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Mathematics

Reviews837
Professors39
Quality3.28
Difficulty3.32
Difficulty rank#9
Quality rank#27

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Department rating summaries

Highest ratedKatherine Hoke ↗4.24
Highest reported difficultyJames Davis ↗3.96
Lowest reported difficultyJoanna Wares ↗2.52
Highest rating relative to expectationsDella Dumbaugh ↗0.64
Most disagreement in ratingsRacheal Cooper ↗1.77

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Professor ratings

Katherine Hoke

Mathematics · 31 reviews

Quality
4.5/5
Difficulty
2.8/5
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Adjusted quality
4.24
Adjusted difficulty
2.93
Alpha
0.57
Rating spread (SD)
1.09
Joanna Wares

Mathematics · 33 reviews

Quality
4.4/5
Difficulty
2.1/5
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Adjusted quality
4.15
Adjusted difficulty
2.52
Alpha
0.38
Rating spread (SD)
1.14
Paul Kvam

Mathematics · 27 reviews

Quality
4.3/5
Difficulty
3.1/5
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Adjusted quality
4.09
Adjusted difficulty
3.12
Alpha
0.39
Rating spread (SD)
1.38
Della Dumbaugh

Mathematics · 49 reviews

Quality
4.0/5
Difficulty
3.5/5
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Adjusted quality
3.97
Adjusted difficulty
3.41
Alpha
0.64
Rating spread (SD)
1.35
William Ross

Mathematics · 39 reviews

Quality
3.8/5
Difficulty
3.6/5
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Adjusted quality
3.83
Adjusted difficulty
3.45
Alpha
0.49
Rating spread (SD)
1.33
Jeremy LeCrone

Mathematics · 32 reviews

Quality
3.6/5
Difficulty
4.0/5
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Adjusted quality
3.68
Adjusted difficulty
3.69
Alpha
0.27
Rating spread (SD)
1.48
Harry Hoke

Mathematics · 57 reviews

Quality
3.3/5
Difficulty
2.7/5
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Adjusted quality
3.44
Adjusted difficulty
2.85
Alpha
-0.10
Rating spread (SD)
1.23
James Davis

Mathematics · 67 reviews

Quality
3.3/5
Difficulty
4.2/5
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Adjusted quality
3.38
Adjusted difficulty
3.96
Alpha
0.28
Rating spread (SD)
1.52
Racheal Cooper

Mathematics · 44 reviews

Quality
3.1/5
Difficulty
3.4/5
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Adjusted quality
3.35
Adjusted difficulty
3.32
Alpha
-0.18
Rating spread (SD)
1.77
Kim Shannon

Mathematics · 29 reviews

Quality
2.8/5
Difficulty
4.1/5
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Adjusted quality
3.21
Adjusted difficulty
3.73
Alpha
-0.11
Rating spread (SD)
1.37
Leo Wibberly

Mathematics · 45 reviews

Quality
2.7/5
Difficulty
2.9/5
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Adjusted quality
3.03
Adjusted difficulty
2.99
Alpha
-0.41
Rating spread (SD)
1.36
Van Nall

Mathematics · 48 reviews

Quality
2.6/5
Difficulty
3.2/5
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Adjusted quality
2.96
Adjusted difficulty
3.22
Alpha
-0.40
Rating spread (SD)
1.33
Burgess Rhodes

Mathematics · 30 reviews

Quality
2.3/5
Difficulty
2.8/5
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Adjusted quality
2.90
Adjusted difficulty
2.97
Alpha
-0.66
Rating spread (SD)
1.26
Lester Caudill

Mathematics · 67 reviews

Quality
2.3/5
Difficulty
3.7/5
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Adjusted quality
2.67
Adjusted difficulty
3.58
Alpha
-0.59
Rating spread (SD)
1.25
Michael Kerckhove

Mathematics · 63 reviews

Quality
2.0/5
Difficulty
4.0/5
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Adjusted quality
2.47
Adjusted difficulty
3.78
Alpha
-0.70
Rating spread (SD)
1.31
Agnes Burmeister

Mathematics · 6 reviews

Quality
3.2/5
Difficulty
2.8/5
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1.33

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Agnes Grocholski

Mathematics · 7 reviews

Quality
2.4/5
Difficulty
3.7/5
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1.90

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Alexander Dugas

Mathematics · 3 reviews

Quality
3.0/5
Difficulty
3.3/5

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1.00

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Amalia Gjerloev

Mathematics · 3 reviews

Quality
4.0/5
Difficulty
2.0/5

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Boya Wen

Mathematics · 4 reviews

Quality
4.3/5
Difficulty
4.0/5

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0.50

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Christine Kohnen

Mathematics · 1 review

Quality
1.0/5
Difficulty
5.0/5

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Eunice Clark

Mathematics · 2 reviews

Quality
3.0/5
Difficulty
3.5/5

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2.83

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Heather Russell

Mathematics · 19 reviews

Quality
4.9/5
Difficulty
3.2/5
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0.23

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Kathryn Trapp

Mathematics · 17 reviews

Quality
2.7/5
Difficulty
3.8/5
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1.53

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Kay Brooks

Mathematics · 19 reviews

Quality
3.5/5
Difficulty
2.8/5
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1.26

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Kyle Wendling

Mathematics · 1 review

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
4.0/5

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Lilla Orr

Mathematics · 5 reviews

Quality
4.6/5
Difficulty
2.2/5
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0.55

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Marcella Torres

Mathematics · 18 reviews

Quality
2.8/5
Difficulty
2.3/5
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1.50

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Richard Lampe

Mathematics · 4 reviews

Quality
3.0/5
Difficulty
2.8/5

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2.31

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Sarah Wood

Mathematics · 1 review

Quality
4.0/5
Difficulty
2.0/5

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Shruthi Sridha

Mathematics · 1 review

Quality
3.0/5
Difficulty
3.0/5

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Taylor Arnold

Mathematics · 15 reviews

Quality
4.7/5
Difficulty
2.2/5
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0.90

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Tianyuan Xu

Mathematics · 7 reviews

Quality
3.3/5
Difficulty
4.0/5
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1.50

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Trevor McGuire

Mathematics · 9 reviews

Quality
4.7/5
Difficulty
2.3/5
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0.50

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Vic Bednar

Mathematics · 5 reviews

Quality
4.8/5
Difficulty
2.4/5
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0.45

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Vikram Kamat

Mathematics · 4 reviews

Quality
4.5/5
Difficulty
1.5/5

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0.58

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Volkan Bakirdan

Mathematics · 19 reviews

Quality
4.0/5
Difficulty
3.1/5
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1.15

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Wes Cain

Mathematics · 5 reviews

Quality
4.4/5
Difficulty
3.4/5
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0.89

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William Anderson

Mathematics · 3 reviews

Quality
1.0/5
Difficulty
5.0/5

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ProfessorQualityDifficultyReviewsAdjusted qualityAdjusted difficultyCompare
Katherine HokeMathematics4.522.77314.242.93
Joanna WaresMathematics4.362.12334.152.52
Paul KvamMathematics4.303.07274.093.12
Della DumbaughMathematics4.043.51493.973.41
William RossMathematics3.853.59393.833.45
Jeremy LeCroneMathematics3.594.00323.683.69
Harry HokeMathematics3.322.74573.442.85
James DavisMathematics3.254.19673.383.96
Racheal CooperMathematics3.143.39443.353.32
Kim ShannonMathematics2.794.10293.213.73
Leo WibberlyMathematics2.692.91453.032.99
Van NallMathematics2.603.23482.963.22
Burgess RhodesMathematics2.302.83302.902.97
Lester CaudillMathematics2.333.70672.673.58
Michael KerckhoveMathematics2.053.97632.473.78
Agnes BurmeisterMathematics3.172.836——
Agnes GrocholskiMathematics2.433.717——
Alexander DugasMathematics3.003.333——
Amalia GjerloevMathematics4.002.003——
Boya WenMathematics4.254.004——
Christine KohnenMathematics1.005.001——
Eunice ClarkMathematics3.003.502——
Heather RussellMathematics4.953.1619——
Kathryn TrappMathematics2.713.7617——
Kay BrooksMathematics3.532.8419——
Kyle WendlingMathematics5.004.001——
Lilla OrrMathematics4.602.205——
Marcella TorresMathematics2.832.3318——
Richard LampeMathematics3.002.754——
Sarah WoodMathematics4.002.001——
Shruthi SridhaMathematics3.003.001——
Taylor ArnoldMathematics4.672.2015——
Tianyuan XuMathematics3.294.007——
Trevor McGuireMathematics4.672.339——
Vic BednarMathematics4.802.405——
Vikram KamatMathematics4.501.504——
Volkan BakirdanMathematics4.003.1119——
Wes CainMathematics4.403.405——
William AndersonMathematics1.005.003——

Quality and difficulty sorts use scores adjusted for review count. Missing adjusted scores appear last. How ratings work ↗