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BZAN 1020

Seminar in Statistical Analysis & Data Management · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

84BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 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

12thMore challenging than 12% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

82BC — “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

0thMore work than 0% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

20BC — “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 seminar has a focus on problem solving and critical thinking, with an emphasis on data fluency, statistical literacy, and analytical thinking.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Linda Boardman LiuProfessor of the Practice and Assistant Chairperson · Business Analytics Provisional	902 records	0th	12th

There is no ranking to read here: Linda Boardman Liu is the only instructor with evaluation records for BZAN 1020, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Linda Boardman Liu

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
BZAN 1135Statistical Analysis	878 records	78
BZAN 7703Managerial Statistics	322 records	78
BZAN 1137Statistical Computing: Programming in R	321 records	80
BZAN 8031Managing Projects	24 records	74

Other BZAN classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
BZAN 1021Operations Management	879 records	81
BZAN 1135Statistical Analysis	878 records	78
BZAN 2021Coding for Business	777 records	74
BZAN 7706Data Analytics 1: Model Building	225 records	82
BZAN 3307Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence	323 records	83
BZAN 7700Operations Management	322 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.

9564th pctl

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

9450th pctl

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

9033rd pctl

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

9338th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9358th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8936th pctl

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

8929th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8728th pctl

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

9251st pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9147th 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.

200th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8212th pctl

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

8727th 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
Linda Boardman Liu	Fall 2025	01	85	82	20
Linda Boardman Liu	Fall 2024	01	95	85	20

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.