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Communication

Reviews185
Professors11
Quality3.98
Difficulty3.08
Difficulty rank#17
Quality rank#8

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Department rating summaries

Highest ratedTimothy Barney ↗4.42
Highest reported difficultyMari Lee Mifsud ↗3.60
Lowest reported difficultyTimothy Barney ↗2.86
Highest rating relative to expectationsScott Johnson ↗0.47
Most disagreement in ratingsMari Lee Mifsud ↗1.46

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Professor ratings

Timothy Barney

Communication · 26 reviews

Quality
4.9/5
Difficulty
2.6/5
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4.42
Adjusted difficulty
2.86
Alpha
0.33
Rating spread (SD)
0.33
Scott Johnson

Communication · 25 reviews

Quality
4.8/5
Difficulty
3.0/5
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4.36
Adjusted difficulty
3.06
Alpha
0.47
Rating spread (SD)
0.50
Paul Achter

Communication · 21 reviews

Quality
3.7/5
Difficulty
3.9/5
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3.76
Adjusted difficulty
3.53
Alpha
0.03
Rating spread (SD)
1.45
Mari Lee Mifsud

Communication · 36 reviews

Quality
3.5/5
Difficulty
3.8/5
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3.59
Adjusted difficulty
3.60
Alpha
-0.12
Rating spread (SD)
1.46
Linda Hobgood

Communication · 42 reviews

Quality
3.0/5
Difficulty
3.4/5
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3.29
Adjusted difficulty
3.33
Alpha
-0.54
Rating spread (SD)
1.45
Andrea Vickery

Communication · 4 reviews

Quality
4.3/5
Difficulty
2.5/5

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Annisa Rochadiat

Communication · 1 review

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
2.0/5

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Faith Wilkerson

Communication · 8 reviews

Quality
4.8/5
Difficulty
1.4/5
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0.46

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Jim Helms

Communication · 9 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
1.1/5
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0.00

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Kevin Kuswa

Communication · 12 reviews

Quality
4.0/5
Difficulty
2.6/5
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1.35

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Ravynn Stringfield

Communication · 1 review

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
1.0/5

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ProfessorQualityDifficultyReviewsAdjusted qualityAdjusted difficultyCompare
Timothy BarneyCommunication4.882.62264.422.86
Scott JohnsonCommunication4.802.96254.363.06
Paul AchterCommunication3.713.86213.763.53
Mari Lee MifsudCommunication3.473.83363.593.60
Linda HobgoodCommunication3.053.40423.293.33
Andrea VickeryCommunication4.252.504——
Annisa RochadiatCommunication5.002.001——
Faith WilkersonCommunication4.751.388——
Jim HelmsCommunication5.001.119——
Kevin KuswaCommunication4.002.5812——
Ravynn StringfieldCommunication5.001.001——

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