AI Rate Professor

Psychology

James Weinrich

PSY258 · PSYCH258 · PSYC258 · PSYC137 · PSY355 · 13 lifetime ratings

AI rating
56/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
Take again
63.64%
Difficulty
2.6

The decision

only if you will keep up with frequent homework and reading.

Best fit · Effort For RewardHilarious LecturesLots of HomeworkComic TextbookMixed OrganizationStats Focus
  • Many students like his humor and effort to make stats understandable, but others call lectures rambling or boring.
  • Homework and ; .
  • Recommendation is mixed; easy if you do the work, yet organization and TAs draw criticism.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

Students say doing homework and , but and work piles up.

In ; online complains about textbook-only quizzes.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

64/100

Average difficulty is low-mid and many call the class easy if you complete the work.

Most easiness evidence is in person; one online review rated difficulty higher.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

and daily quizzes for presence.

In ; online also marked mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

55/100

; praise for humor clashes with organization and .

In person is mixed; the sole .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

Homework and participation matter; grades seem fair if work is completed, with .

Format shift

Evidence is mostly in person with varied grade outcomes.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of homework, daily quizzes, and .

Format shift

In person repeatedly cites lots of homework; online adds expensive textbook quizzes.

Teaching experience

Average

62/100

Engaging and , with average overall quality.

Format shift

In person is highly polarized; online focuses on textbook over lectures.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

, and exams all matter, with some pop quizzes.

Format shift

In and exams; online is quiz/textbook heavy.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

engaging funny lectures for and .

Main concern

, and attendance pressure.

What students said

“Great teacher , he made the material for everyone to understand.”
PSYC258
“SUPER easy class, just be prepared to be bored.”
PSYCH258

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Budget First

Single online review disliked textbook-only testing and expensive newest-edition book requirement.

Main concern

Heavy reliance on a costly newest textbook for .

What students said

“He requires the newest edition of the textbook for this course so if you don't want to spend $200 on a .”
PSYC137

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, often paired with frequent quizzes.

Straightforward Tests for SomeTricky Questions for OthersDaily QuizzesPop QuizzesHomework Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

daily quizzes and occasional pop quizzes.

Exam ReviewsPop QuizzesDaily QuizzesTricky Questions
“Questions on the .”
PSYC258
“ you know the answers but for some reason the Qs are purposely there to trick you.”
PSY355

Online

Online quizzes and than lecture content.

Textbook Based QuizzesTest Heavy
“the fact all the actual lecture is something i strongly disliked.”
PSYC137

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He is such an interesting and amazing professor. His lectures are hilarious and he really takes the time to go the extra mile to make things easy to understand and funny.”

Voice snapshots generated from 13 reviews (1 online, 12 in , and polarized organization. Credibility rating: High.

😂 Lecture Style

70/100

“His lectures are hilarious and he really takes the time to go the extra mile to make things easy to understand and funny.”

📚

28/100

“ , however, he doesn't grade it until the end of the semester.”

🔀 Mixed Recommendation

55/100

“I am on the fence about his professor. His class was easy, which , because stats is tough.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he made the material for everyone to understand
  • Lectures are very long and can be boring
  • rambling lectures, the entire class just shows up and fall asleep

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • SUPER easy class, just be prepared to be bored
  • If you do the and do OK on the
  • you know the answers

Theme 3

📖 About Materials

  • He uses a comic book-style textbook
  • if you don't want to spend $200 on a
  • He was writing his own text book so we used portions of that and did not have to buy one

Data context

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Analysis sample

13

Recent reviews read by the AI

13

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Thirteen reviews spanning 2016-2021 with rich detail and , and mixed organization.

Inside 13 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 53
3 out of 54
2 out of 52
1 out of 50

Course coverage

PSYCH2584 reviews
PSY2583 reviews
PSY3553 reviews
PSYC2582 reviews
PSYC1371 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

4

A+ 1 · A 3

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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