which is the better statistics class to take?

The one taught by Akers, I say.

stat 217 is harder but its taught by akers so its worth it

Stat 213. Project completion=A

217 with Akers was an amazing class. Its not particularly difficult either, not that that would matter... Akers teaches it.

When I took 215, it was easy as sin. You pretty much look up values on a few tables and plug them into equations. It was a pretty standard math course in that you'd do a chapter, work some problems, take a test, repeat.