Erick Gong

Gong is a decent lecturer. Paces pretty well for the most part. The exams are not easy - averages around the low 80s for the two midterms. The midterms are long and quite tedious, and the calculations can be painful sometimes. It's a bit foul to have to write Stata codes on paper with a code snippet that contains false codes with which you must identify.

Professor Gong tells you exactly what to expect for each exam, and teaches his lectures well. There is clear direction with every lecture, and he is more than willing to help you out in office hours or even outside of them. He is incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about his material and it shows.

Taking Econ Stats with Gong will not be easy, however, you are going to learn a lot and be very well prepared for regression. Gong does an excellent job at explaining all of the various concepts and makes a concerted effort to ensure every student understands everything. The exams were very challenging and required a deep understanding of the material, versus simply regurgitating stuff from the lecture. But, the exams were graded fairly and if you understand the material well, you will do very well. My one issue with the class is the 95% A threshold -- this makes it really tough to get an A if you do poorly on an assignment or two.

Taking Econ Stats with Gong will not be easy, however, you are going to learn a lot and be very well prepared for regression. Gong does an excellent job at explaining all of the various concepts and makes a concerted effort to ensure every student understands everything. The exams were very challenging and required a deep understandi …Read more