He doesn't teach...it's terrible. You MUST do all the learning on your own. If that's your style, cool, but if it isn't find another teacher. Like the others say, he gives quizzes from the book but he teaches off his head. His grades pretty hard, no HW grade to back you up. So try to find another teacher, but if you can't then...go for it

don't even think about taking a class with him..period . no makeup exams, no curves, no grades for homework, 3 quizzes and midterm and final that's it!! he is trying to be funny but he is silly and arrogant. some of his exams questions have no answers !!! he just want to trick you !!!

Easily the worst professor I ever had and completely ruined my SFSU experience as an extension student. My overall grade in this class was ok only because I worked very hard, not because he taught me anything or offered me any help. He is arrogant and unaware of basic teaching standards. I strongly do not recommend him-he will make you hate stats.

Professor Kafai was absolutly without a doubt the worst teacher I have ever had. He doesn't teach you anything useful and if you ask a question he first makes you feel dumb by asking the question and then completly ignores it. He failed almost every student in the summer session and makes you so scared of this class.

WORSE TEACHER IN THE WHOLE WORLD. If you have to take stats as one of your prereqs please do not take Kafai if you want to pass. He has the worse humor in the world, he isnt helpful at all, and all he thinks about is himself. Overall worse teacher I've ever encountered. Having him for a teacher = EPIC FAIL. Cutting my hand off > This class

I took Mr. Kafai's class a few semesters ago and still cannot forget him as the worse teacher I ever had. He shouldn't teach because he simply enjoys humiliating his students and feel smart about himself by doing so; so rude. I was traumatized by my experience, learned nothing from him, but from another instructor (who restored my faith in SFSU.

I hate him with all my heart. A teacher who clearly doesnt enjoy his job at all shouldnt be teaching. Humiliating his students has to be his favorite pasttime because that seems to be the only thing he does in his class. I advise all you people planning on taking this class as a prereq to take Van Tran instead. Such a great teacher in comparison.

He is one of the worst teachers I've ever taken. He consistently humiliates his students and treats them they are dumb. Avoid taking his class even if he is the only teacher. Wait for another professor to take.

I took the online class. Kafai had no apparent role, but his name was attached to it. Online class had due dates for no reason, which completely defeated its purpose. My grade took a huge hit since I "missed" assignments. The final was at the last min. announced to be in person, which again, serves no purpose and I couldnt make. SFSU is a joke.

Never responded to any emails which was our only form of communication since the class was online. Luckily we were given a sub for the last half of the semester (after contacting the chair and dean), and were given the option of a clean drop (not W) with a full refund. That should tell you a lot. I hope he is ok because he basically disappeared.

HORRIBLE! By far the worst teacher I've ever had in my life! The style of his teaching is so sloppy and hard to understand. Makes students feel dumb just for asking a question. Attendance is required(stupid). Strict grader, does not even explain what you did wrong. Online homework on statsportal with only one chance to answer. Do not take him!!!!!!

This guy is the worst. He doesn’t teach the material at all. He just babbles off the top of his head. You have to teach yourself the material. It really should be an online class. I should get credit from all of the colleges I had to use for references; that actually post comprehensible online notes. Oh what’s that? An example you ask? Ha!! Avoid.

Kafai gives the impression that teaching is beneith him, and his students are annoying. He seems to thrive on intimidation, he even asked us "do I intimidate you?". You don't understand what he says? That's your problem. He has made STATS 324 unnecessarily difficult, almost as if enjoys seeing students struggle and fail. I suggest another teacher.

Pretty much an instructor there to lecture but all the other work should be done by yourself. The way he explains problems is very vague and will leave you lost most of the time. The textbook he uses costs a fortune and is really tough to follow. Highly not recommend taking the course with this instructor.

Strongly disliked! Tough grader. He wasted class time on pointless jokes. Gives about two quizzes a week. Exams are short but worth a high percentage, no cheat sheet allowed.

Kafai likes to ask questions with no short answers, then cut a student off, and launch into a lengthy explanation of his own. He has no regular homework or quiz schedule. He'll handwave away "trivial" important concepts, so you'll come away not understanding where things come from. One midterm, one final, a dozen quizzes and as many assignments.

Professor Kafai is awful. Take any professor but hime! he does not care and tinks he is always right. he doenst answer questions and gets angry when anyone asks anything. he tests are extremely difficult because he picks the hardest problems that he never went over in class. his lectures are unorganized, no i learn powerpoints to review.

Disorganized lecture If this class wasn't prerequisite for other classes, I would never take it.

Do not take this class from him. He is the most terrible professor that I have ever met in my two college years. His lecture and assign are not clear enough, he is so tough on grading that he deduce almost half points only because one small mistake even the other part is totally right. Working hard in his class is useless. There is no extra credit!

I dropped after the first class meeting lolll. Although he didn't do anything to me, the way he talked to other students suggested that he is very mean. The thought of dealing with him for 17 weeks is unbearable.

The class isn't that hard but WOW he's so rude!! Extremely unhelpful and will make snide comments over questions, also doesn't mention when he assigns the online homework, one which he assigned the day before the final. Try to get a different teacher if possible, but if you have him, make sure you're NEVER late and don't be on your phone in class.

Never written a RMP review until now, because Prof. Kafai is simply terrible. He is rude, disrespectful, unclear in his instruction, and clearly does not want to be here. He's verbatim said he doesn't want to be here and is only here because he needs the money. He is unclear in his expectations and will mark points off for whatever he feels like.

I wouldn't say he's mean but snooty with his tone and body language. Instructors are not there to be your friend but should be able to pass their knowledge on to their students effectively without subtly degrading them, which includes speaking a language they understand, not what the instructor has acquired otw to a Ph.D. He's NOT a good instructor

Definitely my least favorite class Ive taken during undergrad.

AS a person he is good but as a teacher not good at all! He is very strict and not helpful. You have to do everything by yourself. He will teach something and test on something else!

He gives way too many quizzes in a single week as well as many homework problems to do that take forever

Minus 70% if you do not dot your i's in the approved way....

Guy is rude, condescending, and generally unhelpful. He hasn't managed the online transition effectively. He hides homework assignments, doesn't help in office hours, and is disrespectful. He gives a syllabus with no details. Its rare that I hate a professor, but here we are.

He may be good at teaching on campus, but he is not good at online transition. As an example: he gives 10 minutes to do a quiz. Actually, it takes almost 15 minutes to take a quiz and upload it on iLearn. In addition, he is rude and unhelpful.

If you want to pass this class be prepared to learn everything on your own and that may be difficult because it is SAS. He basically yells at you for not knowing something and is overall very rude. I dont know why hes still a professor at sfsu im sure hes gotten a lot of bad feedback from students. A very rude person!

His voice is hard to listen. Took forever to reply email. I took this class online. 84% Exam, 16% Homework, no midterm or final, so if you do horrible on exams, you are done. No extra credit, no curve. You have to follow exactly what he wants or your grade will suffer. I wish I had another choice. Me and friend quit Statistics just because of him

No feedback the whole semester. Homework was within the last 4 weeks. No quizzes. Only exams, which are 13% each. He drops your lowest exam score, but that doesn't help much cause you barely get 75% on exams anyway. They are 3-4 questions out of 12 points. So you miss one question on the exam you are screwed. Oh, and the exams are 30 minutes. GL.

Omg this was the worst class every, the professor is so rude if you ask too many questions, has no patience, take so long to respond to a email. This is literally one of the few last classes I need to take to graduate. He is so rude, I will never suggest this class to anyone.

This professor does not have the ability to teach the material clearly. I took this course online, and it is all prerecorded lectures that include awful handwriting. Grade is dependent solely on exams, no assignments. I recommend this class if you can study the material by yourself. Treat this class as if the professor does not exist.

Avoid this professor AT ALL COSTS. If you need this course, but he is your last resort, you're better off waiting for another opportunity. Save your time and sanity, please. If you are confident that you can study solely on your own, this course is tolerable. He usually doesn't provide any helpful insight and doesn't respect your time and effort.

I took his class during the summer and we had 5 exams with the lowest dropped. The tests consisted of 3-4 questions with a,b, and c in a 40-minute span but you had to upload your answers in a PDF so you couldn't use your whole time limit or else the window to submit would close. The worst professor I have had at state!!! DO NOT TAKE!

The worst professor. Kafai is not interested in his students and his teaching skills are very bad. Exams are extremely hard because he gives only couple of minutes per problem and these problems are always super tricky. He doesn't provide any written feedback on exams or homework. I would not recommend taking any of his classes ever. 0 out of 5.

He is one of the worst professor I have ever encountered before. I took his 324 during the pandemic, so it was online. And I couldn't understand his lecture at all. And the test he gave out doesn't follow his lecture. Hard to reach as well, never replied my email. Stay away from him, I am surprised that he still have this job as an instructor.

worst professor ever. he is rude and does not care about your well-being. He honestly looks like he hates his job. Can't blame him though living in the bay area is super expensive and with his salary I know he wishes he made the schools presidents salary. Do yourself a favor and do not even think of signing up for his class. YOU WILL REGRET IT

THIS IS THE WORST CLASS! Do you want to actually learn from your teacher? Do you want a welcoming class, where you are freely to ask questions about the subject? Do you want to receive feedback on your exams so you can improve? Do you want more than 3 minutes on each question during exam so you aren't too stressed? Please don't take him.

One of the worst professors/class I've taken. His class consists of 7 exams (no curve) and 3 online HW. He only gives you 20-25 minutes for the exam and on top of that you need to upload your work within that time frame or else you get an automatic zero, no expectations. Don't expect him to be reasonable or respond to your emails either

He is an awful person.

Mohammad Kafai is a tough grader who doesn't offer extra credit. The entire grade is based on difficult weekly exams that come straight from the textbook. He doesn't really teach during class, and most help comes only during office hours. The summer workload is intense avoid if possible. He does not curve any exams. dont take this course with Kafai