At the end of the day, does it really matter?
You seem to have put a lot of energy into proving that your professor was worse than the other one.
Great…let’s assume that you’ve proved it.
Now what? What does your report accomplish? Where do you go with that info? Does it put a little asterisk on your transcript? A little PS on your job applications?
It’s entirely possible that you got the worse professor— or the professor who was worse for you. OK, so next time there’s a choice you choose the other professor.
But at the end of the day, you play the hand you’re dealt. It’s like one of my geometry classes… the kids in it are significantly less motivated than my other 3 geometry classes (or even my one algebra class.) And in addition, I have them at the end of the day, after lunch, when kids tend to be a lot more hyper.
So I’ve got all the excuses I need. But I’m still expected to teach them geometry… and to get them to learn geometry. (And, no, those are not the same thing.)
But to answer your question, I think that it’s very subjective. Of course kids are going to say they studied 3 days before a test, particularly if they’re trying to make the case that the professor is ineffective. There are so many variables… what time of day did the two courses meet? How was attendance? Were the majors of the two classes comparable? (It’s entirely possible that the timing of another class meant that kids of a particular major all took your course at the same time.)
Is it possible that the easier professor is actually feeding too much test info to his students, as opposed to expecting them to learn it?