-------------------------------------------- SELECTED UNSOLICITED POSITIVE STUDENT COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION FORUMS OF THE INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS MOOC "MAKING SENSE OF DATA", ABOUT THE "FINAL SONG" posted on June 2013. (in approximate chronological order; grouped by course discussion thread, with the corresponding url listed right afterwards.) (Song available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPJalOpTWZM ) (Course was available at: https://www.coursera.org/course/introstats ) "Thanks for the great Song :) It is really beautiful" "Great song Jeff, did anyone say statistics can't be fun or statisticians are kinda boring? And you perform good!" "Great song!" "Maximum respect for the Prof. :)" "The song is really fun!! Thanks so much for the effort! I hope it is OK to share it outside this class!" "Excellent song and very good interpretation ...!" "Very interesting and fun song. I enjoyed it a lot. Thank you so much Jeffrey, you are very talented! :-)" "Prof. Jeffrey, you got the groove!" "Great class! Great song!" "Fantastic Song, very fun, Thanks you very much for the effort :)." "Nice tune." "This is one course I really stuck to till the end, and the song made it all worth it! Thanks Jeff ... for wrapping the course up in a beautiful song!" "Very funny!" "Awesome song! Made me smile!" "Jeff I am your fan! If you will ever do a live concert, I will be the first to buy the tickets ;)." "That song was a pleasant surprise. Thank you professor Rosenthal for the effort in creating and performing the song and I'm voting that you should be a ... Duke (in the MOOC)!" "AWESOME !! loved it. Way to go Prof. Jeff..what other instruments do you play? :))" "The song was such an awesome surprise! Thank you so much to both professors for your dedication to the class :)" "Have you considered teaching song writing in addition to statistics? You've got a talent!" "Prof Jeffry Rosenthal you do have a great talent both in music and statistcs." "Yeah, hilariously, awesome song, Jeff - you're like a one-man band, I bet you can play all those instruments simultaneously as well!" "That was very surprising! Thanks for the song and course." "Wonderful song! I was always looking to make extra talents which may work if I become a bad teacher. You don't need to worry about that Prof. Jeff. you are a wonderful teacher and you've got that talent!" "Dear Jeff, you've got the blues! Thank you for the beautiful song! What a nice surprise and what a pleasure to hear you! ... mooc-a-mouc-a-mouc-mouc!" "Loving the song!" "Great song and a very well organized course! Thank you!" "That was brilliant. Well done, Jeff, that really made my day. Not every MOOC has its own song!" "who classified the song as "optional" material? :) It's essential, an integral part of the course! Brilliant closing for a very much appreciated online course!" "it was a great course and funny ending. My son (2.5 years old) wants me to turn on this song many times a day :) you have a first fan dear prof Jeff" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=964 "I'm impressed by Jeff's abilities ... thanks for a great MOOC song" "What a great song!!" "AMAZING!!! Very very funny!!!" "I totally agree, I love the song! :D :D" "I also liked the song. It was a very nice repetition of the covered subjects." "Highly amusing!" "just listening to the song! It's so funny and awesome! ... the song makes this MOOC definitely unforgettable!" "I also loved the song and the enthusiasm of both of you! Thanks so much." "I agree. I also loved the song!!" "The song is really amazing.Thanks for that also." "A statistician and a musician.................Ah amazing....what surprised me is that Jeff is not just a good singer and composer, he is also a good instrumentalist and a good 'integrator'. He was able to integrate the aspect of statistics that we learnt into the music. More power to your elbow Jeff." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=976 "I enjoyed listening and watching the song. It is quite a memorable and pleasant finale!! :-)" "Awesome song :)" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=955 "it's evident that the instructors invested a significant amount of time to make this MOOC a success ... even to the course song at the end (which I believe is a first for a MOOC)." "1,2, alpha, beta .... song will be stuck in my head :P thank you all for the wonderful course!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=962 "My hat's off to you for recording the optional, final song. It was great and certainly proved you are a professor of multiple talents. This is the first MOOC I've taken where you get the bonus of a song at the end." "I haven't gone through the video lectures yet, but I watched the last video. My hat is off to you, too, it's amazing. Thanks for the bonus track." "The song was a fine example of how math and music go together! Congratulations, Prof. Rosenthal, you certainly are brilliant in both!" "Great guitar and harmonica and lyrics! You should put this on Youtube." "Excellent song!! It's a good end! thanks for making me smile!" "The final song cracked me up big time, I couldn't stop laughing. Nice way to end the course - it's nice to know our lecturers are also gifted in other fields, not just in statistics." "That was cool! And it definately shows that teaching statistics was as much fun for the instructors as it was fun learning it for us." "The song was epic! I don't think I have ever had a professor who sang to me, online or otherwise. Now make me a duke!" "I loved this video, and moreover I loved that I remembered everything Jeff mentioned!" "a beautiful finish! well done and thank you!.... it was like a course "kitchen party!" I joined in on the piano ....." "Prof. Rosenthal's song is a good summary of the terminologies we have learned in this course. Great song and accompaniment!" "My goddess!!! The song is soooooooooooooooooo good!!! :D ... PS: The song is veeeeery good!!! :D" "I too loved the song, I was completely blown away by it." "thanks thanks! Best way to end this course! I look forward to the sequel of the course and its respective song." "Prof. Rosenthal, you are a brilliant musician!! your sense of rhythm and harmony made it look like there is nothing you cannot master.." "I loved it! ... You are so talented." "It gave me a sense of genuine passion and the priceless feeling of fun that such people can have for what they do ... thanks to this I'll never forget about this course. Thank you because you taught me a lesson here that goes beyond formulas." "The final song was a blast." "The song was great :) a lot of fun, very well played and sung, too! Jeffrey, you definitely are a man of many talents. ... I'll download the video, it will be a very nice memory of this experience. Thanks!" "Awesome, Bravo! I believe with your talent you could write a music and words for all the video-lectures delivered to us on statistics - Music Open Online Course!" "I loved the song and played it at least five times in a row. :)" "what a finish!! this is one of the best courses that I have enjoyed so much, both the lectures and the bonus song!! ... I've been humming MOOC a MOOC a MOOC MOOC all the day!!" "Great thanks for song. Jeff! you can not only teach well, to make new discoveries, write books in statistics, but also to play the guitar, harmonica, writing poetry and music, to sing. thank you so much" "Excellent song!!" "This is awesome. Jeff did not only teach us statistics, you added this great song (an icing on the cake for me)." "SUPER COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!" "Prof.Jeff hearty thanks to you! Fantastic, superb closing touch for the Course! I like that MOOC-a-MOOC-a-MOOC..! It won't be a wonder to see Prof. Jeff starting a MOOC on 'Making Sensefull Music'!" "Nice educational/motivational song to complete this mooc a mooc a mooc mooc ... Stats, Guitar, Harmonica and Voice, Kool." "Cool!! I would like to know when Jeff will be performing in Puerto Rico. Want to get my tickets in advance!!!" "really cool!! Rock'n'Roll in the deep heart" "OMG, I am a big, nerdy fan of science songs. This one is simply (imagine Neil Patrick Harris saying this) AWSOME!!! Good bye, my old friends skele...i mean, course team!" "Awesome! what a wonderful way to summarize and end the course! Thanks a million Prof. Jeff. My family and I enjoyed the song. Just awesome." "Jeff's song is a symbol of how the instructors care about the students grasp statistical concepts." https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=987 "OMG you really want us to have fun learning Stats :)" "Well doe, this was a really nice surprise!" "Recommended name when he starts touring with Alison and Christine as back-up singers: Mean Jeff and the Standard Deviations." "dear Professor Rosenthal. I was shocked and very pleased by your dedication to us! I can only say......THAHKS." "Great song! Lyrics, music, voice: all great. I have a feeling Jeff is leading a double life, statistician by day, a fixture on the Toronto music scene (which is, from what I hear, quite the scene) by night!" "Well that definitely is the best statistics song I have ever heard!" "The song is amazing! :)) "Great! Funny!" "hilarious! thanks!" "This course has been amazing, and to cap it all the MOOC song!!! Awesome!!!" "Great song, and really great class!" "I had never imagined that a statistics course could be so much fun and the final song was awesome, it was really a reward :)" "I loved it!!! Thanks a lot." "i wish i can share this song on my social media. Worth of telling everybody "Cause I took a MOOC"" "That was a lovely song, Jeff. Both you and Allison rock!" "I just want everyone to know, oh, because I took a MOOC..a MOOC a MOOC, that is:) Thank you so much one last time!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=994 "The Final Song is very very ... great. :)" "You really rocked with the song Jeff. Bravo." "As for the song, WoW!.." "Thank you Prof. Jeff for the course and the amazing song." "I would hope that our paths might cross again, but meanwhile, awesome song!!!"` "Great song Prof Rosenthal! It was delightful." "Jeffrey, the song was delightful! I'm going to be humming it for days and I bet every time I hear the word MOOC I'll think of it." "The song was great! :)" "Oh, and PS - loved the song :)" "Thanks to everyone... great MOOC, great people, great song...!!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=999 "LOVE THE SONG!!!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1013 "i loved the final song.......thank youb guys!!" https://class.coursera.org/introstats-001/forum/thread?thread_id=1146 --------------------------------------------