Avoid this professor!!!

Not very good

Not business oriented enough.

Class isn't worth it if you aren't in economics. He would be GREAT for students in Economics.

**** personality. Give grades based on his personal liking not based on merit, hard work or assesment.

He is totaly not a nice guy. Class lectures are irrelevant and he is very biased in your grages. if you miss one day of class, he holds it against you even if your kid is ill. He doesn't explain well, his graduate assistant is way better.

I wished I could understand what he is saying, cause I can't. He talks most of the class period and doesn't accoplish anything, when he leaves he seems mad. Few understand what he is doind, I suppose he is too smart for society.

This guy is a complete hypocrit. HE says that he wants you to take short cuts for exams then accused my whole class of cheating and took off a lot of points for nothing. He is aan arrogant ****.

Not very good. What does being a regents professor have to do with teaching stats?

Why doesn't he teach in Econ. like he is trained? He is a nice person but as a non-econ. major I wouldn't want to take him again.

I would suggest taking someone else who is a better teacher.

I have heard more than I want to about him being a Regents professor - educate, don't brag.

Not impressed with his willingess to help students. SHould consider retiring.

He cares about some students but watch out if you get on his bad side. Why not go back to UNT.

very knowledgeable about the subject matter, but has poor organization skills and lacks clarity in his teaching style

I thought that I would like his class until I actually had him and it was more about him and what he has done than learning stats. Being a Regents prof. is fine - but PLEASE ACTUALLY TEACH.

He is a very bright person but not much in the way of an educator.

Worst professor I ever had!

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For an online teacher, very inflexible. His posts/email responses do not answer the question asked. Does not allow the use of excel.

Required to purchase his class notes book not a text book. Prof is not helpful at all, will not give you old test back. Very hard to learn from.

I got an A, but this guy is horrible. Throw the syllabus out the window, it's useless. He is a hypocrite and reverses himself constantly. He'd rather talk about football than help anyone. He will not tell you what you did wrong on exams, or help you at all. I had 2 stat classes as an undergrad, so this class was largely remedial to me.

This was the most frustrating and complicated classes I've ever taken. Worthless syllabus and prof adds assignments last minute. The class notes are not useful for Online class and are completely incomprehensible. Test scores/answers go into black whole. Prof. give no respect and treats them like HS students. Tests took insane hours to do complete.

Worst academic experience of my life. In class he may be okay but online he is worthless. Does not answer questions; tests take 15+ hours to complete. His class notes are terrible and riddled with mistakes. Some students kissed up to him so much it was disgusting. I left the school because of this one guy. What a disappointment.

This guy sucks if you take him you will be upset. All te posts that praise him are false contact other TAMU-C students that have taken him in the past for the truth. His Ego is so big I think he probably makes his assistants post good things. If you dont trust me take the class and enjoy!!

This guy is a joke trust me stay away all of the assistants are writing the one line reviews. He is full of himself and will not let you see what you missed on exams. Trust me stay away!! If not good luck..

He is political. He is very rude and arrogant too. I did not take his class because he refused to let me sit in it! The department head at that time tried to ask him but he refused the department head! By Universit rules I could sit in his calss as I had an incopmplete in other stats class. But he would not budge. Very rude man, unpleasant to deal.

Arrogant, rude. Probabably top ten arrogant, rude man. This university is not Texas A@m but East Texas State or East Texas State.

Graduated with MBA already and wish I would have discovered this site. Dr. Arize was the worst I took online class and his notes were written by a 4 year old. Stay away most other instructors online were great. Good luck Choose someone else this guy is a JOKE!!!

As what others have already said, Prof Arize doesn't teach, at least not in his online class. I realize this is a graduate class that I took, but that doesn't mean that I am not paying the University for someone to teach me Business Statistics. If you can, choose someone else, or buy a good stats book and teach yourself.

Does not respond to students well.

He doesn't teach. You buy his $75 dollar book and teach yourself. I had to drop before i failed.

WORST professor ever, very rude, teaches nothing and will not respond to any questions (I sent him 4 emails over the course of 3 weeks and he still has never responded. His exams were all about 18 pages long and you don?t get them back so you have no idea what you did right or wrong. Very standoffish and arrogant, you will learn nothing.

You cant call this guy a professor because that would imply that he actually taught something. His approach is to make you buy his book and then teach yourself. He has ZERO people skills and truly cares less about his students. The only communication all semester will be from his assistants.

He graduate from a crappy school - University of Central arkansas. Why do you expect he is going to be a good teacher? He has no people skills at all. You buy his book and you study yourself and then you take his three exams - 8 hours, 8 hour, and 10 hours exams! Why waste money by taking him, teach yourself and then taking so called exams?

The worst professor I have had in over 180 hours of college classes. He writes his own book (you must buy), which is terrible. The organization of the book is very difficult to follow. I reverted back to my undergrad Stats books... He does not effectively respond to questions. You basically buy the book, read the book, and take the test...

Amazingly abysmal instructor. He may know the material, but he's useless if you're trying to learn it. Better suited to a consulting firm or anything that doesn't involve interaction with others. The textbook (written by him) is a joke for instructional purposes. It was little more than a self-study course.

Worst professor ever. He gave extra credit for showing receipt for buying his textbook. Clearly only interested in the money. After looking through ratings I find it interesting that there are multiple ratings around the same times that have the same words misspelled and use language in the same manner. Are his assistants writing reviews? Run away.

What a waste of money! No "teaching", all "reading the book (self-published) and taking incredibly lengthy (12+ hr) tests". Asked for project to be returned before the end of the semester, so I could determine what my grade would be, and was denied. So, it will be a surprise! Might have been an interesting class if he actually taught it.

Worst instructor and class I have experienced. Simply terrible. The book is full of spelling format and grammar errors. The class is run by Grad Students who are still learning English. Terrible.

Worst instructor ever. Incomprehensible style, irrelevant work. Be prepared to spend HOURS hand writing formulas. Excel is NOT permitted for most of the class. Terrible.

I read most of the 150+ posts on this prof. Clearly the positives where written by his GAs. RUN FAR AWAY from this professor. Worst class experience ever!

Not worth it! You must teach yourself. Exam take an ENTIRE weekend to complete -- leaves no time for family or other classes. Project is given with no notice and given 3 days to complete.

DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!!! I can't believe there are any positive remarks on here. You'll have to pay $130 for a 'textbook' he wrote, which is just a ream of copy paper littered with typos and inconsistencies. Plan to spend at least 12 hours on each of the exams and know that you won't see what you missed on the test. Absolutely terrible!!!!

I took this class during the 2nd summer session. It wasn't too hard, but the professor was horrible - the worst professor I have had so far. He was not helpful at all and barely did any teaching. The class live sessions were pointless and inconsistent, as well as the class notebook he had us buy. If you can help it, please avoid his class!

Terrible... This professor was no help, if you email him he rarely got back to you. The lectures were pointless, just bragging about himself and the book he wrote. Overall worst prof I've had at this school and graduating next month. AVOID HIM!

Absolutely the worst professor I've ever had. He forces you to purchase his "book" by putting questions from it on the test. No contact. No teaching. He uses known methods, but renames them and calls them his own (see Q-Method). No wonder the other professor's course filled up so quickly. DO NOT CHOOSE THIS PROFESSOR!!

This professor has 0 communication with his students. He has "assistants" running the class. They send the emails for him and post grades. He does not teach at all. You are forced to purchase his book. If you don't, you fail the exams because he uses questions from his book on the exam.

Tests are insane, 20 pages long, he gives you 3 days to do them but I'm sorry I dont have the time.

Absolutely Horrible. His book, which he forces you to buy, is full of typos. He uses different methods than everyone else, gives them different names. His problems and assignments are ill conceived and full of errors, then he refuses to fix grades. He makes you show all of your work on tests which takes absolutely forever even on easy problems.

Worst on-line experience I've had in my entire academic career. Start with a heavy accent, add unending incessant rambling and perpetual senseless pratter. Pre-heat the laptop. Blend the ingredients and simmer for several hours while attempting to remain awake and focused. Garnish with crushed caffeine. Need help? Try a different recipe and chef.

Unfortunately with this class, there are very limited options with choice of professor. Class is very intense. He assigns two tests which are worth a big chunk of your grade. They take up the entire weekend, so don't plan anything. The price of his "book" keeps going up. I bought mine for almost $200 with shipping and tax. Lectures are very long

Insanely difficult class, and he literally writes the book. The book I think changes each semester (IE Fall 2015), judging from people who were emailing "Can you give me the questions for the assignment" because they had the wrong book. He changes the book so he makes more $$. A test by him literally takes all weekend to do.

Avoid this professor at all costs. He gives no feedback to tests, no curve, no extra credit. Tests take all weekend, no book and the book you do use? He wrote and it is nothing but equations, nothing else of use. This is the worst teacher I have ever had.

Dr. Arize is knowledge about the subject matter but lectures exceeded two hours (ex. 7-10 PM). It is clear he cares about his students. Final 50% of grade, mid-term 30% and project/paper 20% of grade. Exams take significant (10 hours) time, especially if it has been a while since last stat class

Find a Different Professor. Seriously. First, you MUST buy the current version of his book in order to pass. The exams take 8-10 hours to complete and some of the questions you have to pull out of the book. Also, his syllabus and other instructions are terrible and if you ask for clarification, you'll hear back from a TA with minimal instruction.

His video lectures are horribly slow going and his examples are not relevant, making it difficult to grasp the concept or see real work value in the subject. He wrote the text, so you can't even depend on the text to learn the material. I'm taking his course online, having a real text would have helped b/c his lectures don't.

Too bad there werent other negative tags to select above. AVOID AVOID AVOID this professor at all costs. Like the other comments I agree, he is the absolute WORST professor Ive ever had. He doesnt answer emails, his minion TAs are RUDE, the book is self written and ream bound and is inconsistent. Hard to believe that he is allowed to teach.

This is the worst class I've had for my MBA. The tests are unreasonably long (15 hours) and you have one weekend to complete. Have a job or kids? Think again. There are many ways to test knowledge. The stress from these tests caused heart palpitations. The TAs accused the students of cheating for asking for clarification. Don't walk, run.

This was the worst class I have taken at TAMUC. The professor's lectures were incoherent, scattered, and hard to understand; i ended up teaching myself using the book. I still got an A in the class, but i would suggest avoiding this professor if you can. I can't fathom why others have rated this professor highly. Baffles me. 15 hour tests.

This professor requires his own 'class notes' instead of a textboox and charges $250 for material that is plagiarized from actual textbooks. His lectures are incomprehensible. Tests are ridiculously long, requiring 10 hours. And when students ask for clarification on something, he accuses them of cheating. Texas A&M needs to get rid of this guy.

Is 3rd most published in A&M-System. His journal is the "book" requirement ($175.00). He does have a much simpler formula. But, I cannot understand what he is saying! And, he always get's off topic, and ask, where was I, oh yea. He acts crazy (ok with me) as long as I learn but his methodology is scattered. THIS IS A SELF TAUGHT STATISTICS COURSE

This man is horrible! If TAMUC really valued the students perception, Dr. Arize SHOULD NOT BE TEACHING THIS CLASS! He wrote the book required (200$)-never used it. Tests posted Fri due Mon (IT TAKES AT LEAST 16HOURS FOR EACH TEST FOR 20+ QUESTIONS). Lectures are pointless (erratic topic jumping, heavy accent). Very ARROGANT. TAs run the class!

Hes just not good at teaching or even communicating. Usually will not answer questions and will accuse you of not studying if you do. Has unique ways of conducting different equations but cannot communicate them well. I learned the material from the book before class and left the class more confused then when i started. 10 hour take home tests.

Very difficult professor that requires a book pulbished by him to pass the class ($200 and can't buy used, as he has different versions/editions). Said book uses formulas unconventionally from the norm, and his live lectures are incoherent, can't articulate himself properly. Very TA dependent, which is ok but they esentially run his class for him.

the most difficult professor, does't answer questions in the class live. spent $200 on textbook for a 4 week summer class. skipped most of the stuff from the book and exams were full fledged even it was summer. spent 15-20 hours on each homework/exam he doesn't explain your score. felt like a high school teacher came to teach graduate level course.

Not a good professor at all. Makes you buy his book (about $200), which he changes every semester and is required becasue his test questions are in it. Tests are unnecessarily long and complex, especially for a summer online course. Does not communicate well at all and is almost 100% dependant on his "assistant". Avoid if possible.

The professor extorts students into purchasing his 'notes' from the bookstore each semester to line his own pocket and those of the university. This is unethical behavior and should be prohibited.

This is a tough course, certainly not made any easier by the fact that you are forced to use only his unconventional methods if you want credit for your work. Clear guidelines are not given for any written assignments, and all of his emails and responses come from assistants, not the professor. 10/10 would NOT take him again.

From undergrad and two graduate degrees this was my worst class. TA does all the work, ask prof a question and he has to ask the TA for the answer. He extorts students into buying his textbook which is poor quality with mistakes throughout and the only thing that ever changes is the cover. Had to show receipt for class credit. Ridiculous.

In short, he has his own ill conceived book with no answer key. Does not answer e-mails. Is a male chauvinist pig with delusions of grandeur. Has the most irrelevant and off subject examples in his lecture. Way too much conversation about his personal life and relationship with his wife. Will skip your text message in chat if your not a pretty girl

Worst professor by far. Expensive, typo-filled, required "textbook". Professor goes off on creepy tangents for 20+ mins every lecture. Lectures are a must to attend as participation could be the difference of a letter grade. Pompous. Had no other choice for class. You will be working on this class for hours every single night the whole semester.

Summer course- 2 HW & 2 Exams which are difficult. You can find many answers in your book, so be very familiar with your book. Work the problems in the book he identifies in lectures and you will pass. Very difficult to know expectations. HW asks specific calculation questions, but his expectation is that you elaborate your thought process.

TAKE DURING THE SUMMER. Awful class, might as well get it over with in 4 weeks instead of 16. It goes fast, but it's doable if you spend some time every day on it. During the summer, we had 2 homeworks (worth 10% each), a midterm (30%), & a final (50%). Some material on the first exam wasn't even covered until later chapters. Assistants are rude.

Really hard to work hard to learn somewhere else. He doesNOT respond to emails. DoesNOT give clear instructions that are the same in all the places. The email may give instructions in one form and D2L in another. Mistakes were made on his part & it made it that much harder for students. Serious lack of communication from the professor & assistances

Dr. Arize does NOT have any teaching ability. He smacks on something while he is talking. I could barely understand anything he was ever talking about. He skips from one page to pages ahead without telling you where he is so you can follow along. I would not recommend him as a professor for anyone.

I am doing my MBA at Commerce and completed my BBA at Commerce as well and Professor Arize is by far the worst teacher I have ever been forced to interact with. The book is his own creation and it is terrible. His lectures are somehow worse both slow and hard to follow at the same time. My suggestion, learn statistics yourself because he's useless.

BY FAR, worst professor ever. He may be accomplished in his field, but DOES NOT make him qualified to teach. In short: poor communication, teaching style sucks, poorly written book, but required, SUPER arrogant, long chaotic lectures. Tips: check email daily, allow 12-18 hrs for tests (seriously). prepare to self teach.

The material itself isn't hard. What is ridiculous is the unnecessary manual way he makes students work problems resulting in exams taking a full day. I have never experienced a professor so arrogant and rude. Additionally, a couple of clearly marked questions on my exams were incorrectly graded which I pointed out and required a grade adjustment.

Live lectures are a train wreck. He can not stay on topic and fails to relate his stories back to the material. Refuses to teach anything stating that as grad students you should already know. The book he requires is his own "notes" and does not help with learning any of the material. Would never recommend taking him and avoid his courses.

Do not take this professor an absolute joke