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Journalism

Reviews144
Professors11
Quality4.28
Difficulty3.04
Difficulty rank#19
Quality rank#1

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Department rating summaries

Highest ratedBetsy Mullen ↗4.26
Highest reported difficultyTom Mullen ↗2.89
Lowest reported difficultyBetsy Mullen ↗2.76
Highest rating relative to expectationsBetsy Mullen ↗-0.00
Most disagreement in ratingsTom Mullen ↗1.20

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Professor ratings

Betsy Mullen

Journalism · 23 reviews

Quality
4.7/5
Difficulty
2.4/5
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4.26
Adjusted difficulty
2.76
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-0.00
Rating spread (SD)
0.78
Tom Mullen

Journalism · 56 reviews

Quality
4.1/5
Difficulty
2.8/5
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4.03
Adjusted difficulty
2.89
Alpha
-0.18
Rating spread (SD)
1.20
Andrew Grace

Journalism · 4 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
2.5/5

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Brandon Shulleeta

Journalism · 2 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
1.5/5

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Don Belt

Journalism · 1 review

Quality
3.0/5
Difficulty
4.0/5

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Karen Masterson

Journalism · 6 reviews

Quality
4.3/5
Difficulty
3.7/5
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0.82

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Mike Spear

Journalism · 14 reviews

Quality
4.9/5
Difficulty
3.6/5
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0.36

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Robert Hodierne

Journalism · 10 reviews

Quality
4.2/5
Difficulty
4.0/5
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1.23

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Shahan Mufti

Journalism · 11 reviews

Quality
3.5/5
Difficulty
3.3/5
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1.51

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Steve Nash

Journalism · 15 reviews

Quality
4.1/5
Difficulty
3.9/5
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1.22

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Tom Kapsidelis

Journalism · 2 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
2.0/5

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ProfessorQualityDifficultyReviewsAdjusted qualityAdjusted difficultyCompare
Betsy MullenJournalism4.652.39234.262.76
Tom MullenJournalism4.112.79564.032.89
Andrew GraceJournalism5.002.504——
Brandon ShulleetaJournalism5.001.502——
Don BeltJournalism3.004.001——
Karen MastersonJournalism4.333.676——
Mike SpearJournalism4.863.5714——
Robert HodierneJournalism4.204.0010——
Shahan MuftiJournalism3.553.2711——
Steve NashJournalism4.073.8715——
Tom KapsidelisJournalism5.002.002——

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