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BIOL 7020

Statistics for Biologists · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

67BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2024 – Fall 2025

—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

3rdMore challenging than 3% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

75BC — “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

39thMore work than 39% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

50BC — “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.

GRAD level Biostats course coversIntro vocabulary, Figures, Descriptivestatisticsfor mode, spread, and uncertainty, probability Hypothesis testing, Analyzing proportions (binomial test),Analyzing count data (chi-sq, odds ratio, relative risk),Analyzing means (various t-tests, one-way ANOVA, ANOVA post-hoc tests, nonparametric alternatives) using R, Linear correlation and regression, Intro Python, Intro Linux, working on computer cluster, Displaying data, Independent projects (e.g., automating a repetitive research task, re-creating an analysis from a paper)

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
Jeffrey DacostaAssociate Professor of the Practice · Biology Provisional	752 records	39th	3rd	7026 ratings · all classes

There is no ranking to read here: Jeffrey Dacosta is the only instructor with evaluation records for BIOL 7020, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.

Also taught by Jeffrey Dacosta

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
BIOL 2010Ecology and Evolution	222 records	79
BIOL 2300Biostatistics	317 records	83
BIOL 2050Gateway Biology Discussion I	211 records	83
BIOL 4110Ornithology	13 records	92
BIOL 4802Research in Evolutionary Genomics	13 records	96
BIOL 4075Research in Molecular Phylogenetics	12 records	92

Other BIOL classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
BIOL 2040Investigations in Molecular Cell Biology Lab	2176 records	87
BIOL 1310Anatomy and Physiology Lab 1	443 records	78
BIOL 1330Anatomy and Physiology Lab 2	443 records	76
BIOL 2210Microbiology for Health Professionals Laboratory	341 records	84
BIOL 4260Human Anatomy with Lab	135 records	86
BIOL 4330Human Physiology	128 records	85

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.

828th pctl

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

8922nd pctl

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

783rd pctl

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

792nd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

682nd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8211th pctl

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

8822nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8834th pctl

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

767th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8111th 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.

5039th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

753rd pctl

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

9038th 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
Jeffrey Dacosta	Fall 2025	01	83	80	40
Jeffrey Dacosta	Summer 2024	01	67	53	60

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.