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BZAN 7706

Data Analytics 1: Model Building · 2 instructors on record · 25 sections

What the course score is made of

82BC evaluations25 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – 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

57thMore challenging than 57% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

92BC — “Intellectually Challenging”25 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

47thMore work than 47% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

57BC — “Workload”25 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.

Machine Learning, big data, data mining, predictive analytics. These are what the course covers. They consist of the creation and use of mathematical computer models to predict important quantities and events with uncanny accuracy. As one book put it, "Who clicks, who buys, and who dies." The course teaches both the principles and the details of the major methods of making and applying these models to actual business problems. To produce models on the computer, students also learn the R coding language. This is the preferred high-level software for Machine Learning and statistical applications.STEM-designated

The board

2 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 2

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Pieter VanderwerfProfessor of the Practice · Business Analytics	8821 records	46th	61st	—no page
2	Jiri ChodFerrante Family Professor and Chairperson · Business Analytics	834 records	78th	43rd	1001 rating · all classes

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 25 records

The Professor4 items

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

9238th pctl

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

9238th pctl

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

8925th pctl

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

9025th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9359th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9255th pctl

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

8512th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8938th pctl

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

9463rd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9039th 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.

5747th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9257th 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

25 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Pieter Vanderwerf	Spring 2026	01	89	80	60
Pieter Vanderwerf	Spring 2026	02	87	84	60
Pieter Vanderwerf	Fall 2025	01	90	83	60
Pieter Vanderwerf	Fall 2025	02	83	76	60
Pieter Vanderwerf	Summer 2025	01	84	81	60
Pieter Vanderwerf	Spring 2025	01	92	81	60
Pieter Vanderwerf	Spring 2025	02	87	84	40
Pieter Vanderwerf	Fall 2024	02	93	89	60
Pieter Vanderwerf	Fall 2024	03	91	89	60
Pieter Vanderwerf	Summer 2024	01	92	83	60
Pieter Vanderwerf	Spring 2024	01	96	90	60
Pieter Vanderwerf	Spring 2024	02	89	84	40
Pieter Vanderwerf	Fall 2023	02	88	81	—
Pieter Vanderwerf	Fall 2023	03	91	88	—
Pieter Vanderwerf	Summer 2023	01	87	79	—
Pieter Vanderwerf	Spring 2023	01	88	82	40
Pieter Vanderwerf	Spring 2023	15	90	84	—
Pieter Vanderwerf	Fall 2022	01	87	80	40
Jiri Chod	Fall 2022	12	82	78	60
Pieter Vanderwerf	Summer 2022	01	80	73	100
Pieter Vanderwerf	Spring 2022	01	84	79	40
Pieter Vanderwerf	Spring 2022	12	85	78	60
Jiri Chod	Fall 2021	01	91	85	60
Jiri Chod	Fall 2021	02	84	76	60
Jiri Chod	Fall 2021	12	74	79	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.