He is a great guy! Really nice, tells some corny jokes and very approachable with questions. But that class needs to be re-worked. All the homework and quizzes were super easy, I had no problem understanding the material. Then the exams would come and it was like baaaammm, ridiculous questions that I was in no way prepared for. It just wasn't a fair class for non-math majors in my opinion.

This class is do-able but unless you are sure that you need it for your major I would suggest avoiding it.

I hated this class, but if you are required to take it Holt is a pretty decent professor.

This course was a mixed bag for me. I learned some statistics, but I was constantly stressed throughout the semester to do well. The weekly Webwork homework sets and 5-problem quizzes make up a significant portion of the grade, so it's imperative that you do well on them. Especially since the midterm and the final are very, very difficult. They're conceptual, and I don't honestly remember Professor Holt talking about them in detail during lecture. It reminded me an awful lot of the AP Stat Exam. But all-in-all, it can be do-able to get a B+, A-, or even an A: it'll just be stressful and somewhat difficult

If you have no prior stat knowledge do note that that lectures are how to use excell. If you read the books you should be fine, however the quizes are not reflective of the midterm and finals!

This is by far the easiest and least demanding 4 credit course I have ever taken. Only one real lecture a week, the other lecture just covers homework problems and is unnecessary. Other than the lectures, there is only an easy half hour homework assignment each week and a 5 minute quiz.

Great class. I never really listened to the lectures, but I did go to class. Professor Holt is a very enthusiastic and helpful professor. Be sure to take practice quizzes for the quizzes. For homework, go to the TA lecture session since the TA goes over homework questions. On a sidenote, the exams were nothing like the quizzes, but at least they aren't as heavily weighed as in other classes. Homework and quizzes help balance out the grade.

The class wasn't too bad. The homework problems do take a lot of time to complete but they are definitely manageable. Holt is super friendly and always had a smile. The only complain I have was about the midterm and final. You learn to do EVERYTHING in the course on excel, but you cant use it on the midterm or final so they are extremely difficult. Make sure to take the quizes and homework seriously because they can be what save your grade if you do less than ideal on the final and midterm.

Well, I'm pretty sure nobody takes this by choice, but Holt is tolerable. He reads straight off the slides, and up until the Final was a pretty approachable guy. However, he started acting quite odd towards the end of the semester and made himself less available and lectures became even further detached from doing the actual problems on the quizzes, homeworks, and especially the Midterm and Final. Both of those tests are extremely difficult, but your grade can be buffered by the Homework and Weekly quizzes which are very manageable with appropriate studying (unlimited practice quizzes, USE THEM!). It's a necessary evil, but based on reviews of other Stat teachers Holt may be your best option.

Also, Paul Diver is extremely helpful at review sessions, use him if still available!

i found this class to be extremely frustrating. there are two lectures a week. one with holt and the second with the TA to go over hw questions. so basically, she just does your homework with you while everyone follows along and does it at the same time. everything is done with excel but you cant have them for the exams which sucks. the quizzes are cumulative and only 5 questions long so they pull random ones from however many questions hw questions there were in past weeks combined (453 for the whole semester) quizzes are really important (36% of your grade) try hard to do well on them, especially in the beginning of the semester when theyre not as difficult. avg of the midterm was a 72. i dont the the final was much better