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RUTH TURLEY

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Raw average: 4.40/5 from 35 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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SOC 134
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
boring lectures and readings, but you have to do both if you want to do well on tests. all her lectures blend together b/c they are all the same format: sleep inducing dribble. test questions had weird wording and were confusing. not a super hard prof but you will be pulling your hair out every lecture and exam.
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SOC 134
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Lectures are important, as well as the readings. The exam questions are directly from the lectures. No trick questions. She has well organized power points that she posts after lecture.
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SOC 134
Quality 4/5Difficulty 2/5
lectures aint that bad but the discussions were kinda boring and the readings arent the best but all-in-all, the class aint bad.
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SOC 134
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
She almost made me change my major to sociology. Her lectures were surprisingly good but discussions were a drag. The papers aren't too bad either. She likes trick questions on the exams, but you get used to them after seeing the first one. Loved the class
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