Reviews of professor Shahriar Shams

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures are less detailed than TV advertisements. Lack any depth and are essentially useless.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the best professors I have ever had! His lectures are very organized and clear, and he has been really nice on the grading. At first I felt like it's impossible to do well in this course because the quizzes are hard. However, the prof actually listened to students' suggestions and made them easier. Amazing course that makes you like stats!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Quizzes and Tests are nothing like what is taught in lecture

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I don't understand why people are saying his tests were hard for STA237. His quizzes are a bit difficult, but once you've reviewed the hw and quizzes, you can get an easy 80+ for the tests. I almost failed MAT137 btw, so I'm not even some kind of genius. His notes were the best- very organized. Only drawback is he comes late to class sometimes

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Assignments that can be done by hand or with the help of software, pretty easy but really helpful for students to understand key concepts in statistics. He tries his best to explain things clearly. His R code demonstration really helps me to understand what he is talking about. Quizzes are pretty easy, just don't make calculation errors!