# Yirui Zhao — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

[View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/instructors/YIRUI_ZHAO)

## Dataset

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### name

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### email

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### courses

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| -------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ----- |
| course\_9ff4b9c944ce562703c38578 | ECON 330   | MONEY AND BANKING | 4            | 4            | 2.872 |

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| 1272 | course\_9ff4b9c944ce562703c38578 | ECON 330   | MONEY AND BANKING |

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