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Physics

Reviews183
Professors16
Quality3.70
Difficulty3.33
Difficulty rank#8
Quality rank#19

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Department rating summaries

Highest ratedMatt Trawick ↗3.80
Highest reported difficultyMatt Trawick ↗3.55
Lowest reported difficultyTed Bunn ↗3.26
Highest rating relative to expectationsMatt Trawick ↗0.19
Most disagreement in ratingsMariama de Sousa Dias ↗1.93

Department standouts are subsets of eligible professor scores, not additional official awards. Quality and difficulty use Bayesian scores. Alpha is custom: positive means higher ratings than expected for difficulty, department, and year.

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17 professors · All time · 1+ reviews
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Professor ratings

Matt Trawick

Physics · 38 reviews

Quality
3.8/5
Difficulty
3.7/5
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3.80
Adjusted difficulty
3.55
Alpha
0.19
Rating spread (SD)
1.40
Ted Bunn

Physics · 25 reviews

Quality
3.7/5
Difficulty
3.3/5
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3.74
Adjusted difficulty
3.26
Alpha
0.05
Rating spread (SD)
1.38
Mariama de Sousa Dias

Physics · 24 reviews

Quality
3.1/5
Difficulty
3.8/5
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3.41
Adjusted difficulty
3.49
Alpha
-0.35
Rating spread (SD)
1.93
Alina Cichocki

Physics · 7 reviews

Quality
4.7/5
Difficulty
2.4/5
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0.49

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Bharathi Subramaniasiva

Physics · 3 reviews

Quality
5.0/5
Difficulty
3.3/5

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0.00

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Chanda Samanta

Physics · 2 reviews

Quality
1.0/5
Difficulty
3.5/5

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Christine Helms

Physics · 11 reviews

Quality
4.1/5
Difficulty
3.3/5
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0.83

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Con Beausang

Physics · 1 review

Quality
2.0/5
Difficulty
4.0/5

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Cornelius Beausang

Physics · 5 reviews

Quality
4.6/5
Difficulty
3.4/5
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0.55

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Haw Cheng

Physics · 3 reviews

Quality
3.7/5
Difficulty
1.7/5

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1.15

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Henry Nebel

Physics · 8 reviews

Quality
4.0/5
Difficulty
2.5/5
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1.20

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Jack Singal

Physics · 11 reviews

Quality
3.5/5
Difficulty
3.3/5
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1.51

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Jerry Gilfoyle

Physics · 5 reviews

Quality
3.4/5
Difficulty
3.6/5
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1.34

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Mirela Fetea

Physics · 5 reviews

Quality
4.8/5
Difficulty
2.8/5
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0.45

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Ovidiu Lipan

Physics · 16 reviews

Quality
3.1/5
Difficulty
3.0/5
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1.54

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Shaun Serej

Physics · 8 reviews

Quality
3.3/5
Difficulty
3.1/5
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1.75

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William Hodge

Physics · 11 reviews

Quality
4.5/5
Difficulty
3.4/5
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1.21

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ProfessorQualityDifficultyReviewsAdjusted qualityAdjusted difficultyCompare
Matt TrawickPhysics3.793.74383.803.55
Ted BunnPhysics3.683.32253.743.26
Mariama de Sousa DiasPhysics3.083.75243.413.49
Alina CichockiPhysics4.712.437——
Bharathi SubramaniasivaPhysics5.003.333——
Chanda SamantaPhysics1.003.502——
Christine HelmsPhysics4.093.2711——
Con BeausangPhysics2.004.001——
Cornelius BeausangPhysics4.603.405——
Haw ChengPhysics3.671.673——
Henry NebelPhysics4.002.508——
Jack SingalPhysics3.453.2711——
Jerry GilfoylePhysics3.403.605——
Mirela FeteaPhysics4.802.805——
Ovidiu LipanPhysics3.133.0016——
Shaun SerejPhysics3.253.138——
William HodgePhysics4.553.3611——

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