-------------------------------------------- SELECTED UNSOLICITED POSITIVE STUDENT COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION FORUMS OF THE INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS MOOC "MAKING SENSE OF DATA" (April-June 2013, in approximate chronological order; grouped by course discussion thread, with the corresponding url listed right afterwards.) (Course available at: https://www.coursera.org/course/introstats) "It is my first lesson in Coursera and find it incredibly impressive. Congratulations to Alison and Jeff, which they made Statistics look so easy." "This is a great course." "I'm impressed with the amount of thought and effort that was put into assembling the course materials." "I am very impressed with the course thus far." "so far i am enjoying very much this class; interesting, very well organized, well targeted material. Thank you Alison and Jeffrey" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=25 "I'd like to thank Alison Gibbs and Jeffrey Rosenthal for their wonderful work, I really enjoyed watching their videos and I think they are a great teachers. So Alison & Jeffery if you read this I'd want you to know that I'm also one of your students that is grateful for your classes. Thank you so much!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=210 "would like to thank you for your fantastic work. Very impressive! I am new to statistics and for that reason the online courses I tried were too difficult for me and lectures too complicated and therefore boring. I was sure I'd never understand the subject... I was pleasantly surprised to listen to your incentive and easy lectures and I must say that my fear of statistics has almost disappeared :-)" "I've just watched the first set of videos and done the quiz. Really good stuff - enjoyable, clear, informative and useful. Now looking forward to week two!" "Thank you Jeff and Alison for your interesting lectures. I am more than happy to work with all of you." "Very creative and helpful videos. You actually make the learning easy and fun. I loved how you start it very simple and continue to build instead of overwhelming us immediately. First time I've sat through an entire week of lectures all at 1 time, digested the material and actually started imagining how I can apply it to my work immediately. Can't wait for the rest of the series." "I'm impressed at how much work the professors and the TAs have put in." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=36 "Comparing to other lectures I have listened to on Coursera this course offers one of the very best. Big thanks to University of Toronto." "I am TOTALLY LOVING THIS CLASS and the PROFESSORS! I am actually learning the subject matter, and I am impressed!" "The lecturers strike me as friendly and passionate about the subject they teach" "I find the pace and style both appropriate and of high quality. The professors are engaging and show passion and knowledge of material." "Lectures are informative. I am learning a lot. Great lecture series." "I would like to thanks the professors for their time, and sharing their knowledge with us, i have found the videos, with a great quality and realy helpful. Thanks again Alison and Jeffrey!" "I love them! The Best teachers i ever had!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=249 "I have poked around on just about every statistics course offered in MOOCs. This is by far the best in terms of course design and organization. The instructors and the course team are to be commended. Keep up the great work!" "Great job, all around." "The lectures are clear, the examples good, and the additional R tutorials are great! Thank you for offering this!" "I've been searching online for a good intro course for a long time and it seems I finally found it." "I agree. It is a very well organized course." "The extensive involvement of both the lecturers and TA's in the forums is impressive. It prevents a lot of floundering around in the discussions." "Agreed -- this is a great course. The instructors are enthusiastic and present the material in an interesting way. I like how the course is organized with short video lectures that make it easy to go back to specific topics. This is how an online course should be taught! Keep up the good work!!" "Excellent Course. A big thank you to everyone who have been involved in creating the course." "I just had to stop in the middle of watching a video to say.. this class rocks! Thank you for taking the time to create this class. HUGS ALL AROUND." "I would like to associate myself with the comments: I really like it!!!" "Same for me. This class is very well prepared and you don't fall asleep watching the video and you simply want to see it again as the information is structured and intuitive. I can see the presentations were tuned and probably took hours to make a video. Thank you!" "The course design and content is great." "I love these videos. I want to thank the professors for all the effort and time they put into this. I have done a few coursera courses and by far this is very well presented. I do hope we can have a follow up to this course. Thank you, thank you, keep up the good work." "In my opinion, lecturers really manage to deliver such a rather 'dry' material as statistics in a way that does not scares people away. I also really like the whole energetic and optimistic tone and atmosphere that inspires me to keep up with the schedule." "this course is fantastic! So well presented that it makes learning statistics a most enjoyable venture. Alison, Jeff and the entire team working behind the scenes - thanks and keep up the great work!" "Thank you Alison, Jef and the entire team. Really excellent course. Appreciate the effort you have put it, the way you present it. You have prepared it very well and explain very basic concepts. Keep it up and well done." "I am fascinated with the quality of material (concise yet deep coverage). Many many thanks to the team for demonstrating complex topics in interesting manner with insightful practical examples. I had no idea, when I started this course that knowledge presented here, is must have for anyone aspiring to work meaningfully in research! My highest regards to Alison and Jeffery for this brilliant course!!!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=266 "I would like to say that I am really enjoying this class so far! I like the way everything is being explained and taught. I think I will learn a lot of things in this class." "I tried few online stat courses in past, this is one of the best. I'm having a blast learning R as well." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=135 "Thank you @Alison and Jeff for bringing up this amazing course to us!" "Thanks to Alison and Jeff for the great course!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=10 "I really like the way the course is presented -- the video lectures are so much more interesting to watch than just a series of static slides with voice recording. I specially like the way handwritten notes annotate printed material and help highlight important points." "Thanks a lot for putting all these efforts and time to provide such a great course free of charge. I am loving statistics because of this course. Wishing to see more course from you." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=416 "me cuesta mucho escribir y hablar en inglés . pero me pareció muy interesante el curso así que estoy haciendo el esfuerzo." [I can hardly write and speak English. but I found the course very interesting so I'm making the effort.] "esta es un curso muy interesante" [this is a very interesting course] https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=269 "the course Statistics Making sense of data is interesting." "i agree! the course is fun!" "Great refresher" "This is an amazing learning platform." "this is gonna be a great experience" "Been a fantastic course so far." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=255 "So far, I enjoy the lectures greatly. It is very straightforward and clear." "I so greatly appreciate the availability of this quality resource and the professors' generosity in answering the most needed questions." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=399 "Great course, fantastic material." "Both the professors have diligently designed the course material to discuss every important feature of the subject. Really enjoying the course and hope it will help me alot in future undertakings." " I am very grateful Alison and Jeffrey for course!!! These instructors have restored my faith in myself :) Thanks to them." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=282 "Hi Jeff and Allison, I totally enjoy your lectures." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=402 "I really enjoy this class and I feel like i'm learning more statistics in just 3 weeks than I learned in my stats class in college especially since we're using R which is incredibly valuable. My question is will the university of Toronto be offering a follow up class? Part 2 maybe? Anyway, great class so far." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=450 "this is just a message to say thank you and mention that jeffrey Rosenthal is pretty funny, i really like the lessions with him. Nonetheless, i really want to thank Alison because she's doing it great as well. One more thing to mention, regarding the probability topics, the first video lecture with Jeffrey was so funny using the beer bottle cap to explain the concept of probability....i'm very grateful for this course!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=449 "I am falling in love with statistics as this is the first course I have ever taken, I really like the way you and Alison have been presenting the materials." "You guys are doing a great job of making Stats exciting and relevant." "This week videos are some of the best intuitively explaining videos I have ever seen about tough theoretical probability concepts. Thanks a lot." "the week 3 stuff was really valuable. Thanks for including it! I am also doing Mathematical Biostatistics Boot Camp and seeing your presentation of the theory first helped me get through that similar material taught at a more advanced level." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=515 "The content is great. I am really enjoying it." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=558 "Thanks I am loving the course and it has been very helpful." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=564 "Thanks for the wonderful material." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=566 "This class is really good and the help is amazing!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=525 "Jeff is an awesome Prof. He knows his stuff and has a great style in delivering the info to his students. He made me fall in love with statistics :). And Alison, too." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=618 "I really enjoy the lectures. Excellent course!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=12 "I just needed an opportunity to thank the instructors and additional staff for providing all of these services to promote my learning and comprehension. I feel like I am gaining a great amount from this regardless of the outcome of my final grade." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=700 "I would like to thank you for your time and efforts to make such a course available to the public for free. I find this invaluable! ... You do present the concepts very interestingly, comprehensively and (partially) funnily. ... I would like to thank you for the brilliant presentation and your work! Great! Please keep up your enthusiasm, I am sure all students do notice and appreciate it." "This is the third Coursera course I have taken, and it is by far the best. Alison and Jeff are clearly very good at presenting material, but what is truly excellent about this course is the care that has been taken in preparing the materials and the follow-up on the discussion forums." "I love the course! It is challenging but I have already learned a lot. If I lived in Toronto, I would take classes from Jeff and Alison!!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=740 "The course content and delivery are fantastic. It's wonderful that it's being offered for free and that so many people, from all over the world, are participating. Thank you!" "This is a gem of a course in statistics" "This is an excellent class. ... I appreciate the efforts by Alison and Jeff for offering this class. I would definite take another (next level) course from Alison and Jeff if offered in future." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=750 "i would pay for a course by Allison & Jeff. They are truly professional in their fields." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=769 "I am thoroughly enjoying this course statistics. Allison, Jeffrey, and gang have done a wonderful job." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=813 "a lot of kudos to you and all the staff for the course - it's great! Out of all the MOOCs I've been following recently, it's the one I chose not to drop, no matter how busy I am :)" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=752 "thanks for the course. You are both really great and I'm learning lots." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=841 "I'm writing to simply thank you for putting together such a terrific stats course on Coursera. ... your course has been of indispensable help and highly motivating!" Robert Korunovski [Robert.Korunovski@tdsb.on.ca], May 16 10:48:33 2013 "Alison and Jeff, I couldn't thank you enough for your great work on my introduction to statistics. I knew it's like learning a new language but I just didn't fathom it's depth. Your lectures inspired me to continue learning. Eight weeks is not just enough there is to learn everything about statistics. Kudos to both of you. Thank you again." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=955 "This has been a really great course, the presentation and explanations have been exceptional. You guys have managed the balance between maths and application perfectly! Awesome work Jeff and Alison (and everyone else involved)." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=958 "I would like to thank all the instructors (Jeff, Alison, Edwin, Christine) and the Coursera staff for making this great course available. Thanks to your hard work I was able to learn something new, something fun, fill a gap in my academic CV and get some new ideas for my research at work. I would like to acknowledge the tremendous effort you made during the course. ... thanks for all the stuff, the fun time, and compliments for the quality of the course!" "I want to thank Dr.Alison and Dr. Jeff ... i can never really express my gratitude . they had been wonderful teachers;making this course so easy-to-understand, the schedules so timely, the assignments so interesting and explanations so comprehensive ...i can go on and on.. Thanks a lot." "I want to add my thanks to the instructors for making this course available as well. The lectures were well structured, the use of animations was very helpful to the learning process and I really appreciated the number of examples that you provided that made this course self-contained. The focus on depth instead of breadth will enable the students of this class to apply what they've learned with a high degree of confidence ... it's evident that the instructors invested a significant amount of time to make this MOOC a success - from the detailed examples, attention to detail to make sure that the video materials were factually correct ... I hope that the instructors receive the proper recognition within the University of Toronto for their efforts." "One of the best ever learning experiences I have had. Jeff and Allison are truly one of the most passionate teachers which is clearly reflected in the way this course was designed." "thank you all for the wonderful course!" "I would also like to thank Jeff and Allison for this great course: you made statistics fun and I learned a lot from this course!" "It is a great course!!! Just great!! Many, many thanks to Jeff and Allison for their job!" "Jeff and Allison, you're just amazing people! Thank you very much." "Fantastic course. Perfect Job. Just another reason to love Canada :) Thanks a lot and all the best." "The best online statistics course I have seen" "interesting and easy to grasp. Definitely learned more in these 8 weeks from Jeff and Allison, than I did in my 4 months in uni taking a stats course. Great Job!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=962 "Thanks to Jeffrey and Alison, two passionate lecturers of this MOOC, from the way that you two convey the class, i can feel how much you love statistics, and that itself is good positive effect on us!" "Many many thanks to Prof Alison and Prof.Jeff for this wonderful course." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=976 "Thanks to all the team for the Great MOOC!! :)" "thanks for the opportunity - its was a both a valuable and fun course. I'm both grateful and amazed that you (both instructors) took the time to put together the course. Thanks again." "Both instructors are just awesome!!! No words to describe the combination of teaching methodologies, fun and everything. In fact, i am really inspired" "Thanks for all-the class has really been good for me." "Thanks for sharing with us all your passion for statistics. You and Alison together have insinuated a curiosity in me about data and I will love to take this romance with data forward in any way possible. Thanks again" "I fully enjoyed the course and obviously learnt the concepts in statistics from you and Prof Alison Gibbs. Thank you both and the Coursera team to make this possible!" "A massive thanks for the course - and if you offer any further ones in future, let us know!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=964 "Thanks for all your effort. You have prepared nice material for this class and I know many of us really appreciate the time you put into this." "Thanks a lot Jeff and Alison for the course. That gave me a good refresher on statistics." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=994 "Many thanks to Alison and Jeff for that informative course on Statistics." "Many-many thanks to Alison and Jeff for this course. Besides great presentation of the material I'd like to praise their active participation in forums. I really have a feeling of a live class and live discussions." "Many thanks to Jeff, Alison and the whole team for this fantastic course !!!" "You both are such wonderful teachers :D Staatistics always have been for me a very tough subject, well, not anymore!! Thanks a lot" "very interesting. It is my first statistics course to attend and i have learned a lot. Thanks to Jeff and Alison. You two are amazing." "A wonderful learning experience with two of the most brilliant, dedicated and energetic professors I've seen. Thank you Jeff and Alison. This is the first statistic course i managed to complete on coursera." "thank you both Alison and Jeff for the whole course." "A very big thank to Alison & Jeff for taking this large class to the finishing line of this course. I pity for those who would not make for this wonderful course? ... Kudos to you and to those others who supported in the background." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=987 "I'm here just want to say many thanks for Prof. Jeffrey Rosenthal, Alison Gibbs and staff. I'm really excited about this course. This course is doing very great. Thanks again Prof. Jeffrey Rosenthal, Alison Gibbs and staff for all of the hard works." "It was indeed a great pleasure and learning experience over the past several weeks. You guys really did a great job and made the course so much fun and enjoyable. I look forward to have more great courses from you both." "This is the most practical statistic course that I have taken. I took this one as a refresher, and was delighted with the materials covered. Thank you very much and looking forward to your next level statistical coursera course." "I would just like to concur with my fellow `MOOCers' that this course has been simply terrific! I never thought I could say that for any statistics course! ... So, as we say here in Nairobi, ASANTE SANA (which means THANKS A LOT:-) to Alison, Jeff and all the supporting staff." "I've really enjoyed the courses Thank a lot!" "I will add to the praise. It was great course. I doubt you were provided much compensation for this, so it makes your efforts all the more noteworthy." "I'd like to add my thanks to Alison and Jeff and everyone who worked on this course. I've taken quite a few MOOCs, and very few of them had instructors with anywhere near your enthusiasm... it's contagious!" "If I pass the AP Stats exam, it would be mostly because I took this MOOC! Thank You soooo very much." "Thanks Alison and Jeff for a great course ... explained clearly and with interesting assignments and useful quiz questions to try and get it to sink into my head :)" "I have enjoyed each and every moment of this course in particular. Allison and Jeff, you are brilliant instructors and the subject matter that you have taught has been truly inspiring. So, a final thanks" "Thank you for putting this course together! very informative & easy to follow! I don't know what I would have done without it!! (just started a PhD program in marketing and this is so helpful!!) thank you :)" "Hi Alison Jeff, I wanted to THANK YOU for the awesome course! Video lectures were so well structured, delivered in a clear way, and in a fun way to listen to. The examples were great - It is very useful to work with the same set of date through out the course and to broaden the things we can learn about them form lecture to lecture. I also found the usage of colors in slides helped to stress points and helped learning. ... I'm realy thankful for efforts you took for us, and for the opportunity to participate in the course." "Thank You for this wonderful class Prof Rosenthal, Prof Gibbs, and Staff!! You guys managed to make stats kinda fun, easy to understand, less intimidating, and (almost) pain free." "The course was a very good refresher for me. ... Thank you for your great work." "I also want to add my great thanks to the two terrific instructors. This is my first MOOC, and I consider it an very successful one. ... I am impressed and gratified. Well done to both of you!" "Thank you for the great class. My previous exposure to statistics has only been introductory courses and I really got a lot out of the approach you took with presenting the material in the context of how it's applied. ... Thank you so much for putting in the time and effort to put this class out in the world for all of us to benefit from. Best to you both." "This was a great course! Thankyou" "This was a really fabulous course. There was so much covered in so little time. Thank you for all the effort that you put into it, and thank you for doing such a fabulous job. I hope you will do an encore performance for those of us who would like to learn more. Best wishes and thanks again!" "Thanks to everyone... great MOOC, great people" "Thank you to all involved in creating and participating in this MOOC! I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to increase my understanding of this (and other) topics. Many thanks to the University for supporting the development and offering of MOOCs to a diverse audience. I recognize that MOOCs may not be a revenue producer for Universities but it definitely leaves one with a positive impression of the institution. I hope MOOCs on a variety of topics continue to be offered. Thank you for the hard work that (obviously) went into developing and offering the Statistics MOOC!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=999 "I learned sooo much from this class... You guys are great teachers and I thank you for presenting this information in a very understandable way. So glad I took this MOOC :)" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1013 "Wanted to thank all involved in putting this course online and for free. ... I learned a lot from the past 8 weeks and am already applying what I learned in my job; which is exactly why I took the course. /high five" "Many thanks to Alison, Jeff and all the staffs involved in this project. They put up a very interesting course, very easy to follow and understand. Not only that but Alison, Jeff and the staff took a keen interest in the forum and follow up with feedback and explanations. Great Job, Guys." "Me too, I learned heaps and really appreciate the opportunity and that the class felt like a real one with real engagement!" "This truly was a fantastic experience! ... thanks to your patience, efforts and competence, I really feel I learned a lot, I feel comfortable in applying it in my job (which I already did a little bit) and my desire to develop my statistical competencies even further has been reinforced. I look forward for my next MOOC on statistics, for which I now know I have the adequate foundations. Please continue to share your knowledge on MOOC, it is invaluable!" "I'll also extend my thanks and compliments on how the course was organized. ... Thanks Allison and Jeff! Great course. Do you teach any other MOOCs?" "THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! ... You guys did an outstanding job" "I had never imagined that I'd have had so much fun learning about Statistics. Thank you for making these concepts so accessible and engaging!" "I agree with everyone this was my first MOOC so I was pretty skeptical, but this was awesome. It kept my interest, was super organized, explained everything well, and I learned a ton. Thanks to everyone who put this together it surpassed my expectations and was fun." "I will like to thanks Coursera, University of Toronto, and Professors Allison Gibbs and Jeffrey Rosenthal for giving me the opportunity to have this wonderful experience. ... this has been a remarkable learning experience for me. ... I will remain gratefull to Jeff and Allison for sharing their knowledge." "This course was fantastic! Thanks to all of the staff at the University of Toronto! Before this course, I was paying $100 for 6 week courses that weren't nearly as good as this one. This class was amazing and I learned sooooooo much. ... Thanks again. I loved the class!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1041 "I would like to sincerely thank you for the WONDERFUL course you have conducted. As an incoming MD/PhD student at the University of Maryland who is about to begin a research rotation in Neuroscience, I can not emphasize enough how helpful your course has been. I finally feel like I have a grasp over some foundational aspects of statistics and data analysis, and I feel much more equipped to begin my graduates studies. Out of the numerous books and courses I have consulted in trying to introduce myself to these topics, I feel yours is the first to have truly helped me gain a clear and intuitive understanding of the material. For that, and for the enthusiasm and dedication with which you taught the course, I repeat the sincerest of thanks." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1100 "I would like to thank the University of Toronto ... It has been my pleasure learning and taking this course up & I would definitely advise my peers and juniors to join the University of Toronto for the level of quality of the course. Also special thanks to Alison and Geoff for their way of teaching has been bespoke and to the point; enough for a lameman to statistician to go for the course and complete is with least difficulty." "Alison and Jeffrey! Thank you! Thanks to University of Toronto and all coursera staff. I had one of the best time in my life with this course. I have fun!" "My thanks to all the instructors and the support staff. I liked the assignments and examples of the data sets. Thank you very much!" "Thanks Alison and Jeff and all those who participated in the forums for making me understand in just 8 weeks, what i never understood for years." "Thank you everyone who made the course possible!" "Alison, Jeffrey, Cristina and everyone else who took part in the creation of this great MOOC! Thank you very much for your efforts! It was an interesting and useful course. I didn't even expect you'd manage to explain everything in such a comprehensible and light manner." "Very much enjoyed the course, it was of a high standard. Looking forward to part II now!! Well done to all." "A special thanks to Alison and Jeff for an excellent course. I must say I learned a lot and feel more comfortable with statistics (it no longer the scary topic to avoid). It was an amazing experience." "Thank you very much to rediscover and reconcile with Statistics. When in 1993 I studied a course in Statistics at the Faculty of Mathematics at Valencia (Spain) did not appreciate the beauty of this discipline and its enormous power. Thanks to Jeff and Alison for these fabulous classes that I will not forget." "Thank you very much Jeff and Alison and the R Tutor. This was a very useful course for me ans I hope there will be part 2 of the course." "Jeffrey and Alison are the best! Many thanks from Portugal. This course was absolutely amazing and I had a wonderful time." "Thank you very much, Jeffrey and Allison for your efforts and thanks to every one who created this course" "Thank you Jeff and Alison. The course was very informative and I enjoyed it thoroughly." "Thank you! This course was very complete and comprehensive ans has many useful exercises. I look foward the next level." "Thank you very much for such a clear and easy-to-follow introductory statistics course!" "Thanks Alison and Jeffrey. This is the first Coursera course I've stuck with to the end." "Thanks guys, I really appreciated your course, which I think was very very well done!" "Thanks Alison and Jeffrey. This course was so enjoyable ;)" "I enjoyed taking this course. Thanks." "I love Alison & Jeff a lot. You've made my semester! As I said before, and I'll say it again, I'll probably pass AP Stats because of your help! You make me understand Stats and see the necessity and interesting value of statistics! You both make me now wanna go to visit Canada at the University of Toronto to personally thank you all for your hard dedication to make the course fabulous! Thank You,.. BIGGG Thanks to both of you and anyone involved to make this course possible." "This is the 9th course I've finished in Coursera platfom and I must say that videos and material from Uniniversity of Toronto are the best at the moment. Thank you Jeff and Alisson for this course, it was a great experience. Hope to see you again in Statistics 2." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1052 "Alison & Jeff (and your dedicated assistants!), as the course slowly grinds to a halt, without a doubt many of us are awed by your focus, hard work, commitment and selfless dedication to this MOOC." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1089 "Great MOOC! Thanks again to Prof. Gibbs and Rosenthal and please... don't leave us without the sequel!" "I never had so much fun learning Statistics before. Kudos to the teachers for this amazing job!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1055 "I feel tempted to thank the course faculty and the staff who have contributed a lot in sailing through the course excellently with the participants. Hats off to all of you for your elegantly serving the course material." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1119 "Thank you. I enjoyed the class ... Have a good day and hope to see you at another class." "Thank You very much! I adore your lectures! And hope that the course will have continuation (part II for example))." "I am very excited with this course! Learned a lot new things and would learn statistics more in the future. Also R lessons was helpful." "This course was interesting, wonderful and very useful. Thanks for all lectures, videos and practical tasks. One more thanks for lessons with R. I wait for Part II" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1081 "Jeff and Alison are wonderful teachers as evidenced by the fact that my final grade was an 89%. Thank you so much for such a rewarding experience." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1150 "I'd like to take this opportunity to thank our honorable instructors who worked quite hard to make this course quite useful for us and developing our interest in Statistics. This is one of the best courses I have attended at Coursera and I'd like to recommend that students willing to take part in courses like Data Analysis and other similar courses should take this course first as it will definitely give them necessary knowledge to cope up with advanced coourses. I also hope that the instructors will offer a sequel to this course in future." "I'd appreciate the opportunity to echo this sentement. This course meant so much to me; from the uneasyness in week one in wondering if I could make it through all 8 weeks, to the unimaginably generous feedback from the instructors ... I am grateful for this immense opportunity, It will greatly influence my future perspectives." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1149 "I appreciate everything that you guys did. I did learn alot. I learned Box plot--it is new to me." "Thaaaaaaank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "The speed with which you provided the certificates is fantastic. This is one student who thinks you did just a great job on this course." "Hello Allison and Jeff, I'd like to join the chorus and thank you both for a terrific, very wonderfully executed course!" "Many thanks to Jeff and Allison for providing this golden opportunity to learn the basics of statistics and also I got my first certificate from Coursera and once again thanks to all of you." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1144 "Dear Professors, Many Thanks to you and the entire team for providing us a wonderful learning experience. Thank you all for your time, efforts and encouraging weekly communication before every week's sessions. You all made learning statistics interesting and exciting. I truly enjoyed learning and gaining but it would not cease here as the course has encouraged me to take further learning on various concepts in statistics.The course has come to an end but not the learning drive. Keep Up the Good Work!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1148 --------------------------------------------