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SCWK 9965

Advanced Quantitative Methods for Social Work Research · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

98BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Summer 2024 – Summer 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

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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

87thMore challenging than 87% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

97BC — “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

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

60BC — “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 course provides students with an introduction to quantitative approaches for assessing the impacts of policies and programs. The focus is on understanding these methods intuitively and applying them, rather than delving deeply into their mathematical foundations. Students will explore the practical application, strengths, and limitations of randomized experiments and quasi-experimental designs through analysis and critique of examples from social work and health-related literature. The goal is to build students skills as both consumers and producers of applied empirical research. Additionally, the course includes hands-on experience with Stata, covering tasks such as data cleaning, management, and analysis of quantitative data.Prerequisites: At least one semester, but preferably one year, of graduate-level statistics,with experience in linear and logistic regression analysis. Stata statistical software will be used in the course.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Indrani SaranSocial Work Provisional	1002 records	78th	87th

There is no ranking to read here: Indrani Saran is the only instructor with evaluation records for SCWK 9965, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Indrani Saran

3 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
SCWK 7747Research Methods in Social Work Practice	1758 records	69
SCWK 9960Regression Analysis for Social and Behavioral Sciences	38 records	99
SCWK 9964Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis	26 records	98

Other SCWK classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
SCWK 8841Program Evaluation	2368 records	72
SCWK 7701The Social Welfare System	2966 records	72
SCWK 7722Psychosocial Pathology	1663 records	88
SCWK 7721Human Behavior and the Social Environment	1861 records	84
SCWK 7747Research Methods in Social Work Practice	1758 records	69
SCWK 7723Re-thinking Diversity: Systems of Oppression and Privilege	1755 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.

100100th pctl

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

100100th pctl

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

9775th pctl

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

9555th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9783rd pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9784th pctl

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

9781st pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9891st pctl

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

9362nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9781st 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.

9787th pctl

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

9571st 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
Indrani Saran	Summer 2025	01	100	100	—
Indrani Saran	Summer 2024	01	100	97	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.