Reviews of professor Maduranga Dassanayake

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
This class is incredibly easy with any prior stat knowledge. The only thing you have to learn is how to use JMP. He gives good lectures, although you do not have to attend them. The only time attendance is required is for in class case studies which are given about once every week or two. Check eLC each morning if you are planning to skip.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Dassanayake is very kind and caring. The quizzes are online, at home, and have 3 attempts. We never had in-class tests. The homework was challenging but pretty fun. No midterm, and a final project instead of final test. His notes are well-organized. I often got distracted in class, so learned most of the material doing the homework.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I highly recommend Prof M!! I took the class as an elective, and I had no prior coding knowledge, but he starts with the basics and works from there. I thoroughly enjoyed the class because I felt comfortable asking questions and going to his office hours helps if you do not understand the homeworks. midterm and Final project were easy to comprehend

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Dassanayake was an excellent professor. It was a pleasure taking his class, and I learned a lot about coding in both R and other languages as well. He is my favorite statistics professor that I have had so far.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
I loved this class because of this professor! He was so nice and understanding, and he wants each student to succeed. Homework assignments are really easy, and quizzes and tests are relatively easy if you prepare. I would take this class again with this professor!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
he was so sweet and genuinely cared about all of his students! we had an early class but he made it fun and loved to make us laugh. he posts all the notes and goes through everything in detail, and he will go over anything you don't understand if you just ask. genuinely such a good man, i loved having him and wish him the best in life

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. D is a great teacher and an awesome individual! I knew zilch about Python before 1501, and now I'm interning, coding like a boss, all thanks to this guy!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing professor. Very kind and as helpful as possible. The content was presented in a very smart manner. The hardest parts were primed a little early and that makes the content much easier to learn. Big fan! If you get a chance, take his class!