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Reviews127
Professors10
Quality3.93
Difficulty2.99
Difficulty rank#20
Quality rank#10

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Department rating summaries

Highest ratedWalt Stevenson ↗4.15
Highest reported difficultyElizabeth Baughan ↗3.24
Lowest reported difficultyWalt Stevenson ↗2.93
Highest rating relative to expectationsWalt Stevenson ↗0.25
Most disagreement in ratingsDean Simpson ↗1.22

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Professor ratings

Walt Stevenson

Classics · 27 reviews

Quality
4.4/5
Difficulty
2.7/5
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4.15
Adjusted difficulty
2.93
Alpha
0.25
Rating spread (SD)
0.69
Elizabeth Baughan

Classics · 20 reviews

Quality
4.3/5
Difficulty
3.3/5
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4.05
Adjusted difficulty
3.24
Alpha
0.21
Rating spread (SD)
0.66
Dean Simpson

Classics · 29 reviews

Quality
3.7/5
Difficulty
3.1/5
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3.76
Adjusted difficulty
3.16
Alpha
-0.07
Rating spread (SD)
1.22
Cait Mongrain

Classics · 1 review

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
2.0/5

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Chris Motz

Classics · 7 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
2.6/5
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0.00

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Erika Zimmermann Damer

Classics · 15 reviews

Quality
2.7/5
Difficulty
3.3/5
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1.35

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Jorge Wong Medina

Classics · 2 reviews

Quality
4.5/5
Difficulty
4.0/5

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0.71

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Julie Laskaris

Classics · 19 reviews

Quality
3.3/5
Difficulty
2.9/5
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1.29

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Kristian Lorenzo

Classics · 4 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
2.5/5

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0.00

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Michael Nerdahl

Classics · 3 reviews

Quality
4.7/5
Difficulty
2.3/5

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0.58

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ProfessorQualityDifficultyReviewsAdjusted qualityAdjusted difficultyCompare
Walt StevensonClassics4.412.74274.152.93
Elizabeth BaughanClassics4.303.30204.053.24
Dean SimpsonClassics3.723.14293.763.16
Cait MongrainClassics5.002.001——
Chris MotzClassics5.002.577——
Erika Zimmermann DamerClassics2.673.2715——
Jorge Wong MedinaClassics4.504.002——
Julie LaskarisClassics3.322.8919——
Kristian LorenzoClassics5.002.504——
Michael NerdahlClassics4.672.333——

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