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Michael H.

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All levels of undergraduate mathematics and statistics
All levels of undergraduate mathematics and statistics
Michael H.

3,266 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

3,266 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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I have a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota with a major in statistics and a minor in mathematics. I have taught several universities ranging from a open-admissions institution to M.I.T. (where I had a three-year appointment), and also including several state universities.

I am more interested in helping students who want to understand than those who want to compete for test scores and grades.

I can tutor students not only in the math section of the GRE, but also in the material of the...

I have a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota with a major in statistics and a minor in mathematics. I have taught several universities ranging from a open-admissions institution to M.I.T. (where I had a three-year appointment), and also including several state universities.

I am more interested in helping students who want to understand than those who want to compete for test scores and grades.

I can tutor students not only in the math section of the GRE, but also in the material of the GRE advanced test in mathematics.

I have taught mathematics and statistics at nine universities in four states, ranging from M.I.T. (as a Lecturer in Applied Mathematics with a temporary appointment) to two open-admissions universities and including the University of Minnesota as an adjunct some years after getting my degree there.

I have tutored hundreds of students in mathematics and statistics ranging from high-school algebra to advanced calculus. Courses have included elementary algebra, trigonometry, geometry, calculus at first- and second-year and advanced levels, abstract algebra, introductory number theory, and other subjects.

Probably more than half the students I have tutored have been taking first-year calculus.


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University of Minnesota
Mathematics
University of Minnesota
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Business

GRE

Corporate Training

Statistics,

Statistics

I have a Ph.D. in statistics and have taught various sorts of probability and statistics courses, including introductory courses requiring very little mathematics, courses relying on algebra or calculus, theory of statistics courses, a course on applications of linear algebra to statistics, and courses in which software is used to analyze data.
Grammar

Elementary Education

Elementary Math, Grammar

English

Grammar

Homeschool

Calculus,

Calculus

I have taught first-year calculus, second-year calculus (multivariable calculus, etc.), and advanced calculus at several universities. Unlike most who have done that, I have tutored hundreds of students in those courses.
Physics,

Physics

My instruction of students in physics has occurred in two settings: (1) dealing with applications of mathematics to physics while teaching mathematics or doing one-to-one tutoring of students in mathematics; and (2) tutoring some students in physics courses. The first of these has ranged from explaining high-school-level physics problems to explaining how principles of physics lead to differential equations whose solutions are Bessel functions (that last in an advanced calculus course for graduate students in engineering).
Statistics,

Statistics

I have a Ph.D. in statistics and have taught various sorts of probability and statistics courses, including introductory courses requiring very little mathematics, courses relying on algebra or calculus, theory of statistics courses, a course on applications of linear algebra to statistics, and courses in which software is used to analyze data.
Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Prealgebra, Precalculus, SAT Math

Math

Biostatistics,

Biostatistics

In the course of earning a Ph.D. in statistics I took a variety of graduate-level applied statistics courses that covered techniques used in biostatistics among other things. Since then I have done some work in collaboration with a medical doctor on statistics relevant to data arising in genetics. The biostatistics courses for which students most often seek tutoring cover material I have taught at several universities.
Calculus,

Calculus

I have taught first-year calculus, second-year calculus (multivariable calculus, etc.), and advanced calculus at several universities. Unlike most who have done that, I have tutored hundreds of students in those courses.
Differential Equations,

Differential Equations

About half of a course I once taught titled "advanced calculus for engineers" treated differential equations. My other work with students on differential equations is in tutoring in second-year calculus courses and teaching discussion sections in such courses.
Discrete Math,

Discrete Math

I have taught a discrete mathematics course requiring first-semester calculus as a prerequisite and that was required as a prerequisite for computer science. I have taken an interest in combinatorics that includes some years of regular attendance at combinatorics seminars and have published one paper in a combinatorics journal. Among topics that I report as "discrete mathematics" when tutoring via Wyzant are first-year abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, homomorphisms) elementary number theory, combinatorics, and the discrete math topics that are conventionally required of computer science majors.
Finite Math,

Finite Math

I have taught finite math courses including material on Markov chains, the simplex algorithm in linear programming, dual problems in linear programming, some basic probability, and other topics.
Linear Algebra,

Linear Algebra

I have taught two different sorts of linear algebra courses: a standard introductory course and a course on applications of linear algebra to statistics. I have tutored dozens students in linear algebra (matrices, linear transformations, linear independence, rank, nullity, Gaussian elimination, determinants, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, applications to systems of linear differential equations, etc.). I have taken graduate courses on applications of linear algebra to statistics, including including a linear statistical models, Wishart distributions, statistical uses of singular value decompositions, etc.
Logic,

Logic

I have a Ph.D. with a minor in mathematics and a major in statistics, having switched degree programs from mathematics to statistics. While a graduate student in mathematics, I took a number of mathematical logic courses. I have taught far more elementary things in logic in a discrete mathematics course I taught, and with some of the hundreds of students I have tutored I have done tutoring in elementary logic.
Physics,

Physics

My instruction of students in physics has occurred in two settings: (1) dealing with applications of mathematics to physics while teaching mathematics or doing one-to-one tutoring of students in mathematics; and (2) tutoring some students in physics courses. The first of these has ranged from explaining high-school-level physics problems to explaining how principles of physics lead to differential equations whose solutions are Bessel functions (that last in an advanced calculus course for graduate students in engineering).
Probability,

Probability

I have a Ph.D. with a major in statistics and a minor in mathematics and I have taught probability and statistics at several institutions and done one-to-one tutoring with many students in those subjects.
Statistics,

Statistics

I have a Ph.D. in statistics and have taught various sorts of probability and statistics courses, including introductory courses requiring very little mathematics, courses relying on algebra or calculus, theory of statistics courses, a course on applications of linear algebra to statistics, and courses in which software is used to analyze data.
ACT Math, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Prealgebra, Precalculus, SAT Math, Trigonometry

Most Popular

Calculus,

Calculus

I have taught first-year calculus, second-year calculus (multivariable calculus, etc.), and advanced calculus at several universities. Unlike most who have done that, I have tutored hundreds of students in those courses.
Physics,

Physics

My instruction of students in physics has occurred in two settings: (1) dealing with applications of mathematics to physics while teaching mathematics or doing one-to-one tutoring of students in mathematics; and (2) tutoring some students in physics courses. The first of these has ranged from explaining high-school-level physics problems to explaining how principles of physics lead to differential equations whose solutions are Bessel functions (that last in an advanced calculus course for graduate students in engineering).
Statistics,

Statistics

I have a Ph.D. in statistics and have taught various sorts of probability and statistics courses, including introductory courses requiring very little mathematics, courses relying on algebra or calculus, theory of statistics courses, a course on applications of linear algebra to statistics, and courses in which software is used to analyze data.
Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Prealgebra, Precalculus

Science

Biostatistics,

Biostatistics

In the course of earning a Ph.D. in statistics I took a variety of graduate-level applied statistics courses that covered techniques used in biostatistics among other things. Since then I have done some work in collaboration with a medical doctor on statistics relevant to data arising in genetics. The biostatistics courses for which students most often seek tutoring cover material I have taught at several universities.
Physics

Physics

My instruction of students in physics has occurred in two settings: (1) dealing with applications of mathematics to physics while teaching mathematics or doing one-to-one tutoring of students in mathematics; and (2) tutoring some students in physics courses. The first of these has ranged from explaining high-school-level physics problems to explaining how principles of physics lead to differential equations whose solutions are Bessel functions (that last in an advanced calculus course for graduate students in engineering).

Summer

Calculus,

Calculus

I have taught first-year calculus, second-year calculus (multivariable calculus, etc.), and advanced calculus at several universities. Unlike most who have done that, I have tutored hundreds of students in those courses.
Physics,

Physics

My instruction of students in physics has occurred in two settings: (1) dealing with applications of mathematics to physics while teaching mathematics or doing one-to-one tutoring of students in mathematics; and (2) tutoring some students in physics courses. The first of these has ranged from explaining high-school-level physics problems to explaining how principles of physics lead to differential equations whose solutions are Bessel functions (that last in an advanced calculus course for graduate students in engineering).
Statistics,

Statistics

I have a Ph.D. in statistics and have taught various sorts of probability and statistics courses, including introductory courses requiring very little mathematics, courses relying on algebra or calculus, theory of statistics courses, a course on applications of linear algebra to statistics, and courses in which software is used to analyze data.
Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, SAT Math

Test Preparation

ACT Math, GRE, SAT Math

Examples of Expertise


Michael has provided examples of their subject expertise by answering 23 questions submitted by students on Wyzant’s Ask an Expert.

Ratings and Reviews


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4.8 (798 ratings)
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Reviews

He is very knowledgeable as well as very methodical

He explains the problem in a step-by-step manner, so you can understand how to solve the problem. He uses the whiteboard very efficiently and saves the session material and allows me to have it.

Yangcha, 1 lesson with Michael

Very helpful

The first half of the lesson or so was a bit shaky, mainly because time constraints meant that we couldn't go over data relevant to the lesson in advance, but after that hurdle, things picked up pretty readily. He did a good job helping me out with stuff that I was stuck on, allowing them to make more sense. Overall, I'd say that working with him was very productive and helpful.

Okhee, 12 lessons with Michael

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

Michael taught me a lot in an hour. He’s very friendly and knowledgeable. He taught me thoroughly and the questions started making sense to me. When he teaches he goes step by step teaching me how to do this how to do that

Alby, 3 lessons with Michael

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

Advanced statistics. Theory and application parameter estimation. Rayleigh Distribution, Exponential Distribution Family, Gamma Distribution, manipulation of exponential distributions. Log-Likelihood functions.

Terry, 33 lessons with Michael

Michael was knowledgeable and was able to guide me in a very detailed and concise ways.

First we looked at how to answer some fairly open-ended questions about the nature of statistical inference. Then we looked at some that were mathematical problems. Several of these involved the equivariance of maximum likelihood estimation. Michael and I went over all the questions and Michael was able to address each question with an open mind. Michael was very thoughtful and very conscious to what the question was asking for. I am definitely looking forward in using his services for my class and classes for this semester. I recommend Michael as a tutor to anyone that is looking for a very thoughtful and conscious tutor.

Rafael, 4 lessons with Michael

Knowledgable/patient tutor

He is knowledgeable, patient. I wish we covered more problems, but the problems we focused I learned from the interaction experience. I should have shared my attempts to the problem a priori, so for not having that before hand, I was very impressed. I only had 1 session with him thus far.

Christian, 34 lessons with Michael

Extremely smart guy!

He really is knowledgeable! Even when the assigment is ambiguos, he has ways to figure out exatly what they are asking for. And the fact that he explains as he goes makes it really easy to follow. He is my go-to resource for graduate stats

Francesco, 5 lessons with Michael

Great Tutor

Michael is an excellent tutor. He helped my son through his Discrete Math class. He took all challenging questions and explained them in the most meticulous manner. He is also very flexible in short notice sessions. Thank you Michael for helping my son through such a challenging course, it is truly appreciated.

Denisse, 3 lessons with Michael

Excellent and Patient Tutor

Mr. Michael is an excellent tutor with great knowledge and an understanding for higher level math courses. He is extremely patient and thorough with his explanations. I am currently taking a college level Advanced Linear and Complex Variables course which naturally covers many tough topics. I was very confused and lost at first. But, after having a few sessions with Mr. Michael, I am more confident with my ability to solve questions in this course and am understanding the course's hard concepts much better. I recommend Mr. Michael to any student who is looking to understand a concept better and to improve as a student.

Lillian, 16 lessons with Michael

Efficient and knowledgable

Went over some Probability problems which Michael only needed to look at for a few seconds and then would start to talk me through it. Will definitely use Michael again if I get stuck.

Anonymous, 6 lessons with Michael
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