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Basic Stochastic Processes, MVE170, MSG800, TMS125, MSG860

1. What program do you attend?*

Engineering Physics/Mathematics (bachelor)»		10		34%
Industrial Engineering and Management»		16		55%
Other (please state below)»		3		10%

Genomsnitt: 1.75

- exchange student» (Industrial Engineering and Management)
- Pi student, chalmers» (Other (please state below))
- Electrical Engineering» (Other (please state below))
- No program» (Other (please state below))

Your own effort

2. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

29 svarande

<5 hours/week»		9		31%
Around 10 hours/week»		11		37%
Around 15 hours/week»		8		27%
>20 hours/week»		1		3%

Genomsnitt: 2.03

- It was too easy I didnt feel the need to study that much.» (<5 hours/week)
- Lectures + home exam» (Around 10 hours/week)
- Då är inte tentaplugg och hemtentorna inräknade. Med hemtentorna satt vi minst 8h per dag.» (Around 10 hours/week)
- Not more than 15» (Around 15 hours/week)

3. Attendance on lectures

29 svarande

<25%»		6		20%
25-50%»		1		3%
50-75%»		1		3%
>75%»		21		72%

Genomsnitt: 3.27

- Got more and more interesting toward the end» (>75%)
- I attended at every class, but Im sad to say that I didnt learn so many new things. The course was too easy and it didnt really feel like a challange at all. It just felt like repetition.» (>75%)
- Great lectures! Presented in an interesting way with mainly real world applications.» (>75%)

Teaching and course administration

4. To what extent did the teaching help in your learning?

Small extent»		5		17%
Some extent»		8		27%
Large extent»		9		31%
Great extent»		7		24%

Genomsnitt: 2.62

- As I said, because I basically knew everything from the beginning neither the teacher nor the study material contributed to my learning...because there were nothing to learn really.» (Small extent)
- I really like Rosita"s lectures but since I hardly attended any they didn"t really help me. I"m simply the night-working type described in home-exam part 2 but with an even higher probability of skipping class :-)» (Small extent)
- I read the course literature in advance, hence the lectures contributed only somewhat to my understanding of the subject. If I wouldn"t have read in advance I expect the teaching would have made a much more significant contribution to my understanding.» (Some extent)
- The last home exam was pretty easy (haven"t got the result yet tho) with the lectures at by back.» (Large extent)
- Med bara boken hade det aldrig gått, men den är ett bra kompliment.» (Large extent)
- It was tough in the beginning, due to the lack of knowledge in the subject, but after a while it felt better and you got more out of the lectures» (Large extent)
- Lärde mig mycket på lektionerna men de gick för långsamt. För få saker gicks igenom för detaljerat. För många exempel som behandlade samma sak.» (Great extent)
- Main reason for spending so little time on the course was due to the good teaching during class.» (Great extent)

5. To what extent did the course literature and other material help in your learning?

Small extent»		4		13%
Some extent»		6		20%
Large extent»		13		44%
Great extent»		6		20%

Genomsnitt: 2.72

- See the answer above.» (Small extent)
- with very little knowledge of probability theory, the book was too hard for me. Also, the fact that there were no answers provided for the problems i found quite annoying» (Small extent)
- Used the book in the home examination and in writing the proofs, other than that my use of the book was limited..» (Some extent)
- Essential to completing the home exams, and as a complementary during lectures.» (Large extent)
- Som sagt, bra kompliment.» (Large extent)
- Not only were the lectures really good but so was the course litterature!» (Great extent)
- Very good course literature at a readable level of complexity. Illustrative examples. The big disadvantage was the lack of answers to exercises.» (Great extent)

6. Was the course literature worth its price?

29 svarande

1 (not worth it)»		3		15%
2»		4		21%
3»		4		21%
4»		7		36%
5 (well worth it)»		1		5%
Did not buy the litterature»		10

Genomsnitt: 2.94

- Well...it felt like a damn waste of money.» (1 (not worth it))
- it was possible to download it, and i wish i did that...» (1 (not worth it))
- too high price of the book also because the needed parts were less than 50% of the entire book» (2)
- It was alright, but I had more use of my notes» (3)
- Good to have, although all relevant material is presented in class. Needed to be able to study ahead. » (3)
- Jag hade den som pdf på datorn» (Did not buy the litterature)
- Got the literature from the library» (Did not buy the litterature)

7. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

Very badly»		1		3%
Rather badly»		6		20%
Rather well»		15		51%
Very well»		7		24%

Genomsnitt: 2.96

- Not much info and news on homepage» (Rather badly)
- not too many communication, notice and solved or done problems» (Rather badly)
- No news on the home page. For example, another course member missed that the date for the second home examination was moved.» (Rather badly)
- This is the only bad part about the course. The dates for the home-exam were altered without any clear notice and home-exam 2 was even changed without any clear statement!» (Rather badly)
- Abit slow with the correct answers for the first home examination, other than that good.» (Rather well)
- No solutions to problems! This was annoying, I like solivng problems at home.» (Rather well)
- Web pages provided enough information. A "news" section would not have hurt (for example informing about the error and subsequent change of problem statement for THE2).» (Rather well)
- Very good page, even though I barely used it.» (Very well)

Study climate

8. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Very poor»		0		0%
Rather poor»		6		20%
Rather good»		6		20%
Very good»		11		37%
I did not seek help»		6		20%

Genomsnitt: 3.58

- No real exercise-hours.» (Rather poor)
- It went fast forward and it was very sad that we from I didn´,t have the same opportunities from the beginning.» (Rather poor)
- If we had at least one "räkneövning" a week, that would have helped a lot. Since our (us from I) level was so much lower than the rest of the class, I don"t think any of us felt comfortable asking a lot of questions in class» (Rather poor)
- mayby there could be one hour each week were we could ask questions about solved problems.» (Rather good)

9. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

Very poorly»		1		3%
Rather poorly»		0		0%
Rather well»		8		27%
Very well»		15		51%
I did not seek cooperation»		5		17%

Genomsnitt: 3.79

- For me (and I guess the others from I too), half the course was attending the lectures while the other half was discussing the problems with others. » (Very well)

10. How was the course workload?

1 (Too low)»		5		17%
2»		5		17%
3»		13		44%
4»		5		17%
5 (Too high)»		1		3%

Genomsnitt: 2.72

- The home exams took some time. But didn"t need to study at all besides that.» (2)
- One of the easier courses I have taken at Chalmers. I fully understand that the level is adjusted so that everyone can grasp the material.» (2)
- Det kom klumpvis, i och med att man kan klara sig utan att egentligen "förstå" så blir det tyngst inför hemtentorna då vi la ner mycket tid. » (3)
- A tough start.» (4)
- Too high for the take homes, which were quite stressful, otherwise it wasn"t all that bad» (5 (Too high))

Home exams/Exam

11. What did you think of the home exams?

12. To what extent did you discuss the home exams with fellow students?

None»		9		31%
To some extent»		12		41%
To a great extent»		8		27%

Genomsnitt: 1.96

- I suppose the question refers to discussing the exam after handing it in. Speaking of which, I think that the cases of collaboration on the exams should have been dealt with much more harshly. It is completely unacceptable that people were allowed to cheat on the exams.» (None)
- I learn a lot through discussion, and even though my solutions are entirely mine and very well understood by me, they are without doubt influenced by my classmates" solutions.» (To a great extent)
- I never did any solution together with my fellow students and I never copied someone elses work. I did however discuss which method seems reasonable to use to solve problems. I also compared numbers to spot pure calculation errors.» (To a great extent)
- As my goal was to learn Stochastic processes, I did discuss the home exams with fellow students, since I find that very rewarding.» (To a great extent)

13. How well did the written examination represent the contents of the course?

1 (Not at all)»		1		4%
2»		2		8%
3»		5		20%
4»		12		50%
5 (Very well)»		4		16%
I did not participate»		5

Genomsnitt: 3.66 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- The written exam was even easier than the home exams, it was like a joke. 2 extremely easy proofs and 2 extremely easy problems.» (1 (Not at all))
- Svårt att säga när vi inte är vana med bevis i den utsträckningen, var iof sig bra för oss i:are i och med att det var de som gjorde att de flesta av oss hade en chans.» (2)
- I think the proofs chosen could have been harder» (3)
- I think the exam was very good given that it was a two-hour exam. I would personally have preferred a longer exam with more problems, though not necessarily more difficult, to reduce the variance in results.» (5 (Very well))
Genomsnitt totalt för detta stycke: 3.66

Summarizing questions

14. At what level of difficulty did you find the course?

Too easy»		4		13%
Easy»		4		13%
What we in Sweden call "lagom"»		6		20%
Difficult»		8		27%
Too difficult»		7		24%

Genomsnitt: 3.34

- Used to a lot tougher than this, and considering how interesting and fun stochastic processes are and can be presented as, I honestly wish for a higher speed and a broader content for next year.» (Too easy)
- Probably the easiest course on Chalmers.» (Too easy)
- Again, I fully realize that the pace is restricted by the heterogeneity of the students.» (Easy)
- Challenging in the way that it requires a lot of work in the beginning.» (What we in Sweden call "lagom")
- det är synd att vi blir tvungna att läsa en kurs vi inte har förkunskaper till, det märks att det är stora skilnader i kunskap mellan alla som läser kursen(mellan programmen)» (Difficult)
- Depending on the fact the my preknowledge was limited, if it wouldve been better, it would probably had been "lagom"» (Difficult)
- We didn´,t have the basic knowledge.» (Too difficult)
- I still passed, probably with a descent grade, but unfortuntely i didn"t learn that much» (Too difficult)

15. How well did the course fullfill your expectations?

1 (not at all)»		3		10%
2»		5		17%
3»		11		39%
4»		6		21%
5 (very well)»		3		10%

Genomsnitt: 3.03 (bidrar till totalt genomsnitt/jämförelseindex)

- Jag läser kursen via min teknikbas finansiell matematik. Kursen var där beskriven åt det finansiella hållet, t.ex. aktiernas flukterationer är stokastika osv. I kursen var det inget alls med detta.» (2)
- Det var kul när man väl förstod, men det hade varit bättre om det gör om till nästa år. » (3)
- I was a bit sceptic about this subject at first but I have a positive picture of it now.» (4)
- I knew that it was hard, but not that hard and without basic knowledge.» (4)

16. What is your general impression of the course?

Poor»		1		3%
Fair»		5		17%
Adequate»		5		17%
Good»		14		48%
Excellent»		4		13%

Genomsnitt: 3.51

- Not because of the teacher, she is very sweet. but to put us in that class was quite insane to me» (Poor)
- För enkel.» (Fair)
- Hade hoppats på en mera finansiell inriktning.» (Adequate)
- Rossitza did a good teaching and have great understanding of students. » (Good)
- great enthusiastic teacher» (Good)
- Well the course itself is excellent, but to easy» (Excellent)

17. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

18. What should definitely be changed to next year?

19. Additional comments

* obligatoriska frågor