Greatest statistics professor I've ever met in UCLA! REALLY nice and patient!
The materials are hard, so you have to be good at Statistics to get a good grade in the class.

Professor Bentler is really a nice and helpful person! If you are confident in and familiar with Statistics, you will learn a lot from him. The topics might seem a bit hard in the first two weeks, but most students who stay until the end manage to understand the concepts.

There's a midterm and a paper for the final grade. Midterm is a bit hard, but you will do well if you understand the practice questions given by Professor Bentler. The final paper can be organized from the 4 assignments over the quarter, so the workload is not that big if you write under the instruction. The paper is designed for students to understand how to write a statistics research paper, and it is really helpful for those who wish to apply for graduate schools.

Peter Bentler is an extremely nice person. However, if you are a Psychology Major - even if you are interested in the subject- do NOT take this course! He will rant the whole class about mathematics concepts that are completely foreign to anyone who has not taken linear algebra. I'm a PSYCH MAJOR! THIS IS CROSS-LISTED! IT SHOULDN'T BE! Trust me, here's the worst part - during tests he expects you to be able to use linear algebra. If you're a statistics major, you will think it is easy.