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Class record · MESA · LSOE

MESA 8450

Multilevel Regression Models · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections

What the course score is made of
90BC evaluations3 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2024 – 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
BC — “Intellectually Challenging”3 records — does not contribute

Boston College's “intellectually challenging” question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not an easy class.

What the workload rank is made of
BC — “Workload”3 records — does not contribute

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

The only instructor on record

3 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record
InstructorOverallWorkloadChallenge
Laura O'dwyerMeasurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment.913 records

There is no ranking to read here: Laura O'dwyer is the only instructor with evaluation records for MESA 8450, so the number is a record, not a position.

Also taught by Laura O'dwyer

3 other classes
ClassInstructorsCourse score
MESA 9941Dissertation Seminar in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation26 records88
APSY 8861Multilevel Regression Models12 records83
MESA 8861Multilevel Regression Models12 records79

Other MESA classes

All of them
ClassInstructorsCourse score
MESA 6410Introductory Statistics210 records86
MESA 6468Introductory Statistics310 records81
MESA 6420Intermediate Statistics37 records83
MESA 1060Classroom Assessment36 records87
MESA 6460Interpretation and Evaluation of Research36 records80
MESA 6830Interpretation and Evaluation of Research16 records75

The line

All 13 items · means across 3 records

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

Game log

3 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Laura O'dwyerSpring 2026019696
Laura O'dwyerSpring 2025019292
Laura O'dwyerSpring 2024018482

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.