# VICKI BIER — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

### revision

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### built at

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### term

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## instructor

### instructor uid

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### identity status

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### name

VICKI BIER

### first observed at

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

3

#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### quality count

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#### difficulty count

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#### profile id

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#### source url

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#### courses

##### course 465855ee8f77f31be2f79f78

###### review count

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### current

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### courses

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### instructor url

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## history

None recorded.

## timeline

None recorded.

## term

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## courses

None recorded.

## reviews

### items

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    "review_date": "2018-07-17 18:30:33 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Ridiculous Grading Scale with no curve. Class material is easy but homeworks are graded very tough. Lot of work for a supposedly easy class. Take a different professor if you can so that you can enjoy the subject material. Lectures were absolutely useless.",
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    "review_date": "2015-01-07 19:43:57 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "She's a nice person and understanding. I couldn't stay awake during the lectures though. The pace was a bit slow and her voice lulled me to sleep almost every time.",
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    "review_date": "2010-12-22 11:47:11 +0000 UTC",
    "comment": "Bier teaches right off the slides but going to class is still helpful for clarification. Book had typos in it. She teaches the way in excel and expects you to do it by hand on exams. Open note/book exams. She has the most ridiculous grading scale on campus. Anything lower than a 77 is a D. If you struggled in Econ 101 you will struggle in this.",
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### page

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### courses

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