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ADEC 8880

Directed Practicum · 1 instructor on record · 1 section

What the course score is made of

89BC evaluations1 record · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2024

—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

100thMore challenging than 100% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

100BC — “Intellectually Challenging”1 record · 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

100thMore work than 100% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

100BC — “Workload”1 record · 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.

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The only instructor on record

1 section · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Arvind SharmaAdvancing Studies Provisional	891 record	100th	100th

There is no ranking to read here: Arvind Sharma is the only instructor with evaluation records for ADEC 8880, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 1 record, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Arvind Sharma

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADEC 7320Econometrics	629 records	82
ADEC 7430Big Data Econometrics	623 records	87
ADEC 7301Data Analysis	722 records	86
ADAN 7430ML/AI Algorithms I	421 records	80
ADAN 7320Regression Models	418 records	86
ADAN 7220Mathematical Methods for Machine Learning I	417 records	86

Other ADEC classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
ADEC 7320Econometrics	629 records	82
ADEC 7200Applied Macroeconomic Theory	228 records	86
ADEC 7500Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy	226 records	87
ADEC 7201Applied Microeconomic Theory	224 records	79
ADEC 7430Big Data Econometrics	623 records	87
ADEC 7301Data Analysis	722 records	86

The line

All 13 items · means across 1 record

The Professor4 items

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

9454th pctl

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

9779th pctl

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

9138th pctl

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

9131st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9785th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9786th pctl

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

9462nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9153rd pctl

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

9784th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9466th 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.

100100th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

100100th pctl

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

8623rd 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

1 section · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Arvind Sharma	Spring 2024	01	89	89	100

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.