PSTAT 5A: UNDERSTANDING DATA
University of California, Santa Barbara
Introduction to data science. Concepts of statistical thinking. Topics incl ude random variables, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, correlati on and regression. Visualizing, analyzing and interpreting real world data using Python. Computing labs required.
Average GPA: 2.84
Grade distribution records: 18,426 students across 65 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 443 | 2.4% |
| A | 3,514 | 19.1% |
| A- | 2,019 | 11.0% |
| B+ | 2,073 | 11.3% |
| B | 2,773 | 15.0% |
| B- | 1,558 | 8.5% |
| C+ | 1,642 | 8.9% |
| C | 1,795 | 9.7% |
| C- | 777 | 4.2% |
| D+ | 355 | 1.9% |
| D | 423 | 2.3% |
| D- | 185 | 1.0% |
| F | 869 | 4.7% |
Based on 18,426 student grade records across 65 terms and 42 professors.
Instructors
- Swenson J S 8,688 students, Average GPA 2.78
- Herndon W W 1,253 students, Average GPA 3.17
- Chronopoulou 965 students, Average GPA 2.65
- Guerrier S 732 students, Average GPA 2.95
- Taufer E 721 students, Average GPA 2.69
- Nava M M 604 students, Average GPA 2.95
- Wainwright B 574 students, Average GPA 2.73
- Carter A V 505 students, Average GPA 3.09
- Molinari R C 454 students, Average GPA 2.82
- Holmes D E 430 students, Average GPA 3.10
- Fouskakis D 397 students, Average GPA 2.85
- Sapatinas T 391 students, Average GPA 3.46
- Pham B S 359 students, Average GPA 2.96
- Duan J 296 students, Average GPA 2.14
- Mouminoux C 258 students, Average GPA 2.24
- Duan S 154 students, Average GPA 2.70
- Marzban E P 144 students, Average GPA 2.73
- Sun Li-Hsien 139 students, Average GPA 3.15
- Galloway M L 138 students, Average GPA 2.94
- Padilla D Y 97 students, Average GPA 2.43
- Zapata J 81 students, Average GPA 2.76
- Chiu Y 73 students, Average GPA 3.21
- Li C Y 70 students, Average GPA 2.97
- Luo W 69 students, Average GPA 3.21
- Borsa C 66 students, Average GPA 2.98
- Andrei M S 63 students, Average GPA 3.18
- Elcheikhali M 63 students, Average GPA 3.13
- Tian G 63 students, Average GPA 3.02
- Zhu X 56 students, Average GPA 3.16
- Holladay B A 53 students, Average GPA 2.94
- Paul S R 49 students, Average GPA 3.07
- Gatto R 48 students, Average GPA 2.89
- Li L 48 students, Average GPA 3.25
- Sheinson D M 48 students, Average GPA 3.37
- Wang Mallory 45 students, Average GPA 2.22
- Adams A R 44 students, Average GPA 3.44
- Chiu C 40 students, Average GPA 3.09
- Han X 40 students, Average GPA 2.45
- He J 39 students, Average GPA 3.16
- Zhu Zimo 31 students, Average GPA 3.24
- Mangalam V 20 students, Average GPA 2.75
- Mathlouthi N 18 students, Average GPA 3.87