Erick Gong

This class is almost unnecessarily hard. Very few people understood the course material and the average on exams was usually in the C range. There is no curve. Very few opportunities to raise your grade as exams are 75% of the grade. Also no opportunities for extra credit so most likely you will end up with your lowest grade you've had at Midd. You also need to learn to code and have an extra lab every week, and sometimes the coding gets very convoluted. It is fast-paced so you really cannot have any lapses in attention. There was also basically no "econ" component to this class it just felt like a regular but overly difficult stats class. Material starts out deceptively easy and then gets extremely difficult with the most important concepts being glossed over or not having a lot of time spent on them. It's a shame because Gong is a really nice guy but makes this class way harder than it needs to be.

This class is almost unnecessarily hard. Very few people understood the course material and the average on exams was usually in the C range. There is no curve. Very few opportunities to raise your grade as exams are 75% of the grade. Also no opportunities for extra credit so most likely you will end up with your lowest grade you've h …Read more

Overall this was one of the most rewarding experiences and a course which taught me a lot. I think it felt that sometimes the exams were a lot harder than they were made out to be when reviewing content and questions in class, but by the end of it, you will be extra prepared for more statistics classes.

I was initially nervous coming into this class from reading other reviews about Prof Gong, but honestly, it was not that bad. As long as you put in effort to keep up and study for exams, you should do fine. There are 3 exams and 1 research paper, along with frequent homework. It was definitely difficult, but rewarding, and it is clear Prof Gong cares a lot about his students and is enthusiastic about the material!

I was initially nervous coming into this class from reading other reviews about Prof Gong, but honestly, it was not that bad. As long as you put in effort to keep up and study for exams, you should do fine. There are 3 exams and 1 research paper, along with frequent homework. It was definitely difficult, but rewarding, and it is clea …Read more