magfrump comments on A Rational Education - Less Wrong

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Comment author: magfrump 24 June 2010 02:00:31PM 1 point [-]

CSUs and UCs do this (or at least where I've been they do); while these evals might be less biased they are more than proportionately less accessible.

Also ratemyprofessors.com has different ratings for "easiness" "enthusiasm" etc., so instead of looking at "highest rated" professors looking at the actual reviews would be a bit more informative.

Comment author: Kazuo_Thow 24 June 2010 05:52:02PM 0 points [-]

while these evals might be less biased they are more than proportionately less accessible.

How so?

Comment author: magfrump 24 June 2010 09:41:00PM 0 points [-]

Compared with ratemyprofessors, which is available to everyone online, I don't think the evaluations written by students (at least in California) are publicly available at all. I could be wrong, but I don't know anyone who has ever seen one (other than the person being evaluated).