Sociology · 22 reviews
- Quality
- 3.4/5
- Difficulty
- 1.8/5
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- Adjusted quality
- 3.58
- Adjusted difficulty
- 2.44
- Alpha
- -0.27
- Rating spread (SD)
- 0.90
A&S Humanities / Social Sciences / Arts
Sociology
Reviews208
Professors19
Quality3.61
Difficulty2.92
Difficulty rank#24
Quality rank#23
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Department rating summaries
Highest ratedJoseph Obi ↗3.58
Highest reported difficultyJeff Hass ↗3.36
Lowest reported difficultyJoseph Obi ↗2.44
Highest rating relative to expectationsJeff Hass ↗-0.09
Most disagreement in ratingsJeff Hass ↗1.38
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Sociology · 34 reviews
- Quality
- 3.3/5
- Difficulty
- 3.5/5
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- Adjusted quality
- 3.48
- Adjusted difficulty
- 3.36
- Alpha
- -0.09
- Rating spread (SD)
- 1.38
Sociology · 7 reviews
- Quality
- 4.9/5
- Difficulty
- 2.0/5
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- 0.38
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Sociology · 18 reviews
- Quality
- 1.9/5
- Difficulty
- 4.4/5
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- 1.41
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Sociology · 9 reviews
- Quality
- 2.9/5
- Difficulty
- 2.2/5
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- 1.27
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Sociology · 15 reviews
- Quality
- 4.7/5
- Difficulty
- 2.9/5
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- 0.46
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Sociology · 5 reviews
- Quality
- 5.0/5
- Difficulty
- 3.8/5
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- 0.00
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Sociology · 1 review
- Quality
- 3.0/5
- Difficulty
- 1.0/5
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Sociology · 8 reviews
- Quality
- 1.1/5
- Difficulty
- 4.8/5
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- 0.35
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Sociology · 16 reviews
- Quality
- 4.1/5
- Difficulty
- 2.6/5
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- 1.34
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Sociology · 7 reviews
- Quality
- 3.1/5
- Difficulty
- 3.9/5
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- 1.68
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Sociology · 1 review
- Quality
- 5.0/5
- Difficulty
- 1.0/5
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Sociology · 3 reviews
- Quality
- 4.7/5
- Difficulty
- 2.0/5
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- 0.58
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Sociology · 17 reviews
- Quality
- 4.6/5
- Difficulty
- 2.8/5
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- 1.00
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Sociology · 15 reviews
- Quality
- 3.1/5
- Difficulty
- 3.4/5
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- 1.41
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Sociology · 7 reviews
- Quality
- 4.1/5
- Difficulty
- 3.1/5
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- 1.46
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Sociology · 3 reviews
- Quality
- 3.7/5
- Difficulty
- 1.0/5
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- 1.53
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Sociology · 12 reviews
- Quality
- 4.9/5
- Difficulty
- 2.0/5
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- 0.29
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Sociology · 8 reviews
- Quality
- 3.9/5
- Difficulty
- 1.6/5
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- Rating spread (SD)
- 0.83
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| Professor | Quality | Difficulty | Reviews | Adjusted quality | Adjusted difficulty | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph ObiSociology | 1.77 | 22 | 3.58 | 2.44 | ||
| Jeff HassSociology | 3.47 | 34 | 3.48 | 3.36 | ||
| Atiya HusainSociology | 2.00 | 7 | — | — | ||
| Bedelia RichardsSociology | 4.44 | 18 | — | — | ||
| Carol WhartonSociology | 2.22 | 9 | — | — | ||
| Christine MowerySociology | 2.87 | 15 | — | — | ||
| Corey PayneSociology | 3.80 | 5 | — | — | ||
| David PiacentiSociology | 1.00 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Deborwah FaulkSociology | 4.75 | 8 | — | — | ||
| Elizabeth RansomSociology | 2.56 | 16 | — | — | ||
| Eric GrollmanSociology | 3.86 | 7 | — | — | ||
| Feng HaoSociology | 1.00 | 1 | — | — | ||
| Jeffrey ToussaintSociology | 2.00 | 3 | — | — | ||
| Kelli ChapmanSociology | 2.82 | 17 | — | — | ||
| Laine BriddellSociology | 3.40 | 15 | — | — | ||
| Matthew OwareSociology | 3.14 | 7 | — | — | ||
| Richard CiminoSociology | 1.00 | 3 | — | — | ||
| Ryan SteelSociology | 2.00 | 12 | — | — | ||
| Yetkin BorluSociology | 1.63 | 8 | — | — |
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