Wow, this guy is literally the G.O.A.T.

Stats 100B is probably one of the hardest statistics courses at UCLA, but this professor made it incredibly easy to understand and definitely made the material interesting to learn with real-life examples and applications. (NOTE: This applies to his summer course. I am not sure if this will necessarily apply to his regular quarter courses). He is also super patient and helpful in office hours as well. I think this guy is underrated, especially when everyone raves about Christou. However, Almohalwas is probably one of my favorite professors so far at UCLA. The homework is incredibly INCREDIBLY helpful for the exams. MAKE SURE TO DO THEM AND UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO EACH PROBLEM because again they are VERY HELPFUL for the exams! Also, he gives out extra credit on his final and a bunch of other free points (attendance, participation, etc). Also, he is a little bit messy as the previous reviews have stated (there are files everywhere on CCLE), but he just wants to give you all of the material you will ever need to help you succeed and master the course. Honestly, the hardest part about his class is that the class is essentially straight-scaled (since everyone knows the material really well and so do really well on the exams). So, it may be hard to come back if you don't do that great on one of the exams. However, it is very doable to get an A.

Literally, amazing and highly underrated in my opinion. 10/10 would recommend and would take the class again. I look forward to taking more upper-division courses with him. This guy is definitely a few standard deviations above the mean for amazing professors!

Overall, the class has been quite a good experience for me. I find Dr. Almohalwas was organized enough in the lectures (attend lectures! they are very important). The problem is not about him but about the course itself: the materials are so scattered around between theories and R outputs. His tests require you to know your R results very well, so prepare towards them instead of just formulas. Lecture slides are often very long ( about 80 slides), but in lecture he will show you where to focus. Overall, Dr. Almohawas is very caring and understanding (2% extra credit, lenient finals grading, giving hints for modeling project,...). I strongly recommend him. You just have to make sure you understand what he teaches in R very well.

Professor Almohalwas is extremely disorganized. The lecture slides are basically consisted of screenshots from online sources, and the lecture notes he gave to us is so messy that it is so hard to find anything you need in it, it's like some code with scratches on the side. Tests are not hard but so messy. Do not take this professor if you expect to learn and understand things from lecture!

First Bruinwalk review ever since I was shocked at the ratings this professor currently has. Here's the thing: this class is not a traditional "come in, read the slides, study the slides, get a grade" kind of class. This class is primarily about the application of linear regression theory in R and understanding the output. For that reason, most of the class is actually just showing students the code for different models and talking through the output.

If you approach the class knowing this, and take notes accordingly, you will do very well. The professor could certainly improve on CCLE organization, but when it comes down to teaching, he is wonderful and I highly recommend his class.

If you consider copying slides from others and being utterly disorganized as a style, then yes he has a style. He crossed the other professors' names off the slides he copied in the hope we won't notice.

Given that, my friends and I self-studied most of the material as his lectures are not helpful. His final tested the last two chapters (9 in total) which he quickly covered in week 10 because we were running out of time.

Take Christou instead if you want to learn

This is the best professor I've ever taken. His lecture is very vivid, and he answers questions quite promptly! I would definitely take him again.

I don't see why people love this guy. He does not come off as friendly, and he is so disorganized its crazy. Our midterm was so long no one had any chance of finishing it; i hate when professors do that. Avoid avoid avoid avoid, trust me.

Not good. Spends ridiculous amounts of time going on tangents about statistics in general and then skips right past everything that would be helpful for doing the problems. Took AP Stats in high school, so the material is not difficult, but he doesn't actually teach you how to do any of the things you are expected to do for homework/quiz problems. Not organized at all, and labs are unrelated and a waste of time.

This guy cares about his students.

In his lectures he sticks strictly to his elaborate powerpoint slides. He posts those online. I never looked them over before going to lecture so I never knew what the big paragraphs said because I was busy trying not to fall asleep.

Don't get me wrong, this guy knows what he is talking about and he will answer all your questions.

My personal opinion is that his lectures were not effective. My learning style might just not be compatible with his method of teaching.

Great class. You'll learn a lot.

I honestly don't understand how this professor is getting such high reviews. After four years of college, this is easily the worst class I have ever taken. I will say that he is easy, and if you put in effort you should easily be able to get an A, but everything about this class is frustrating and a huge waste of time. Despite doing well in the class I don't feel like I know anything more than I did before I took it.