Reviews of professor Jeff McLean

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This class was super difficult. Exams were all written and about equations yet we only played in R during class. He goes super fast and his approach to teaching the material is not the best. He'll spend the whole class in R just for the exams to have 10% coding questions. Would not recommend especially for a data science elective.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Awful group projects, awful grading system and awful teaching. The materials are not difficult but lectures are difficult to understand and too complicated.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor McLean is engaging during lectures. Homework and labs take a few hours to complete, 3 exams were really hard for me, but the take-home portions were better + weighed more for grade, weekly quizzes and lab, final exam is the easiest exam in the course, overall a great course and I learned a great deal!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor McLean lectured well overall. He always answered my questions with detailed explanations of concepts. The first exam felt unfairly difficult with no past exams posted, but the rest were good, including the final. However, exams are more conceptual compared to lectures. Midterms were closed note and written, involving some written code.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Explains concepts well and this course is not terrible for conceptual difficulty. But my word the amount of homework was so unnecessary.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor would be amazing if he dropped the lowest HW assignment.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
If you are a good test taker you will have success. I deeply understood this material, but dont work well under time constraint, and my grade suffered because of it. 68% is test, which is normal, but the tests covered irrelevant material that is not useful in real life. Got nearly a 100% in homework, but did bad on tests even tho I study well.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Not sure why all the hate-He is a good lecturer, and the material is useful. Do not recommend without R experience. The tests are hard, but if you study they are doable. Homework is doable by going to lecture and taking good notes. Overall, it is a 400-level class and the material reflects that, but if you are a hardworking student, you'll be fine.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Jeff is a very nice guy, but this class was all over the place. The exams were very conceptual despite focusing on mostly application in lecture. The homework was fair and I thought that they reflected what was taught in lecture. Lectures were also all over the place and sometimes it was hard to follow what he was trying to get at.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great professor, solid tests. Only issue is the homework, it would be a lifesaver if we got 4 drops instead of 3.