Anyone have any past Bio 1M03 tests from Dr. Stone or Dr. Quinn?
01-23-2011 at 07:18 PM
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Dr. Stone, brilliant though he might be, makes horrible notes, walls of text followed by walls of text, all copied from the textbook, not word-for-word though, he makes a big deal about things like
"your book authors have decided to use the word random, but i feel 'stochastic' is a better word"
"sir what does stochastic mean?"
"Er, random"
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01-23-2011 at 07:20 PM
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^ Haha, I think there may be a good reason for that, though. 'Stochastic' is a term that's used a lot in statistics, but to those who aren't in stats, it's basically equivalent to 'random'. So, while there is a subtle difference that your prof noticed, he couldn't really explain his choice of words given the circumstances, haha
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02-03-2011 at 07:40 PM
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any one has any advice/idea on what to expect on Dr. Stone's test?
do the questions on the midterm tend to be comprehensive???
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02-03-2011 at 07:49 PM
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any one has any advice/idea on what to expect on Dr. Stone's test?
do the questions on the midterm tend to be comprehensive???
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what do you mean by comprehensive?
he tends to give application style questions (at least in 3FF3), he hasn't taught the course before so no one can really tell you for sure. focus on the lecture slides though and if you don't understand something go to the textbook..
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04-13-2011 at 02:47 AM
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Quinn i found to be reasonable but Stone was the opposite. Tested the most random material, couldnt control the class and spoke so quietly he gave reason for me not attending his classes...  |
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04-13-2011 at 02:57 AM
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Quinn i found to be reasonable but Stone was the opposite. Tested the most random material, couldnt control the class and spoke so quietly he gave reason for me not attending his classes... |
Stone made the first midterm ridiculously easy in my opinion, which made up for his lack of proper notes. His question about hominininininia on the second test was kinda random but for the most part, his lack of teaching levels out with his easy questions. |
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04-13-2011 at 07:56 AM
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His question about hominininininia on the second test was kinda random...
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It wasn't as random as you think, considering he really stressed that point out. I came to the testing room expecting at least two questions, in which one is about hominin-whatever, and another is whether or not older clades are more primitive.
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04-13-2011 at 08:59 AM
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Stone made the first midterm ridiculously easy in my opinion, which made up for his lack of proper notes. His question about hominininininia on the second test was kinda random but for the most part, his lack of teaching levels out with his easy questions.
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Yeah that was expected...get right son O_o |
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