Is this an easy A?
FairEffort
68/100An A is possible with , and quiz preparation, but students do not describe it as effortless.
All grade-effort evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .
Foothill College · Mathematics
MATH105 · MATH10 · MATH11 · MATH10STATS · 28 lifetime ratings
The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
An A is possible with homework, studying, attendance, and quiz preparation, but students do not describe it as effortless.
All grade-effort evidence comes from in-person reviews, with no online reviews available.
Is the course easy?
Statistics is often made understandable, but the pace, quizzes, and some difficult tests keep it from being truly easy.
All course difficulty evidence comes from in-person reviews only.
Is attendance flexible?
Students say attendance is compulsory or important because lectures and quizzes drive success.
Only in-person reviews discuss attendance, and they consistently make attendance sound important.
Is this professor recommended?
Most students recommend him because he explains clearly and helps, despite the need for consistent effort.
Recommendation evidence comes entirely from in-person reviews.
Course guide
Grading
Fair
66/100
Students mention extra credit, dropped scores, and occasional curves, but also hard quizzes and tests.
Format shift
Only in-person reviews discuss grading and assessment policies.
Workload
Moderate
55/100
The workload is steady because students mention weekly quizzes, homework, labs, projects, and test preparation.
Format shift
All workload evidence comes from in-person reviews only.
Teaching experience
Good
82/100
Most students call him clear, helpful, and knowledgeable, though some say he moves too fast or becomes confusing.
Format shift
Teaching evidence is entirely from in-person reviews.
Assessment method
FocusOnExams
76/100
Grades appear driven by weekly quizzes and tests, with homework mainly used for practice.
Format shift
Only in-person reviews describe quizzes, tests, homework, and projects.
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Course format
Classroom format
High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward
In-person reviews are mostly positive, with strong praise for clarity and help balanced by warnings about speed, quizzes, and effort.
Main concern
Students weak in math may struggle with the pace and frequent quizzes.
What students said
“Friendly, understandable, wants you to succeed!”
“His class moves very quickly due to the amt. of material that needs to be covered.”
“If you want a good grade you have to put in the work and show up to class.”
Remote format
Low confidence
No stored summary is available for this format.
Main concern
No main concern is stored for this format.
Exam style
Exams and quizzes appear standard but demanding, with some student-friendly supports like extra credit and dropped scores.
Assessment risk
Standard
58/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
In-person reviews mention weekly quizzes and challenging tests but do not clearly prove proctoring, open-book status, or final format.
“there is a quiz every week.”
“quizes are easy, and tests are a little bit challenging but it's absolutely possible to get good score.”
“Some oppourtunities for extra credits, and he'll drop the lowest mid-term score + quiz score.”
Student evidence
Top student voice
“Mr. Hinders makes statistics easy to understand. If you want a good grade you have to put in the work and show up to class. Recommended.”
“Hinders is a great professor. Friendly, understandable, wants you to succeed!”
“If you want a good grade you have to put in the work and show up to class.”
“there is a quiz every week.”
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Data context
Analysis sample
28
Recent reviews read by the AI
28
Lifetime ratings
88/100
Evidence confidence
There are 28 detailed in-person reviews across many years with consistent themes about clarity, quizzes, and effort.
Inside 28 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
3 reported outcomes
A- 1
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C 1
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Not_Sure_Yet 1