Interpretation of the Student Rating Means

The means listed on the student rating reports are averages of the responses for the semester or term. Means are reported for the particular instructor at the university, the school/college, the department, the course and the individual section levels. Explanations are given in parentheses for each of these levels in the hypothetical example below.

MEAN

University

Brigham Young University (the average rating of all course sections taught within the university that semester)	6.6	0 | 8
--Instructor (University) (the average rating of all course sections the instructor taught within the university that semester)	7.3	0 |8

School/College

College of Humanities (the average rating of all course sections taught in the school or college that semester)	6.5	0 | 8
--Instructor (College) (the average rating of all course sections the instructor taught in the school or college that semester)	7.2	0 |8

Department

English (the average rating for all course sections taught in the department that semester)	6.3	0 | 8
--Instructor (Department) (the average rating for all course sections the instructor taught in the department that semester)	7.2	0 |8

Course

Eng. 119 (the average rating for all sections of the particular course; e.g. Eng. 312)	6.6	0 | 8
--Instructor (Course) (the average rating for all sections of the course that the instructor taught that semester)	7.2	0 |8

Section

001 (the average rating for the given course section)

7.1

0 |8