Muhammad Ridza Mohd Azizi

Muhammad Ridza Mohd Azizi

  • Lecturer
Department of Business Analytics
  • ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Business School
SDGs Focus

Biography

Ridza Azizi is a Lecturer in the Department of Business Analytics. He holds degrees from Universiti Malaya and has prior industry and academic training as Data Analyst. His research interests centre on demography, development studies, and market research, with a particular focus on quantitative analysis and data visualization. He has been actively involved in research projects on population and development, the economics of ageing, and pension systems, resulting in publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations. He teaches courses in data analytics and is committed to student-centred learning through interactive instruction, applied examples, and the integration of current research to foster analytical and independent thinking. 

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • Master of Applied Statistics, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia (2016)
  • Bachelor of Economics with Honours, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia (2011)

Research Interests

  • Sampling & Survey
  • Demography & Population Slides
  • Market Research
  • Development Studies
  • Applied Statistics

Teaching Areas

  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Statistical Data Analysis
  • Data Visualization

Courses Taught

  • Data Analytics for Business Decisions
  • Principles of Business Analytics

Notable Publications

  1. Azizi, M. R. M., Zubairi, Y. Z., & Jani, R. (2025). Pre-Retirement Withdrawal Patterns and Determinant Factors: A Case Study of Malaysian Employee Provident Fund Members. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 33(5), 1803-1822. https://doi.org/10.47836/pjssh.33.5.01
  2. Yung, D. T. C., Jani, R., Azizi, R., Ramli, M. N., Haidi, Y., Zainudin, A. N., . . . Zahidin, M. A. (2020). Data on diet and growth by giant panda in zoo Negara, Malaysia. Data in Brief, 29, 105082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.105082  
  3. Chirtkiatsakul, B., Jani, R., Kadir, R. A., Nordin, A. S. A., & Azizi, R. (2019). Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Smoking among University of Malaya Students in Malaysia. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 50(6), 1202-1211.
  4. Nur Amani Ahmad Tajuddin, Mohamad Firdaus Mohamad Azmi, Siti Idayu Hassan, Mohazmi Mohamed, Mohd Afiq Mohd Nor, Alias Abd Aziz, Muhammad Ridza Mohd Azizi. (2022). Papa Berhentilah Merokok. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Dewan Bahasa Dan Pustaka.