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MESA 7470

Why almost Everything You've Learned Is mostly Wrong: A Critical Look at Statistical Practice · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of

82BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2023 – 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

91stMore challenging than 91% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

98BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”3 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.

Quantitative methods in educational and psychological research have become increasingly complex over time, employing more sophisticated models and estimation strategies. This course helps students to develop a deeper understanding of the strengths and limitations of different approaches to inference and to appreciate some of the ongoing arguments among the adherents of the different philosophies regarding statistical inference.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Henry BraunMeasurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment.	883 records	78th	91st

There is no ranking to read here: Henry Braun is the only instructor with evaluation records for MESA 7470, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Henry Braun

4 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
MESA 9941Dissertation Seminar in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation	26 records	88
MESA 7601Introduction to Mathematical Statistics	12 records	85
MESA 8260Selected Topics in Education Policy Research	12 records	88
MESA 7561Evaluation and Public Policy	11 record	73

Other MESA classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
MESA 6410Introductory Statistics	210 records	86
MESA 6468Introductory Statistics	310 records	81
MESA 6420Intermediate Statistics	37 records	83
MESA 1060Classroom Assessment	36 records	87
MESA 6460Interpretation and Evaluation of Research	36 records	80
MESA 6830Interpretation and Evaluation of Research	16 records	75

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 records

The Professor4 items

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

9456th pctl

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

9564th pctl

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

9452nd pctl

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

9449th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9256th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8934th pctl

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

9886th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8622nd pctl

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

9886th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9146th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9891st pctl

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

9254th 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

3 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Henry Braun	Fall 2025	01	100	93	60
Henry Braun	Fall 2024	01	84	84	—
Henry Braun	Fall 2023	01	80	68	—

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.