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Princeton University GEO422 : Data, Models and Uncertainty in the Natural Sciences

It's strongest point was the rigurously applied nature of the teaching style and the lab work. I've taken statistics and stuff before, but there was never any context. The lectures, as is all but required in a mathematical course, were dry and formulaic in structure. They were not dry in delivery, though! Classes were still fun. Furthermore, each spate of formulas fed into a quality, well thought out lab exercise.

The assignments/labs were excellent. They were well designed to illustrate the important concepts and show practically how to implement them.

Covered a lot of materiel. Lab exercises were very helpful for understanding. Very receptive to input about course.

The lab exercises were well designed and significantly contributed to my understanding of the material. The MATLAB skills gained were invaluble.

The techniques from this course were useful in writing my JP. Also, the professor was very flexible to tailoring the course to the student's needs, although this worked against me somewhat in that the course went in a more technical direction.

P. Simons is very good at explaining information clearly!