she needs to learn how to speak english

Her accent is absolutely incomprehensible. I could not understand a single word she said, and our TA was no better. If you take her course, be prepared to teach yourself all the material. I did terrible, but so did everyone else, so I got a B. Avoid her class at all costs.

Couldn't understand a freaking word she said. Maybe if she didn't add letters to words it would be easier. I basically learned only from online notes and my roommate who had a different teacher.

Going to class is almost a waste of time because her accent is soo heavy no one can understand her and she makes the material a lot more complicated then it should be.

From an alumnus of UC Davis auditing this class Fall 2010, ABSOLUTELY NEARLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE. The class in SciLec 123, was about 1/3 full (still about 150 students total), and many seemed lost and some left during class, absolutely amazed that someone like this could be teaching. This department has MANY students from China with similar problems.

If you already took the class, then you may be able to decipher and use it for review...for new students to stats...good luck. This class is poorly designed, and the teachers like this just make it 10x worse. Stats at UCD seems very weak, but Berkeley supposedly is even worse.

She's really nice and tries, but she is useless. I feel bad for her because it really has a lot to do with her inability to explain things in English. You basically have to learn statistics on your own

Really hard to understand accent. Also she writes on the chalkboard alot so you have to sit in the front. Supposably her tests are easier than Lee's tho. Her TAs are a little unhelpful aswell. If you already took the class and have a general understanding of the concepts, she's easy, but if your taking it for the first time...

Professor Peng really makes you think she is a good professor in the begininng of the class, but she is awful. 1) her accent throws things off and when she cannot pronounce the word, she hesitates and skips the word from the sentence. 2)she doesnt know how to operate a calculator 3)her lectures are useless and complicate everything. drop this class

Never mind the accent, she just reads off of her powerpoints which you can just read online. If you took AP stats in high school or have a previous understanding, you're fine. But you will not learn from this woman. She makes things overly complicated and is in her own little world.

I don't Understand why UCD Hires a Lecturer that barely can speak a English. J pieng teaching style is horrible. Please do not take her class because she can't speak English well and her accent is very hard to understand. But her EXAMs are very easy. Lecture is useless. If i was u Avoid her take stats in Community college.

Terrible teacher. teach yourself course. three midterms with lowest one dropped and a final. homework is not graded or collected. median in class at the end was a 69 so she curved it 9 percent. if you need to take stats i would suggest trying to get a different teacher.

This is without a doubt the worst class I have ever taken. Her lectures are not only impossible to understand, but also horribly organized and unintuitive, avoid her at all costs.

HORRIBLE! SHE DOESN'T EVEN REALLY TEACH, SHE JUST READS OFF HER POWER POINTS BUT YOU CAN'T EVEN UNDERSTAND A WORD SHE SAYS! PLAN ON SPENDING HOURS ON LEARNING THE STUFF ON YOUR OWN IF YOU TAKE HER CLASS. UNBELIEVABLE.

Horrific experience. Came from high school with an A in AP Stats and came away from this class with the class average. Don't even go to class.... there's no point unless you speak Chinese.

Jie is a very nice lady. You can tell she likes teaching. But unfortunately it doesn't help much due to her accent. No need to go to lectures (they confuse you more), but just read the book and DO PRACTICE MIDTERMS and you'll be O.K.

Without even needing to make a funny joke about her accent (which people videotaped in lecture on their iPhones), here are he facts of the class: 1. by the end of the term about 10-15% of the students attended lecture 2. I failed the final (45%) but the curve gave me a B... While everyone else says to avoid, I say take it and beat the low curve.

English is bad to the point that it is difficult to listen to and at times, incomprehensible. You are allowed to bring in a front and back cheat sheet for all exams, but between being taught very little and being able to understand even less, what should have been an easy class was a very frustrating experience.

I'm really good at math and have always gotten As and Bs, was in AP Calc, etc etc. But I must say, this class shows how important it is to have a good teacher. I can't understand her at all and so I don't go to class. Trying to teach myself seems okay and then I failed my first midterm. Her accent blocks out any understanding.

I took ap stats before in high school and i still found myself with a C+ in the class after finals. However the class average was a 60 so she bumped everyone up 15% and I got an A- in the class. If you go to her office hours she will try to be helpful. Didn't go to lectures after the first week they're useless!

Get ready to teach yourself; that's all I would suggest. The prof is a nice lady but accent makes her lecture hardly comprehensible. btw the TAs are usually even worse. Good thing is that it lowers the curve, and it's enough for good grades to just teach yourself.

This class was horrible. I even failed it but the grade was curved so much that I ended up with a "B." You can really tell that she loves statistics but her accent is just really difficult to understand. Most people don't even show up for class. The TAs weren't very helpful. All in all, if you don't already know stats don't take this class.

Not only does she have a heavy accent, her explaining skills is so poor I couldn't understand a single thing she was trying to say. She was inadequate at answering questions as well. Bottom line, do not take any class with Jie. You will have a miserable quarter. On another note, tests were fairly easy with a large curve.

She is a horrible teacher. You seriously don't learn anything by going to lecture and end up teaching yourself. I regret taking this class it would be much better to just take it with a much better professor.

Nice professor, but it is almost impossible to understand a word she says. She is not very good at answering questions, and goes through the slides very quickly. Tests are close to the practice exams, though, and doing the homework definitely helps. You don't need to go to the lecture, but don't skip section! My TA, Theresa, saved my grade!

Terrible professor. Hard exam, unclear lecture, boring teaching style... I took stats in high school but still confused.

Jie Peng is a terrible teacher. Taking her class is my biggest regret thus far being a Davis student. Stay away from her sessions. She knows her material, but is a terrible teacher and you will most likely get very little from her aside from a fear of statistics.

This teacher will ruin your quarter. Her class will give you a headache and her tests will make you want to drop out of college. I had to teach myself everything because I could not understand her and she will not answer your questions in class. She will make you hate stats and class in general.

She does not curve this class. Only four people out of 150 people can get A in this course. Fail rate is also very high. Be careful.

This is not an impossible class. She gives you a lot of practice material that is very similar to the material on the tests. With that being said you will not learn very much from lectures and will be extremely frustrated by her bad teaching and heavy accent. I would not recommend her as a teacher, you won't learn much about stats.

Avoid if you can....Math was my favorite subject in school but this class made me hate math afterwards. Practice test was nothing close to her real test and if you are to take her class, AVOID BUYING THE TEXTBOOK! DOnt even need it and it was a waste of $100! ALMOST DIDNT PASS THIS CLASS! Heavy curve though that made me pass. Nice lady though.

Peng's lecture slides were all I ever learned off of. She definitely deserved more respect than the class gave her, but she is an absolutely terrible instructor. I would avoid at all costs. She clearly is passionate and knowledgeable, and likely a great person, but she is extremely unclear and teaches differently than most other sta13 instructors.

Don't do it.

I literally never know what she is saying due to a very strong accent. She moves EXTREMELY quickly and talks EXTREMELY quickly even though she is already almost unintelligible. Expects that her students understand concepts after they are briefly introduced. Makes the material WAY harder than it has to be. Getting an A is near impossible. AVOID.

Lecture was too fast, especially at the beginning of the quarter. Homeworks were very difficult but graded easily (nice but hard to tell what you did wrong/right). Not really a "research methods" class and more so a straight stats class.

Can't understand her due to her accent. The first half of the class was fine. The second half of the class the more I went to her lecture the more lost I felt. There really should have been a step by step guide to these calculation, it got so confusing and convoluted you forget what numbers mean and what test is for what. Her notes were awful.