of Categorical Data

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I took his class in the Spring 2004 semester. He wasn't available during his scheduled office hours. He was always too busy. So what was the point in designating office hours on the syllabus and during the start of the semester when he can't see any of his students at anytime? That was just for show. Each attempted visit to his office was a wasted trip. He's a low talker and a "small writer", often barely audible to hear and his handwriting is so miniscule the students needed binoculars to see the board even from the first row. He has a good sense of humor though.

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The homeworks are incredibly long, mundane and useless since we spent more time trying to learn SAS than about the Analysis of Categorical Data. The Midterm was reasonable, but the Final Exam was impossible, as well as unreasonably and ridiculously full of theory and concepts barely touched upon in the lectures and textbook. The final exam came out of left field and it felt like being in the twilight zone going nowhere but He//.

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