05-02-2013, 09:56 PM
05-02-2013, 10:02 PM
They used students ratings on RateMyProfessor.com. I wouldn't call that an accurate rating system of how good a professor truly is.
05-02-2013, 11:37 PM
(05-02-2013 10:02 PM)MidnightBlueGold Wrote: [ -> ]They used students ratings on RateMyProfessor.com. I wouldn't call that an accurate rating system of how good a professor truly is.
I agree that you have to take it with a grain of salt at the least. When one of the categories on the website is 'hotness' than it kinda takes some legitimacy out of it.
05-03-2013, 11:45 AM
One of the comments was pretty good. S/he equated using RMP as a rating tool to using MySpace to understand current trends in social media.
This prompted me to look up my own scores, they are all over the place. In a given semester I have from 150-250 students. I think I averaged about 3 comments per semester, hardly a representative sample size. This is just a lazy way for people to put together a list. You can go to our website and find university-developed professor ratings. Still not perfect, but a representative sample at least. However this would take a lot more work on their behalf.
And btw, Toledo's up there too.
This prompted me to look up my own scores, they are all over the place. In a given semester I have from 150-250 students. I think I averaged about 3 comments per semester, hardly a representative sample size. This is just a lazy way for people to put together a list. You can go to our website and find university-developed professor ratings. Still not perfect, but a representative sample at least. However this would take a lot more work on their behalf.
And btw, Toledo's up there too.
05-03-2013, 10:26 PM
CMU Prof: I am a professor myself. I posted it here because I did not take this list seriously.