Monday, August 5, 2019

HowProfessorsGrade.com How to Use


Have you ever wondered what professors grade more harshly than their peers? Now you can see the actual data!

Gone are the days of mindlessly scrolling RateMyProfessor.com or asking your friends. Put your faith in statistics rather than anonymous reviews. Now you can see the grade distributions of almost all professors at Eastern Washington University filterable by class, professor, and department. 

Check it out here:



How to use:
  1. Click on the "Department" 
  2. Uncheck "All"
  3. Search for "BIOL" for Biology 
  4. Click "Course Number"
  5. Check "100"
  6. This generates a histogram of every grade assigned in Introduction to Biology between 013 - 2018
  7. Compare this to grades assigned in BIOL 171 
This is was created primarily by Parker Burchett and Lloyd Sloan for the Eagle Nest Pitch Competition in 2019. Other people that helped on this project are Raymond Shiner and Max Wenger.

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