Dale Stout - Bishop's University, Lennoxville, QC

Professor: Dale Stout

Department: Psychology

College: Bishop's University, Lennoxville, QC

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: PMA260
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dale Stout is a good teacher. You have no chance of passing since he doesn't put anything online so you need to pay attention. He gives clear enough explanations and is very helpful when you go to his office hours. Took his class for Psy. Stats and I am taking his class next semester. He's a bit eccentric but it's well worth it.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: PMA260
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dale is a funny and passionate teacher. However, he should change his teaching technique as he doesn't give notes (everything comes from his head). What he says is never really clear or organized which is why you might often be surprised of the type of questions he asks in his exams. The averages are usually really low, which is why we have tutors.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: PMA260
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Dale Stout is a good man, but a bad teacher. He really does try his best, but he just doesn't have it.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: PMA260
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

His lectures are amazing! He's going to make you study hard for good grades but his assignments are easy and participation marks are given, but his exams are insanely hard especially his final! But if you go see him in his office he will tell you exactly what you need to know for the exam but go to his office well prepared with solid questions!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: PMA260PMA360
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He makes you work for it, but I think it's to get rid of the students who aren't serious. He's among the best professors I've ever had, making even Stats interesting.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: PMA260
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Takes a while to get used to the way he teaches. Midterm and exams are unpredictable and require a lot of work to study and succeed on.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: PMA260
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Stout is a funny and dynamic professor. He is very passionate about statistics and makes it interesting. It is important to go to class if you want to pass. The textbook is not necessary but he is not always clear and his explanations can be confusing at times therefore the textbook is useful to help clarify lecture notes.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: PMA260
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Tough but helpfull must read book

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: PMA260PMA360
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Math is not my forte. Theoretical Statistics does not come naturally to me. But after a year with Dale, I can still explain what I was tested in last fall, and I can see what we learn and understand it (and explain it to others, no less) in everyday life situations.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: PMA260
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Not approachable, and completely arrogant. Not a helpful prof, at all.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: PMA260
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Stout is a nice guy and that's it. He is arrogant when it comes to teaching. No Prof should have over half their class fail or drop consistently every term. Ask for help and be told it's "easy stuff" he's arrogant. Stats is hard but if he wasn't the one teaching it the failure rate would drop dramatically. He is not the stats God he thinks he is.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: PMA260
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is a nice man but he is very disorganized and teaches in an incomprehensible style. I got an A in his class only because I taught myself statistics. I did not learn from him at all.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: PB360
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great teacher, explanations very clear, an easy to follow. Is obviously very passionate about his class. Tests are challenging but satisfying.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: STATS2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is a very helpful prof who KNOWS what he is talking about. What he teaches are difficult courses, and honestly if any other prof. were to teach them I don't know how I would pass. He is a deep thinker and encourages individual learning. Overall: GOOD prof., and always has time to get to know his students.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: PSY342
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Completely incomprehensible and random. All he does is ramble on for an hour and a half. No guidance for what he wants on essays or exams either

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: STATS2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I took Dale's class in 2004, and have gone on to tutor dozens of students in statistics (with positive reviews myself) and to do a stats-heavy master's in Biology. Dale taught me how to not only do stats, but how to teach stats, and I am extremely grateful to him for his comprehensive, detailed explanations of how statistics actually work and why.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: PSY343
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dale's seminar classes are a double-edged sword: they are a deep philosophical struggle that will frustrate you to no end while enlightening you, and quite possibly opening you up to a grander world of our science than you can ever imagine. He has high expectations, but that is only because he treats you as an equal.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PSY270
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

If you're lazy you don't deserve to be in his class. Give as much effort as he does or go home. Dale is the best teacher I've ever had, he changed my life, my motivation, and how I approach the world!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: PSY342
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dale is awesome!~

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: PMASECT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

An awesome person, but a very vague and incomprehensible teacher.