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Frame, Samuel

Cumulative GPA: 2.26/4.00 with 58 evaluations
Presents Material Clearly: 2.71
Recognizes Student Difficulties: 1.93

Statistics Department, Cal Poly, SLO
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STAT 416 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 6:24 pm, Mar 26, 2013 Report Evaluation		Frame is a good professor. This class is all done in R, but you don't have to know the program to do well in it. He gives a ton of lecture notes as well as frequent, but not painful homework assignments. The final was insane but overall not too bad of a class.

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 11:36 am, Feb 19, 2013 Report Evaluation		Frame completely changed his course for the quarter i took the class (fall 2012) from what it was previously. All we did was use the JMP program to learn statistics. I was really nervous going into this class because i had read Polyratings and heard how much of a douche he was supposed to be. Well, he's actually pretty nice. He learns everybody's name by the end of the second week and even when i saw him outside of class he would say hi to me by name. If the class is still the way it was for my quarter, make sure you get a good computer partner, because you're with them the whole quarter sharing a computer. There is almost daily homework, so be prepared for that. It is usually between 3 and 6 questions, so not too bad really. There are also online quizzes a few times a week. The class is just a steady flow of a little work. You never get swamped with work from it, but you always always have something that needs to be done. The first midterm was super easy. Study well for it and its an easy A. Then the material starts to get harder. The 2nd midterm was pretty confusing, but still not too bad. Definitely harder than the 1st though. The final is cumulative, but it is really just some stuff from the 2nd midterm and mostly material from the last 3 weeks of class. I think i got a D- on the final. It was easy except for the last question, which was worth a lot of points and i had no clue how to do. I did good on everything else though, so i still got a B overall. Anyways, the class is not bad. Frame is pretty nice and he does a pretty good job teaching.

STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 4:31 pm, Jan 14, 2013 Report Evaluation		Frame is an awesome teacher. he really knows his stuff and is good at explaining it. although the tests didn't always match up exactly with the material, for the most part they were very close. along with good understanding, he is very helpful and a funny guy. you'll enjoy the class, take it with him.

STAT 252 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 3:33 pm, Aug 26, 2012 Report Evaluation		Frame is a douchebag, no question there. BUT he isn't that bad of a professor as many of these polyratings say. He presents the material crystal clear in class, I didn't have to go to office hours once. He gives online homework and quizzes that are pretty easy just to make sure you're reading the book, plus homework from in the book. I don't recommend going into his office hours, he isn't very nice. His tests are HARD, but very doable if you do all the assignments. If you just do the homework, read the book, study for the tests, and show up for class you will be fine.

STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 3:39 pm, Jul 16, 2012 Report Evaluation		The class material itself is easily manageable and understandable. However, Frame cannot make a good exam for the life of him. Every exam was off topic, covering topics that were neither presented in class nor represented in the homework. That being said, a significant portion of your grade lies in homework and quizzes, both of which he grades fairly leniently. If Frame would simply make exams that were representative of the course material, everyone would get an A.

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 7:45 pm, Jun 11, 2012 Report Evaluation		Nice guy, frustrating class for me, simply because I'm not a fan of statistics and studied as such, consequently, I got a C grade in the class. You will have to put in some extra effort to succeed in this class, that's for sure, he even warns you in the syllabus and MEANS it. "And we hit ok... And we hit ok..." (most memorable phrase I picked up on)

STAT 252 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 3:43 pm, May 29, 2012 Report Evaluation		Dr. Frame makes the material very easy to understand in class. The class isn't so bad itself but the exams are extremely and unnecessarily difficult! He's an ass. He tests you in ways he has never worked with us on in class.



STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 10:15 pm, Jan 11, 2012 Report Evaluation		He's a spaz...He talks a lot about the upper division STAT classes that you should take, even though most of us aren't interested in the subject.

STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 12:02 am, Jan 7, 2012 Report Evaluation		Yeah, he's a jerk sometimes but seriously, he's one of the clearest statistics teacher I have ever had (and I have had 4 including him). He makes things super clear - to the point, step by step. Maybe that's why some people get this "douchey" attitude from him. He already tells you how it is so clearly, use your brains.

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 8:51 pm, Dec 30, 2011 Report Evaluation		To be honest, I skipped taking Frame for a quarter because I read all of these horrible reviews. I ended up getting a B+ in his class, and yes, I had to work my butt off for it. His homework is graded harshly and he tends to "belittle" students who ask questions or try to talk to him one on one. If you follow the course pack he gives you, pay attention in class, and go to office hours (though they are sometimes awkward), you will do well in the class. There are two midterms and his final was difficult, but he may curve it depending on how other students do. He DOES sit with his feet on his desk and may seem a little out there, but the work load for his stats 252 class was manageable, nonetheless.

STAT 252 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 7:57 pm, Nov 7, 2011 Report Evaluation		The only reason I go to this class every morning is because he might make one good joke each class. He spends the entire class going over a topic that really takes ten minutes to comprehend. Just do the work in the course pack, and DONT BUY THE 95 DOLLAR BOOK. the instructors edition is on reserve in the library everyday so you can make sure you get full credit on all the homework, which seems to be a problem for most people in class

STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: D Elective 8:28 pm, Sep 26, 2011 Moderated Comment		dis is da wurst class I have ever takn!

STAT 252 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 8:09 am, Jun 17, 2011 Report Evaluation		Frame is a douche! HE DOESNT CARE ABOUT ANY OF HIS STUDENTS! Pass or fail, he doesnt give a fuck! The class consists of a few online quizzes, a shit ton of homework (thats randomly collected), two midterms, and a final. You better know what youre doing in the homework because if its not worded or structured the way he wants, expect an extremely low homework grade. The exams (midterms and final) were tested on things we hadnt even learned yet!!! He taught one way and then tested you on something completely different!! Oh and if youre looking for help, you can forget office hours too, hes an asshole, so he wont be answering any of your questions. Whatever you do, DO NOT TAKE HIM!!! Wait it out and take another teacher, this guy will screw you over!!



STAT 252 Freshman Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 10:40 pm, Jun 16, 2011 Report Evaluation		Frame was the number one absolute worst teacher I have ever had. I am in engineering and this class was almost impossible to pass. The last midterm average score was a 58%. Does that not seem unreasonable for a pre req? Frame is the biggest ass hole i have ever met in my life. Not because I got a C in his class, but because he truly is. He does not give a fuck about his students. If you go to his office hours he tells you word for word "The answer is in the solution." This man should be fired and the only reason they keep him around is because he consults corporations. Just because you understand stats does not mean that you understand how to teach. He is an arrogant ass hole who tests you on material that you have not learned yet. It is as if his goal is to fail his students. DO NOT TAKE HIM. Wait to take another professor no matter how many classes this is pre requisite for, it is not worth taking his course. I would truthfully tell him to fuck off if he ever spoke to me again. Go to hell Samuel Frame, you are a waste of a human being. I hope he sees this.

STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 3:05 am, Jun 10, 2011 Report Evaluation		This guy is a joke. First, you cover a shit ton of material each class and he will never give you the chance to ask questions, and if you do get to sneak one in he will skip over the next section of the course to "save time." The homework assigned is randomly collected, so you can gamble if he will collect it or not. Gives quizzes based on his shitty lectures, so get a group where one member can take the quiz and pass out the answers and rotate for each quiz. As for him, if you try and approach him during office hours with questions, his response 99% of the time is "i dont know, whats it say" no matter what your question is. For homework that no one understood, he tried doing it and failed. Overall he is a cocky, degrading and doesnt mind telling his students how lousy or stupid they are. Cal Poly needs to get ride of this guy.

STAT 252 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 3:48 pm, Apr 5, 2011 Report Evaluation		Frame presents material in a straightforward manner, but that isn't the issue. All professors have a PhD. His problem, and the problem that many of his students have is that he is abrasive (Read: an asshole) and is especially hard to deal with in any one-on-on situations. Coming into office hours is a pain. He sits with his feet on the desk drilling you on when he explained everything in class, rather than answer your questions. Don't take Frame if you can avoid it.

STAT 252 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 2:21 pm, Mar 18, 2011 Report Evaluation		Just took the final earlier this morning.. and i want to reflect on the class. Mr. Frame is a complete asshole as a person i warn you, he never allows for students to ask questions so be prepared to learn the material yourself. He talks super fast and agressive (kind of yelling at us) each and everyday during the lecture so dont take his class if you cant follow fast. This guy is a decent teacher on such a boring and hard topic so dont think hes a bad teacher.. but seriously take my advice that FRAME is a complete asshole as a human being. I dont know how Cal Poly hasnt gotten enough complaints about the guy but IF POSSIBLE take a different teacher. I never want to see the guy again and would prob flip him off if i did. Take what you want out of this but its the truth

STAT 313 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: B Elective 10:36 am, Mar 18, 2011 Report Evaluation		Frame is knowledgeable. Beyond that, I don't really have too many great things to say about him. He's acerbic to students (often straight-out rude), and an extremely rigid grader. You may know MINITAB in and out, but if you don't say certain magic words in your answer, be prepared to lose gaggles of points. Screwed up at the beginning of a problem? Be prepared to lose points for the entire problem. Missing out on a couple words could very easily net you a C or D on a homework or exam. I'm not here to complain, but just understand what you're getting into. Honestly, that issue is very minute though compared to his completely unapproachable personality.

STAT 313 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 11:36 pm, Mar 14, 2011 Report Evaluation		Dr. Frame simple put is somewhat anti-social and it comes through pretty clearly. When presenting material in front of a large audience he is able to crack some jokes and generally be a friendly guy. Much of what others have said about him true though once you try to go to office hours he is somewhat completely different and stand offish to be nice. He knows his stuff, and for what had to be the first time teaching 313 he did a good job. The Class is overall fairly easy if you show up consistently. His mid-terms are finals are pretty much examples you do it class on mini-tab with a few small (Say, 15% of the tests) explaining why something happened. Which again will be in the notes. Also he allows a full page of notes for the first midterm, 2 for the 2nd, and 3 for the final so studying comes down to making sure you write down all the instructions you need. He grades homework fairly hard, so put some effort into that, show up to class, and you should almost easily get a C. Put forth any amount of effort to study and you should get a A/B.



STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 9:27 pm, Mar 10, 2011 Moderated Comment		FUCK FRAME. douche bag.

STAT 252 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 1:37 pm, Mar 10, 2011 Report Evaluation		The only way that a professor like Frame would have that high of a "GPA" on Polyratings (which isn't that high but still) is if HE HIMSELF goes on this thing and submits his own "good" evaluations. Yes he is 'intelligent', yes he knows his stuff VERY well. But he babbles like hes on speed and does not, EVER, give a student a chance to ask a question and get a USEFUL answer. He is EXACTLY the type of person that would go on polyratings to boost his own GPA. He is an unhelpful teacher, and he is a very rude and selfish person. I never thought such an inconsiderate asshole would teach at such a good institution. Apparently the STATS department was reeeal desperate because they hired him right after he graduated from Cal Poly.

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 1:36 pm, Mar 10, 2011 Report Evaluation		Despite the fact I got an A, this was by far the worst course I have ever taken. He degrades his students and never answers question even during his office hours. He is an asshole. I hope you know how to teach yourself because he is not a teacher. I don't know how he is a paid employee but he is scamming the taxpayers out of thousands each year. Plus his whiny voice is annoying and his sweaty tits are kinda awkward.

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 5:14 pm, Mar 7, 2011 Report Evaluation		Frame is a dick, not just an unhelpful teacher, but a mean person in general. He is caught up in his own bullshit and fails to recognize that he is NOT helping or being an asshole. I've never seen a teacher bitch so much about 1 tardy, and if you're ever absent and then you ask him ANY question related to the material, he will say "ohhhh if you were there last class, you would have understood" --- which isn't true because you ask around and people that do go everyday are just as confused. I taught myself. Fuck him.

STAT 313 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 12:55 pm, Feb 24, 2011 Report Evaluation		Dr. Frame is arrogant. Going to office hours does not help at all, as he is condescending towards you and makes you feel stupid if you don't know what you are doing. The point of office hours is to help your students, not belittle them. He might be a good teacher if he slowed down in lecture and took more time to explain things to students. Also, if you ask a question in class, he doesnt help at all. He just looks at you like you are stupid and is in disbelief that you are doing a problem wrong. His grading is ridiculous too, as he takes points off for EVERY single mistake you make, no matter if you get the actual problem correct. Avoid taking Dr. Frame until he learns what it means to be a teacher

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A General Ed 1:57 pm, Feb 22, 2011 Report Evaluation		Like he won't let you text during class. What a dick.



STAT 252 Senior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 6:13 pm, Jan 24, 2011 Report Evaluation		This was the worst professor that I ever had in my life. Most of my grades are A and B in my school history, 3 Cs, never a D, but it was impossible for me to get a decent grade from this man. No matter how hard I studied, the midterms were as hard as can be. The lectures were presented as if the world was going to end at the next minute, as fast as possible. During lecture, he would throw a ton of formulas at a speed of 1000 mph and then would tell us to resolve several problems within 5 or 10 minutes from a packet created by him, which only him and maybe 3 or 4 other students could understand; the rest of the class looked confused and were unable to answer the assigned questions at the time frame demanded. I found him very intimidating. Not a student friendly professor. He appeared to me as a person acting under a high dose of caffeine, hurry, hurry, hurry! I highly would recommend Professor Olga, she makes Stats enjoyable. Frame makes Stats painful and annoying.

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 1:22 am, Dec 20, 2010 Report Evaluation		Go to class, participate, and do your homework, and when you do all that, make sure you understand the material. If you just do that, its easy to get a good grade in the class. You don\'t necessarily have to do the readings he assigns in the actual statistics book, just make sure you know the material he puts in his own course book. As long as you pay attention and go to class each time, you will succeed in this course. He is also very helpful during office hours, so take advantage of that. Overall, Frame is a really fair and funny teacher. His jokes and attitude will keep you awake and interested in class.

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 5:44 pm, Dec 10, 2010 Report Evaluation		The below comments are ridiculous and not correct. I went to class everyday, and I never saw Dr. Frame humiliate anybody. Dr. Frame telling a student to stop text messaging is not humiliating the student. Dr. Frame asking a student that is not paying attention a question is not humiliating the student. Try showing him some respect first by using the appropriate salutation such as Dr. or Professor - who are you to casually call him Samuel?

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 5:44 pm, Dec 10, 2010 Report Evaluation		The below comments are ridiculous and not correct. I went to class everyday, and I never saw Dr. Frame humiliate anybody. Dr. Frame telling a student to stop text messaging is not humiliating the student. Dr. Frame asking a student that is not paying attention a question is not humiliating the student. Try showing him some respect first by using the appropriate salutation such as Dr. or Professor - who are you to casually call him Samuel?

STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 12:27 am, Dec 10, 2010 Report Evaluation		Samuel is by far the rudest, most immature, and heartless professor I have yet to have at Cal Poly. He takes pleasure in humiliating his students and is down right rude. If you want to take a five day-a-week class from hell then you have a winner with this professor.

STAT 252 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 11:40 am, Dec 8, 2010 Report Evaluation		This class is pretty straightforward. Activities fill up most of the class time, which is nice because it keeps the class moving, and you won\'t get bored. The breakdown for his class is 20% homework (which he randomly collects), 20% for each of the two midterms, and 40% for the final. Don\'t be fooled and think the homework is an easy grade booster. On one of the homework assignments he randomly collected, the class average was a 2 (out of ten) and it wasn\'t because most people did not turn in their homework. That being said, this wasn\'t the case most of the time,he gives you two days to complete the homework, and as long as you go in to office hours and put in time, you will be fine on the homework. He will assign odd homework problems in the book, but your biggest mistake could be to look in the solution manual. On many occasions the solution provided in the manual was wrong. In general, the most difficult aspect of this class was the fact that there were not very many resources. The book is not helpful. As part of the homework he will assign reading from the book, but it\'s not worth your time. Two times I went in to office hours to ask questions about material he had assigned for us to read out of the textbook and when I posed my questions he said he had no idea what that was, and to disregard it. He provides activities in class, but not the solutions, and he won\'t always go over the problems to clarify how you actually solve the problem, so sometimes the class seems a bit ambiguous. The tests are fair for the most part although I found it difficult to study for them because his test questions were a little bit different than the activities we did in class. He really tries to be fair, and is always willing to regrade your test or homework. He comes off as rude, but I don\'t think it\'s intentional. He makes fun of people who ask questions in class, so many of the students in the class were intimidated by him, and wouldn\'t ask questions. If you take this class you can\'t be timid and afraid to ask questions or go in to office hours (where he appears abrupt with you as well). If you take this class just know you\'ll have to have tough skin and work hard.



STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 5:39 pm, Dec 2, 2010 Report Evaluation		Dr. Frame is not an easy teacher and neither is his class. The class is all about knowing how to use the computer program Minitab, and the class notes really help. He is fair, and tells you what you need to do. You have to listent to him and take the class seriously or you will not do well. If you want an easy teacher/class, do not take him.

STAT 312 Junior Grade Earned: C General Ed 11:10 am, Sep 2, 2010 Report Evaluation		I am an Arsenal fan. It didn\'t help my grade one bit.

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: A General Ed 5:15 pm, Aug 28, 2010 Report Evaluation		His only problem is that he is an Arsenal fan. GO MAN U!

STAT 312 Sophomore Grade Earned: F Required (Support) 1:02 pm, Aug 9, 2010 Report Evaluation		ok first things first i don\'t have an iPhone and i have no idea why this site put all the /\'\\/\'\\ stuff and maybe you should read your own post because the same thing happened to you. I also was in the 8am class and showed up everyday, i did every homework assignment and got 10/10 on every \"random\" homework quiz he assigned. i ditched my friends on cinco de mayo so i could lock myself in a room to study for the 50 minute, 8 am test we had the next morning. i did not expect his class to be easy at all, however i did not expect to do all my work, study, show up to class everyday and be given a straight up F.

STAT 312 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 12:25 pm, Jun 25, 2010 Report Evaluation		Frame told our class the first day what he expected and how difficult it would be. Many people didn\'t take the class seriously because it was early (I was in the 8am class), didn\'t come to class, and didn\'t put in any effort. It showed in their grades. I thought the class was fair, well organized, and I learned a lot because I worked hard. If you want an easy teacher, don\'t take Frame. If you want to work, think, and learn then take him. I worked very hard and got an A. If Dr. Frame\'s class was such a joke, why did you get an F? Figure out how to use your iPhone so there isn\'t \"/\"/\"/\"/\" everywhere.

STAT 312 Sophomore Grade Earned: F Required (Support) 4:04 pm, Jun 23, 2010 Report Evaluation		Frame\' class was a joke. we were the first class to use the program \'R\' which overall wasn\'t that difficult to use. he gives \"random\" quizzes for the first 3 weeks of the quarter then gets too lazy to write them any more. his tests were difficult, confusing and nearly impossible to finish during the 50 minute class. the class averaged a F and a D on the midterms and a C- on the final and he doesn\'t help that very much since his \"curve\" bumps grades up about 1%. if you want to waste your time taking a class with an unhelpful, unfriendly teacher frame\'s your man.



STAT 312 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 6:53 pm, Jun 10, 2010 Report Evaluation		If you like teachers that make Columbine jokes and has to smoke a cigarette between each class then take him. Thinks hes the man, which he is clearly not

STAT 312 Freshman Grade Earned: N/A Required (Support) 9:38 pm, Jun 8, 2010 Report Evaluation		We were his first class to use the computer program \"R\" instead of Minitab. To be fair he put together really good lecture notes but he was the most unapproachable man I have ever met in my life. He argued that you didn\'t have to have any prior computer program skills, but I had never seen a program like this so I needed some help in the beginning. I went to his office hours and he acted like I was intruding on something important, but isn\'t the point of office hours to get help?! He makes you feel stupid any time you have a question and then doesn\'t actually answer your question- just tells you to look in your notes again. If he was more approachable, I would have felt more comfortable going to office hours and maybe would have had a genuine interest in the course. Unfortunately that wasn\'t the case and struggled in this class.

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: B General Ed 10:34 pm, May 13, 2010 Report Evaluation		Everyone says Frame is a cool and interesting guy, but all i got was that he was some PTSD loony that worked for the CIA. His tests are pretty difficult but manageable, and his final is not especially traumatizing. However, I would not recommend him AT ALL as I was constantly frustrated at my attempts to contact him by email or in person- even when he\'s saying something totally banal, it sounds like he\'s furious with you. He literally scared the shit out of me and most of the kids in my class. do not even whisper in class...he will tear you a new one. No joke. Save yourself.

STAT 252 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 12:43 pm, Apr 2, 2010 Report Evaluation		The class is very straight-forward, and the lecture notes that he produces for you have everything you need to know. Just attend all the lectures and review his notes thoroughly before classes and you should be fine. He can be funny at times, annoying at others, but other than that he\'s a good professor.

STAT 312 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 8:39 pm, Feb 23, 2009 Report Evaluation		Fair professor...overall a pretty chill guy. You'll do well if you study a good amount before the tests. Came off as a bit arrogant and an ass at times. Will tend to pick on certain people in class. But there are definitely worse professors out there.

STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 5:48 pm, Feb 20, 2009 Report Evaluation		Straight forward class with fair tests. Quality professor. Highly Recommended!



STAT 312 5th Year Senior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 9:28 pm, Dec 20, 2008 Report Evaluation		The first thing he told our class was that unless its about statistics, anything he says should not be taken seriously. I thought he was an awesome teacher, and he is absolutely hilarious. I enjoyed going to class just to hear him joke around. But the guy definitely knows his stuff too. Also, he made a PDF of the entire course notes on Blackboard. Everything I learned and studied from was in the course notes so the book is not needed.

STAT 252 Senior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 1:11 pm, Aug 23, 2008 Report Evaluation		As for the stats 252 as a whole, I found it much easier than 251. The class is basally just learning to use Minitab (a computer program similar to excel). It does all the work for you. You just need to know how to use it. As for Dr. Frame, he was overall a great professor. When I took him in the spring he weighted homework and three test equally (each 25% of your grade). I have to admit I wasn’t great at the homework part and was five points shy of a pass in the class. When I retook the class with him in the summer he changed things up and just had four equally weighted tests (if he does this again, don’t bother with the textbook, we never used it). I was able to scrape by with a B-. Anyways, he put a lot of effort into his lectures and it showed. Handouts made great references and gave step-by-step directions on using Minitab. For activities and tests he posted the solutions online afterwards, which made studying easy. Furthermore, for the midterms he gave out past tests/solutions which also made for a great study aide. However, like the person before me mentioned, STUDY FOR THE FINAL, he does not give you any study aides, you just have to know your stuff.

STAT 251 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 5:19 pm, Aug 18, 2008 Report Evaluation		frame is fucking sick!!! he would work out any questions you had in class on the board. his test were somewhat difficult but as long as you study and do the assignments you will do fine. he made learning stats (ick!) interesting and fun because he is such a cool guy! TAKE FRAME ANY OPPORTUNITY YOU GET!!

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 8:53 pm, Jun 25, 2008 Report Evaluation		frame is a really laidback guy but i'd have to say he lacks the ability to really answer students questions. hes unhelpful in office hours and in class but overall... the class wasnt bad at all. its actaully pretty easy. you use minitab for almost everything so its bascially learning how to use a program to do the math for you and interpreting it. the only reason i got a C wwas because of the final. i went into the final with a solid B in the class and getting Bs on both midterms but the final screwed me over. so all i have to say is STUDY FO RHTE FINAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

STAT 252 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 5:18 pm, Apr 7, 2008 Report Evaluation		He knows his stuff, but he doesn't convey it to his students very well. He uses PDF slides for his lectures that he controls and flips through so fast so if you didn't finish copying something, tough luck. He goes into a lot of theory stuff in his lectures that you do not need to know. Basically sit through his lectures, write down basic things like equations, then work on the activities and do the homework. All you need to know for his class is HOW to do the problems on Minitab. He's not very helpful when you ask him a question, you have to teach yourself how to do things, or ask your classmates. If you have a Mac, you HAVE to buy Parallels or Fusion for your computer so you can run Minitab. I thought I would be dedicated enough to go to the lab EVERYDAY to do the hw that was assigned EVERYDAY, but of course I wasn't. Your call.

STAT 252 Freshman Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 9:44 pm, Mar 31, 2008 Report Evaluation		Frame was fun to listen too, and it is not that bad to sit through this lectures. There are two midterms, homework that is due in two classes later, and a cumulative final. However I found him a bit arrogant, when we asked him a question he would sometimes just walk away in the middle, wouldn't answer it, or he would be like look in the notes and even if you did already he doesn't answer it for you. His final had too many questions for the amount of time he gave you also.



STAT 252 Freshman Grade Earned: A Required (Major) 2:21 pm, Mar 20, 2008 Report Evaluation		This was one of the better classes I have taken at Poly. Samuel actually presented the material in an understandable manner and he was always available for office hours. I had him pretty early in the morning but he was so energetic that I was somehow able to pay attention. His tests are fair, he lets you know what will be on it and he allows notes. His grading is also fair too. If you try, you will do well...Do all of the homework! It pays off.

STAT 252 Senior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 3:35 am, Mar 20, 2008 Report Evaluation		Frame, Tottenham will rise to power, eventually. Woodgate wants a taste of arsenal blood.Frame is a good teacher, funny, knows his shit gives decent work load, be prepared for smart ass responses. He used to work at Marti's downtown. Ask about max beerbaum aka"beerbong"

STAT 217 Sophomore Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 1:16 am, Mar 8, 2008 Report Evaluation		I loved Professor Frame's class. He's just out of college and know being a student can suck. His lectures are to the point and he manages time well with lectures. You get to use notes on the tests and quizzes are just questions from the homework. His sense of humor too just kept class interesting. He's kind of addicted to smoking though and during exams had to leave the room to smoke--sometimes more than once. I see him walking around campus all the time just rocking out to his ipod. He made class fun overall and I had no problem understanding the material. Hah, and he works at Farmers on Thursday at a bbq booth--just for fun. I'd take another stats class just to have him as a teacher again.

STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: C Required (Support) 10:07 am, Feb 24, 2008 Report Evaluation		Sam Frame is bad-ass with a head full of statistics. I took this course for 5 weeks over the summer and heard him say - on numerous occassions - that statistics is sexy. He even rated certain aspects of statistics on a 1-10 sexy scale. Time series made him mess his pants. Sometimes he would walk into class with his iPod in his ears and then ask the class what song he was listening to. He calls students "dude." But, if you get out of line (as in, talk too much), he'll put you down and shut you up. He teaches fast and to the point. He is very energetic. We spent all of our time in the lab, not the classroom as the schedule had it. Quizzes and a couple tests. He let us either take our grade up to the final or take the final and try to improve our overall grade (though your overall grade would not be lowered). This may be just something he does for the summer - not sure. My only issue with him is that he was intimidating. He was so quick and blunt that I was kind of afraid to ask him for help. He is more than willing to help, but his I just got out of the masters program from UCSB and you can tell I like to party attitude kept me from talking to him much haha. He gives out note packets which are really helpful. He is also currently working on a project that will rip $50mil off the market at one time. He also has real experience in the work-field which he says most stats profs do not. I think he might have done some government work too. He works at a Farmer's Market bbq also. He knows stats like the back of his hand and loves it. Cool dude.

STAT 322 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 8:31 pm, Feb 4, 2008 Report Evaluation		Despite all the positive ratings, i strongly disliked Dr. Frame. Perhaps he has completely changed his demeanor and has begun to actually teach. Regardless, I would never take a class from him again, despite the fact that i got a good grade in his course.

STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 12:18 pm, Jan 26, 2008 Report Evaluation		Samuel Frame is a terrific teacher. Manchester United Rules (down with Arsenal)



STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 9:33 pm, Jan 16, 2008 Report Evaluation		Frame is probably one of the best teachers I've had in a long time. If you pay attention to his powerpoints and do the homework you'll have an easy time. The homework is pretty straightforward and he gives less and less as the quarter goes on. There was maybe one quiz in the second half of the quarter; he would just give in class assignments that would could as hw quizzes. Don't bother asking him questions after his lecture though, he will frustrate you by telling you to look back to his powerpoints which he thinks explains everything. Ask people around you, or ask questions during lecture, when he will actually address your question. I had him at 8am, five days a week. I made it to every class because the guy is awesome. He's the cockiest piece of shit I've ever met, but its pretty funny once you get used to it. Friday mornings were either canceled or very relaxed as he worked off his whiskey hangovers. Despite his flaws, the guy knows his shit and you will too.

STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: A Required (Support) 6:47 pm, Dec 14, 2007 Report Evaluation		Dr. Frame is pretty good. He is a little into himself and believes that the job he had in grad school qualifies him as a professor with real world experience, but no big deal. I liked his 252 because it is up to date. He used Minitab extensively, and after talking to others about their 252 professors, I saw that Frame was definitely more concerned with application and analyzation than he was with the details. In today's world, there are always statisticians and computers to "crunch the numbers," and the important thing becomes understanding the results you are looking at, at least I think so. This is what Frame teaches - understanding how to take statistics and make them useful. I also don't think I cracked the book, as his powerpoints and lectures teach you everything you need to know. Just go over the powerpoint problems as they match closely to what he tests on. I would recommend this professor if you are interested in learning how to use statistics and not just how to get answers.

STAT 252 Junior Grade Earned: B Required (Support) 11:36 pm, Dec 11, 2007 Report Evaluation		Well I a feel that Dr. Frame has awesome talent. His methods of teaching CAN be effective, he teaches from all powerpoint, utilizing MiniTab and an activity to practice the material at the end of each class. I enjoyed that routine greatly...however because it was as if we were just watching him do the problems, since they are all on the computer screen in front of us when the activity came around I felt a bit lost. When I would ask a question I felt like he would mock my question and be cold in his answer. That bugged me, I felt like there was no way to confront him on the material. But his quizzes(25% of the grade) are all out of the homework (meaning if you just use your solutions manual at the very least you will succeed) and the homework load is extremely light. His tests are fair and out of the material, but beware on the second test to make sure you know how to correctly state the answers, that hurt me. His quizzes are random, so again if you don't do the already light homework, it will bite you. I am stoked with the grade I got, because the final for me was not what I expected, I was ill prepared...and he pulled through for me. It seems that he gets frustrated with teaching the students who just show up because they have too but he enjoys the subject. I had him at 7 a.m. and that was a challenge for him and us, but overall I highly recommend him.

STAT 252 Senior Grade Earned: C Required (Major) 6:51 pm, Dec 7, 2007 Report Evaluation		Dr. Frame is a really fun guy, no question there, I had him at 8am and I was still entertained. Sometimes he covers material pretty fast and you are left sitting there going "wait...what just happened?" But for an 8am statistics class, I wouldn't have wanted anyone else.

STAT 252 Sophomore Grade Earned: B Required (Major) 7:13 pm, Dec 20, 2006 Report Evaluation		AWESOME TEACHER!! He went to cal poly for undergrad and then UCSB for graduate work and worked for the gov. and did all this exciting stuff...so hes super knowledgeable, except sometimes, because he knows exactly what hes talking about and you dont, he might seem to be rushing a little bit through lecture. There are labs once a week, which are basically just getting into groups and doing problems which he is totally willing to help you out with and they are actually a big part of your grade which is good, cuz that's where i learned the most. Using minitab for everything was kinda hard but as long as you learn how to interpret exactly what your looking at youll be fine...he expalains exactly how he wants everything written which is nice and is totally helpful if you ever have any questions...PS--> hes super hot...which means he looks and acts exactly like dane cook which makes class extremely worthwhile :)

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