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Instructor record · Political Science · Fall 2023

John Loebs

Political Science · 2 evaluation records across 1 class

On this class's board
POLI 10216th of 6 instructors Provisional
What the overall is made of
81BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2023
Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

Sources are averaged by how much we trust each one and by how many records sit behind it, so a handful of reviews nudges the number rather than replacing it.

What the challenge rank is made of
BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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”2 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 line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

Class by class

1 class · 2 sections

How each position is worked outPositions 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.

POLI 1021 How to Rule the World: Introduction to Political TheoryOvr81ChalWork
On this class's board6th of 6 instructors Provisional

2 sections on record · course itself rated 79 out of 100. See the full board for POLI 1021.

TermSecInstrCourseWork
Fall 2023028184
Fall 2023078075
All 13 items for POLI 1021

Nothing reported

None of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.

How to read this pageScores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Almost every class scores high on that scale (the median is about 90), so challenge and workload are shown as a rank against every instructor we hold rather than as a score; the raw figure is in the breakdown above. Neither describes quality, and neither is ever marked better or worse anywhere on this site. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero. The position printed against each class is this instructor's place on that class's own board, computed from the same records the board itself is built from.