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This is a really hard class and seems like most of the teachers don't explain much nor help much. This teacher just jumps right into it from day 1 and never looks back. He moves fast and doesn't go over any homework probs. He doesn't collect HW either but does take attendance randomly.
This guy is hilarious! From someone who does not like math's standpoint I would highly recommend. I thought he was very fair with the grading and answered questions...
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As long as you pay attention in class and practise yourself, his exams are not that hard. He teaches real slow compare with other instructor, his pace...is somehow not following the syllabus.
He is one of the greatest Math Instructors at CCSF. It's true the he is very slow, but you can go to his office and ask any math problem and he will explain it very clearly. He also cares about his students and gives easy tests.
his tests are very easy, but u have to study by yourself. If u dont have time for math, i dont recommend u to take him.
good teacher
He is nice but you have to read the textbook. If you hate to read the textbook, I don't recommend his class.
Very amusing, covers the material well (though you should also read the text), tests are fairly easy. Always willing to listen to students and explain things.
He is a nice and helpful teacher. His lectures are very clear. If you don't understand the material, you can always visit him during his office hours.
Omfg, i had him for calc#1,and he sure fun. he gives homework problems that are hard but he always gives students the chance to ask him any homework questions the next day. if u do all his homework u can pass his tests with an A+ cuze they're hella ez. hell he even lets u omit a problem which he did on the final as well. he likes 2stomp hisfootlol
I took this guy for business statistics. From the start, he assured the class that there would be a lot of material to cover. Regardless, I was receiving an A i nthe class, a B+ by the time the final came, and a final grade of an F. That makes absolutely no sense to me what so ever! This guy is whacked!
Mr. King is awesome! He does a great job teaching one of the hardest subjects to teach. He doesn't collect homework, but you have to do it to understand the material. He's very helpful and writes everything on the board, so take notes!! He does make some mistakes "to make sure you're paying attention", but he's super comical.
Mr. King is a great math teacher. He explains the material really well, and always answers any homework questions you have. His tests are multiple choice, and very fair. He is also a really nice guy, and is easily available. I definitely recommend him!
Mr. King is a great teacher, I was glad I took him and passed after trying to pass with other teachers three times before. The test were easy if you knew the material that was covered. I did the homework and attended the class regularly. The scan tron test had errors and he corrected them.
if you are the type of person who is depend on a math teacher, then i wouldnt recomment taking him. however, if you are already good in math and can learn outta the book, then take him! no hw's and all the test are easy and multiple choice.
The syllabus said there'd be 3 midterms and a possible 4th--we only had 2 the whole semester. Needless to say, most students' grades got messed up, especially since we were expecting at least one more midterm to help our grades. The exams are too short (<10 questions) and he takes too long with each chapter. He's nice but it was a bad class.
this guys ridiculous . you ask him something and you can never get a clear answer out of him . never collects homework . handwriting is terrible . tests are pretty hard and i learned nothing . it's one of those classes where you have to do everything on your own in order to learn something
I think his teaching style is boring. It is better to read a book yourself and taking his online section. Easy to get 'A'
depends on book teacher, very helpful and understanding. kinda boring and tends to go over on time. online, see him once a week. quizes are online, HWK due when seen, only ezam with him is final. everything is multiple choice. final is open book, not notes. have to learn his way, its the only way he knows to explain.
This is a very hard class!I took the online class & it took a whole lot of my time. You really need 3-4 hours of study time a day. Professor King tries really hard to make the students understand the material. The book really needs to be read!Do the homeworks, make sure you understand, then you'll be fine. But be prepared to work real hard!
He requires everybody to buy the calculator TI 84 which charges about $100. It's so crazy. He teaches so fast and we have to finish 26 chapters in 6 weeks(summer). 6 exams and he grades so hard. The book is necessary though it doesn't help you much in doing hw. You need to attend class regularly so that you can know how to do the hw. Very confused.
textbook is really important! read it, and you should be fine. he grades you based on a curve grade, means your lowest score will be eliminated. tests weren't easy, but the calculator is really helpful during the test. You just need to know how to operate it and nothing to worry about during the test.
He explains very well, but kind of boring. I think it is because of the subject n not him. I took him in the summer n its 3 hours long so its boring. His tests are not that hard, its all multiple choice. He grades base on a 90 point score n not 100. it means u can have 100/90. He is good n easy A..take him
No homework was collected; grade was based entirely on exams. I thought they were too short; each problem I missed brought my semester grade down significantly. Lectures can be confusing, and he sometimes made mistakes on the board. He did answer questions (but not always clearly), and was sometimes funny.
Easy and often funny guy.Tells you like it is,sometimes offending.Explains material well,but you must also read the book and do homework.He will gladly explain anything you dont unerstand.I really enjoyed his class.He grades on a curve(generously).He really knows his stuff and teaches well.But dont expect a good grade if you dont study!!!
His tests are all multiple choice. Students really need to know the material, which he goes over in class. At the beginning of the semester he was tough on students talking in class, but as it grew on and more students dropped he became more helpful and personal to individuals. Homework not collected but important. Just survive the first month.
Professor King is very straightforward. As long as you do your homework, read the Math textbook assigned, and take notes in class, you can pass the class. Come on, it's math! there is not shortcut, but he makes it so you always know how you are doing in terms of grade and can assess your own situations. A good math teacher.
He's ok. Homework is not collected, and tests are multiple choice. For lectures, he basically just does problems in the book and talks to himself. There is really nothing great or horrible about him, he is just completely average. Oh, and old.
I didn't learn anything from Mr. King. He came in the class always late, was never on time. I was in his class for three weeks and finally drop the class. I don't think he knows that his teaching is not clear to students. Not a fun class!
He is the worst teacher i have ever seen in CCSF. You can hardly read his handwriting and need to guess what he writes on the broad. He makes the statistic difficult. All the exams are MCQ but not just calculation, most of them are theory. Never try to take his class if you want to pass.
yes, this class is multiple choice test,if you're good in guessing, you will pass his class. You have to know everything especially using graphing calculator,and read the book a lot.I never understand the lecture, I just focus on the book, which is a bit hard. The lecture goes too fast, good luck if you take this class.
this is for the online summer session. we went through a chapter a day and homework for every chapter which was mandatory. there were 6 quizzes in total and they were all multiple choice. the final was cumulative, had 25 problems and also multiple choice. needa remember what formula to punch into your calculator for the final. pretty fair overall.
you have to study at least one hour a day by yourself to get a A!! but it's not that much hard. just take a note everything what he write then you can get A. If u miss class, it's difficult to catch up his class because you have to learn how to use calculator.
He just picks a problem and doe it on the board, not too much explaining just talks out loud. overall he is not a good teacher, doesnt really answer your questions or helpful
He's a good professor. Sometimes make small jokes in class. Uses the book everyday. His tests are multiple choice, so be prepared to guess! If you want to do well in his class, study at home. He does the book questions in class. If you don't understand something, ask him for help during his office hours.
For King's online class, the prof doesn't have to actually lecture, which means that he will assign an abnormal amount of homework due each week. Decent class if you have no commitments in life and want to work hard for a reward that does not mean much.
DO YOUR WORK AND GO TO THE TUTORING CENTER BECAUSE THEY ARE SO MUCH MORE HELPFUL THAN THIS GUY
His class was so easy drung the summer online one. I learned a lot and did well for the homework part. He posts everything that you do no know on the forum. He is very helpful. I love him. The best teacher ever. :)
He was so hard. But you can learn a lot from him. Hr did not give you a lecture, but he answers on the forums. I think he is great to motivate students and doing well to teach. Tests are like ap or sat exams. So hard..
Most boring teacher ever. Monotone, not clear, and not helpful. All he did was go over a bunch of problems everyday in class and no one ever understood what he was teaching. Hard to understand anything but I passed with a C.
Very nice teacher. Be in class on time on the days class is held. Taking notes during the lecture will be very useful. Do the assigned homework and study for the test.
Horrible. Bearly helpful at all. 6 exams online and he doesn't let you see your score or the answers till almost the final time. This online class is a self taught class. Bearly any Stat tutors at the LAC! He only checks on the class a twice a week. Homework is 10% of your grade and exams are 45% with the final 35 percent.
He is so hard. The book isn't easy to understand without a teacher going through the book with you. I wish I took this in class. When he answers your questions on the forum, he speaks as if he was talking to a mathematician. I need examples and information step by step in the simplest form. I don't understand mathematician language.
He doesn't grade the homework. However, he is very good and thorough at explaining things. His tests are multiple choice and I find them easy to take.
For the 1st Exam One know when to use Sx sample standard deviation vs. ?x population standard deviation. Know population vs. sample. Know what kinds of variables in real life make a normal distribution, like cereal box weights, income of certain age group. Submit incomplete hwk & you'll get full credit.
The textbook Deveaux is also used by Ap Stats high school classes. I googled a homework issue and found multiple high school websites that not only had full homework solutions but easy to understand powerpoint presentations about each chapter. I stopped reading the chapters and just read the powerpoint presentations, then did the homework.
This is an online class that basically has you teach yourself. When you ask questions on the forum, he gets back to you pretty quickly, but he also basically just copy pastes from his answer key, which is ridiculous. Also the most tedious hw that takes hours to finish. He doesn't explain things well, and it gets you even more confused.
Prof. King is a very generous grader. He gives full credit for HW if you do most of it and turn it in on time. Definitely worth doing the HW, especially if you are teetering on a grade scale. The exams are multiple choice but they are hard. Open book but DEFINITELY STUDY. Good at answering questions in timely manner.
He is very easy teacher. i find it so much fun to take his class. book is essential and calculator t84 is the most. he will have exam and you will get score on the basis of exam and he will skip your one lowest score . he is very easy and i adore him. gud luck everyone.
This online class was the worst online class I have ever taken. He expects you to get through 20 sometimes 40 homework questions by the middle of the week then 20 more by the end of the week. He doesn't give feedback and says you "learn through the forums" I dropped it and plan to take it elsewhere because I was not learning
King was a good teacher. Mostly a lecture class, no homework. You're graded by the exams. Attendance and text book are not mandatory, but they will both help you with the test. I'm the WORST at math, and I passed his class, lemon squeezy. I Passed with a C, but that's the best I've ever done in math.
Worst professor ever! He literally forgot to bring his book to class multiple times for lectures! Lectures consist of students asking him 1 or 2 problems from previous homework, and him taking entire class period to explain. He dies not explain well at all! Quizzes and tests are multiple choice but tough! TI 85 Plus is mandatory to pass.
Monotoned and hard to understand at times. He doesn't seem to care much about the subject he teaches, and is prone to making mistakes during lectures. Does not explain material well and mainly goes over homework problems from a day to day basis. Tests are multiple choice but questions tend to be difficult. You pretty much have to teach yourself.
Math 80 online class, summer semester. Think twice before attempting this, as you'll go through a chapter a day. 25 chapters, around 20 homework problems for each chapter, required forum participation, 5 exams, online midterm, in person final exam, extra credit offered. Prof. helpful & responsive, I actually learned quite a bit.
Math 80 online class. It is a a lot of work. I took a math class online before with another teacher who was extremely helpful. I went into this class thinking the same and was mistaken. This online class was the worst online class I have ever taken.. And you have to self teach yourself the material with no extra help. DO NOT TAKE.
I took Math 80 Probability and Statistics online. Everyday, you read one chapter, read his teaching notes, do around 20 problems of homework, and participate in online discussion. Everything mostly self taught and a lot of work. Make sure you have a TI84, not TI83. I learned quite a bit in the end but be careful of your decision to take this class!
Makes you learn much of the material on your own. When asking a question on the forums he can be somewhat helpful, guess it depends on the day. Lots of exams, reading a chapter a day, and there is a lot of he you have to be sure you do not get behind on. I wouldn't take him again at least not online, but hopefully I pass so that won't be a choice
Mr. King is wonderful; he's patient and thorough, not condescending at all, and I found his explanations to be perfectly understandable and extremely helpful. He really seems to care that you understand what's going on. Lots of homework, but he only grades the tests. If you pay attention and do the homework you'll pass for sure.
SOOO much homework. I've spent easily 5 hours on one 8-point assignment alone and this is not uncommon at all. When you ask for help in the forum he just gives you pre-written answers that confuse you even more. I've learned way more from google than I have from Prof. King. He gives zero feedback so you have no idea how you'll do on exams.
If you're not reading the book and studying on your own time, you won't pass the class. I show up to class every day, and the lectures don't help me at all because he doesn't cover the material very well, just confuses me more. Homework isn't mandatory to turn in. You're graded on quizzes and tests only.
6 exams and 1 final exam, multiple homework assignments every week. Get ready to learn on your own in this online class. If you don't pass the final, you don't pass the class regardless of what your grade is leading up to it. The most work I have ever had to do in a class. He does not provide the answers to your homework as well.
Most of the class is just you reading the assigned textbook. He comments shortly about each homework assignment he gives out, but they're as helpful as the textbook itself(so not much). The exams honestly aren't too bad, but the homework assignments are insane. About 5 hours of work each day, not including the time spent reading one whole chapter.
Wow, never have I had an exam and then a final exam the next day. If you work full-time and have a long commute, good luck getting 5 hours of studying every night. I didn't have enough time to absorb the information and I fell behind in homework. If you want to pass this class, the most work on your plate should be an internship.
Two papers and hes an easy grader.
Professor king does not teach statistics. You learn statistics by reading the book, doing, the homework, and finding help via YouTube. He is not helpful and gives incredible amounts of homework. The time that it takes to complete the coursework is unreasonable, especially if you work full time.
Mr. King should not be considered a professor, but rather an administrator of the online class. This class involves reading the chapters and doing the homework. There are not lecture recordings, helpful study handouts, or feedback given by Mr. King. If you want a professor to help you learn, I advise to take this class with somebody else.
No homework, so all the grades came from exams. We had 6 exams in total. If you can study by yourself without doing lots of homework. Take this class.
Horrible! Don't take him. No guidance whatsoever for online stats class. Although taking an online stats class seems convenient, it won't be when you have teach yourself thus taking up all your time. Textbook he used wasn't helpful either. No examples. Take elsewhere or in person. Doesn't grade homework so you don't know whether you understand.
You buy a textbook and do nearly every homework problem in it and take tests that are poorly constructed and unclearly graded. He doesn't teach, he relies on the textbook to do all the heavy lifting. Prepare to search youtube and external sites for support. Avoid unless you have no choice.
Hes a nice prof, but a terrible person to have teach a stats class. He just does problems on the board & doesnt explain very clearly on how he gets his answers. Makes a ton of mistakes as well!! 6 exams in total & a final. Be ready to teach yourself or form a study group. Hes not a good stats teacher!
No one knows if the homeworks are being graded at all. If you do get graded, you dont know if ot was graded for completeness or accuracy. Tons of homework. Either you upload the homework on Canvas or worse, mail it to his address in Vegas. Take Alice Stevens instead. Ive taken her online classes and yet she is proactive in the forums.
The summer session covers a chapter a day with about 25 questions per chapter. This is fine except that there are really about 5 to 8 questions per chapter and the rest of the questions are the exact same as those original 5-8 questions just with different numbers. It's mind numbing and this many questions is not necessary, its pure busy work.
If you take this online class, be ready to suffer from your classmates' stupidity. It is required to know basic algebra yet some of your classmates do not know what a slope is or what the graph of a square root or quadratic function look like. Also, be ready too many homeworks that require graphing. Some are tediously long.
If you take this online class, be ready to suffer from your classmates' stupidity. It's required to know basic algebra yet some of your classmates do not know what a slope is, what the graph of a square root or quadratic function look like, enter equations in Word or how to read a damn graph! Also, be ready to do tons of HWs that require graphing.
While I was in his class I was admitted into the hospital with a life-threatening illness and I had an exam due on Sunday. They gave me Dilaudid, so I was heavily drugged up and I wanted to wait to take the exam when I was in a better position. I emailed to get an extension. No response and I took the exam in the hospital heavily drugged and v sick
Worst professor EVER!!! I had seen the comments here before I registered for his class but I never thought it would be so bad. Do yourself a favor and DO NOTT take his class. He makes a ton of mistakes and does not know how to teach statistics. If you take MATH80 in person not online, 100% of your grade depends on tests and exams.
I'm currently enrolled in his class and don't even want to wait until the semester is over to review him. Dr. King is not a good professor by any definition of the word. Even online, he is haughty and condescending. He does not address concerns with understanding or solutions. I am actively frustrated every day by his comments and lack of humility.
I won't deny that this is the hardest math class I've taken. Yes, there's tons of assignment if you are not ready to give your time to this class do look for different prof. I do see that Mr. King want his student to learn, but it also depends on you how you going to understand the topic. I hate math, but I did learn and understand something new.
Didn't grade or provide feedback on if you did your homework right, has limited availability for questions, uses a physical book so the online tutoring department couldn't help much because they couldn't see it, had no recorded lectures, just notes that basically paraphrased the book. Fine for people who can self-teach, bad for people who cannot.
OMG!! He is the worst professor you will ever meet. You will just have to study on your own by reading the textbook and submitting your assignments every week that he won't even bother checking for. Please do not enroll in his class if you could avoid him.
When you have a question you ask it in the discussion post & he copies and pastes an answer from the textbook. He didn't grade anything until the last day before grades were due. His syllabus & other "teaching" materials were outdated & often had info from previous semesters. It was confusing to try to parse what actually applied to this class.
Average questions per chapter: 15+, Average pages of homework to submit: 6+ pages, Average time of doing homework: 4+ hours, Average day spent per week: 5+ days, You won't find which homework problems you need to do in the modules section, You need to keep going back to syllables to check on that, and its hard to find, information is outdated.
Professor King assigns hw for each chapter that is VERY tedious. 4+ hours a day on hw and reading the textbook, 15-25 multipart questions that repeat themselves with diff numbers. Basically a self study course you learn everything by reading the textbook. Bad at answering Q's. But is generous with xtra credit on hw that boosts your grade a lot.
Impossible if you have a job. He teaches nothing, makes an insane number of mistakes on problems and organizing the class. Consistently sent wrong files for the units we were on, even getting the dates we are able to take our final exam wrong! stating that if you miss it you get an incomplete for the class, no exceptions. Average 10hr+/assignment.
If you take this class during summer, you'll need to do one chapter PER DAY for 5 weeks, with each chapter requiring several pages of graphs/homework. If you're a CS student or similar, I recommend using R to make the HW graphs, just make a free account on Replit or something. Don't use Excel for graphing. He allows late HW & gives bonus points.
Realize he's moved on, editing this rating from 2017. He could sometimes obfuscate topics. Switched to his in-person section and found his explanations very clear. His grading system is fair. The HW is overkill without actually being more instructive. The in-person experience helped immensely to clarify, so much that wish I could retake his class.
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Attendance Mandatory
45%
Textbook Required
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