GO TO OFFICE HOURS. Her lectures are rushed but she is willing to explain everything if you get confused

Super nice lady! Admits her mistakes and laughs at herself. Class is easy. Notes posted online are clear and awesome. Going to class may or may not help depending on the student. One midterm and a final along with a weekly hw assignments. There is no reason anyone should fail this class! Very easy and I would definitely recommend it to my friends!!

She is a very very nice lady. The lectures can be boring. Weekly homework, one midterm and final. Go over her notes, do the homework, go to class for the review sessions (she spent the last week of school just to review for final), study her study guide and you'll have your A! Take her if you want to learn and get a very good grade!

The average course grade an 88%. While her lectures may suck, her notes are very organized and her tests are extremely easy.

Super easy class. Notes always posted online. Her study guide is everything you need to know for the exams so there are no tricks or anything. Office hours are really useful and she's really easy to approach. Homework is easy too. Would take again.

She is a nice and helpful lady, and exams are not hard but just remember important concepts. I likes her teaching style, because I learnt a lot from memorizing those things.

She is a good explainer and if you read the textbook you don't have to go to class. Taker her!

She is very detailed and goes over a lot of examples.

Good professor! She is the most patient instructor I have ever seen in a class. She is always willing to slow down the pace of the class a little bit more to answer any of students' question in order for the student to understand the materials better. She is also very experienced instructor, she knows the materials extremely well and teaches well.

She really cares about you learning the concept, and I feel like I have learned a lot in this class with her. Make sure you go to class, and try to follow along. It might be hard to follow at first but once you get it, the lectures are really helpful.

Professor Alber is a solid choice to get you acquainted with tough statistic topics. Her homeworks were not too straight-forward, but figuring it out really helps with understanding the material. She is always willing to help students understand, and even provides the R code for you. Overall, a fair teacher. I would take her again.

Alber is a good choice for stats, but no curve since average was 79+. Weekly hw is alright and R heavy, but it helps you understand the material. 2 midterms were all multiple choice, so no partial credit. However, final was doable and easier if you study her hw and notes. Tends to make mistakes in lecture, but pay attention and theres no problem

Useful information taught in a straight forward way. Don't expect plug and chug its a conceptual class. Its more about understanding material than memorizing.

Professor Alber gives a manageable amount of homework each week which helps to put the ideas into practice. She focuses on helping students understand the concepts of statistics rather than memorizing formulas. Provided you understand the ideas behind the analyses, the formulas are intuitive. She's kind and available so if you have questions, ask.

While in class you may feel a little rushed and confused as you try and copy down her notes, if you go home, sit down, and review them (she posts all the notes and materials online) you will realize that Alber is an incredible teacher. Her notes distills/translates difficult concepts into simple, easily understandable language. Fair tests.

I think it's really important to go to lecture for her classes because if you don't, you will just spend more time looking at notes and trying to figure out what the notes mean. She does go fast but she is really passionate and will help you if you ask for it. Grading is fair and the class was conceptual. I don't think she gets enough credit.

She's a phenomenal lecturer. If you have the chance to take her for an upper division statistics course, do not miss the chance. She's very accessbile outside of class and willing to go over a concept until you understand it.

She is very nice and approachable. Lecture notes are crucial and detailed and you need to read every page as midterms have concept questions. Make sure to leave plenty of time before final to review every question of homeworks and discussions since most final questions are directly from HW and discussions, just numbers changed. Strongly recommend!

I think to understand concepts and ideas is very important for doing well in her class. Calculators and cheat sheets are not allowed in exam, since the way she raised questions is to test whether you really understand how to solve a problem rather than memorize formulae. Study notes carefully and review homework, you will get an A.

Professor Alber was an amazing professor, at first I would try to take notes in lecture but sometimes it was a bit too fast for me to keep up. I later learned it is best to focus on listening and trying to understand the lecture. She will write her notes and explain it as she goes. She then posts the notes online for you to study. Great class!

as long as you go to class and pay attention. go to her office hour. truly understand whats going on and did your homework. it may take some time, but denifitely not hard to get a good grade

She's very organized, and she goes pretty fast in lecture, but she posts the notes which is helpful. The class had 10% hw, 25% for both midterms and 40% for the final. The practice midterms were very similar to the actual tests and will give a curve if necessary. The only thing I had trouble with was R, the hw was R heavy, but overall she's alright

Alber is a great professor for STA 100. She posts really organized notes on canvas for you to reference and provides practice exams for both midterms and the final. The homework is on canvas and you only need to get 50% of the questions correct to get full credit.

Explains things really clearly, gives a lot of helpful examples, and is really responsive to questions. The quizzes are not difficult if you do the homework and take notes. The final exam covers a lot of information though, so it's easy to lose points on little things. Overall, one of the better STEM professors I've had in Davis.

Professor Alber did a REALLY good job teaching this class this summer. She posted tons of online resources and her discussion section was super helpful. 3 quizzes, lowest is dropped. I'm really sad because I know I won't ever have another statistics class explained as well or made as simple as this class was.

Gives us pre and post lecture notes and practices tests that are EXTREMELY indicative of real tests. Clear lectures if you pay attention. Super fair grader and gives very fair tests! Would definitely recommend.

Best professor in the statistic department I ever met. Clear lecture, easy to understand, and she is always willing to help.

Dr. Alber is the best! Her lectures can be dry but very informative. She covers everything you need to know for tests. Gives ample practice problems/tests that are similar to the actual thing. One of the best professors I've had at Davis. 10/10 would recommend!

I LOVED ALBER! She's such a caring professor and has very clear lectures. Exams are easy if you understand the concepts well, so don't try to memorize everything just focus on understanding the material! Beware of getting behind because it'll be difficult to come back and understand what she is talking about in class. Highly recommend Alber!

I don't understand the complaints - Alber was amazing. Lectures cover exactly what you need to know, and practice exams identical to the exams. Lecture notes are great for extra review. I got 100% on the first midterm with no background in stats. 25% of students got As in the class. Understand the hw and discussion sheets and you'll have an A.

Easiest A in major requirement ever. If you fail, that just means you're not putting any effort in the course. Literally memorize the practice exams and re-read the lecture notes, and you'll pass fine. She's not for everyone, but if you want to not have study that much, then Alber is the one for you. I never prioritized this class, and I did great.

Her lectures are basically exactly like her notes she posts online. However, she is enthusiastic and generous. Easy HW that are filler points and are the key to your success. Do HW, Disc sheets, and Practice MTs, multiple times and you can get an A. Practice MTs similar to real MTs. I had no background in Stats and I can say it was an easy class.

Professor Alber is a really nice lady. Her lectures are super clear. (stat itself is not an easy subject. If you don't put in enough work, you would certainly feel the lectures are confusing and you are not getting the grades you want) And she is funny.

Her notes will be uploaded before the day of class. The notes are super clear and I could nor expect not more for the clarity. The exams are pretty much like the practiced ones. The homework allows two attempts and they are the same. Take her class and you won't regret unless you want to challenge yourself.

Professor Alber is an easy A. Never went to class, studied 2-3 hours before the exam and I've aced her class. Practice exams are a treasure. Her exam questions are straightforward.

Dr. Alber is a great professor. She post her notes online before each lecture and she would copy them on the board for each class. She is a solid choice if you're taking statistics. Her exams are exactly like the practice exams. There is HW every week but it is very doable. She is a really nice professor who is willing to help you.

Her notes are very clear. You basically can just learn materials by yourselves. 45% of students got A- or better in the end.

She is nice and explain things well. Her quiz are easy with 2 attempts with clear solving process after the 1st . However, you should take each attempt seriously in order to actually learn something and find your mistakes. She will remind you of something important in class, so remember to attend lectures! Discussion is for practice, not mendatory.

Her syllabus is excellent. Her homework grades will change to 100% if you have a score higher than 60%. Her final and midterms are related to homework and practice exam. If you understand her materials and every question in homework and practice exam. You will definitely get a high grade.

I literally love Prof. Alber, Idk why she her rating is so low. Class is literally cake as long as you go and listen (take notes) you should be fine. Homework is super easy and her practice exams are basically identical to her real exams. Over 50% of the class got an A. She is super funny and cute too so I would recommend attending lecture!

Professor Alber is really a good professor. Half of our class got A- and above last quarter. Choose Professor Alber if you need to take STA100. The TA of this class are always very patient and great. Love this class.

She posts her notes word for word online along with a podcast so there's no use in going to lecture. She made the material super clear to learn and posted 3 practice tests before each midterm, in which the midterm problems came exactly from. Super solid choice!

Super easy class. Didn't show up to any of the lectures because she puts the lecture slides online. Do the practice midterms and go through the homework and should be an easy A.

She's very clear with what she expects from you on exams & doesn't really throw any curve-balls. The class was basically like AP stats if you took that in HS. HW is essentially a guaranteed 10% of your grade & I cannot stress this enough: do the practice exams as they are VERY similar to the actual tests (& do the "harder" problems more than once)

Amazingly hard-working--whenever a nontrivial question was asked in class, she would take hours of her own time to write up and post a multi-page PDF that answered the question perfectly. Not-insignificant amount of weekly homework but plenty of hints so you're rarely lost. "Easy" grader but in no way do you learn less for it. #1 in the stats dept.