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ADAN 7735

Visual Analytics · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

86BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2025 – Spring 2026

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

69thMore challenging than 69% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

93BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

85thMore work than 85% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

70BC — “Workload”2 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

This course is about the creation of high-quality data visualizations consistent with theory and best practice. The material emphasizes the application of theory to answer analytical and research questions. Students will use R, Python, Excel, R-Shiny, and other tools to produce production-quality static and dynamic visualizations from various data (including big data).

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Lawrence FultonAdvancing Studies Provisional	902 records	85th	69th

There is no ranking to read here: Lawrence Fulton is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADAN 7735, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Lawrence Fulton

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADEC 7301Data Analysis	722 records	86
ADEC 7406Predictive Analytics/Forecasting	314 records	88
ADEC 7310Data Analysis	512 records	81
ADEC 7460Predictive Analytics/Forecasting	210 records	81
ADAN 7310Data Analysis	36 records	83
ADAN 7431Natural Language Processing	16 records	91

Other ADAN classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADAN 7430ML/AI Algorithms I	421 records	80
ADAN 7320Regression Models	418 records	86
ADAN 7220Mathematical Methods for Machine Learning I	417 records	86
ADAN 7905AI/ML Software Tools and Platforms	114 records	82
ADAN 7603AI Algorithms II	113 records	64
ADAN 7310Data Analysis	36 records	83

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9346th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9346th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9345th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9445th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9146th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9252nd pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9247th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9473rd pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9885th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9358th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

7085th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9369th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

734th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Lawrence Fulton	Spring 2026	01	80	75	60
Lawrence Fulton	Fall 2025	01	100	97	80

How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.