2006-10-21 09:03:16 · 9 answers · asked by thatshowiroll 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Two things to consider.
First is that, if you can even cast the slightest doubt on one of the answers, you should guess. The scoring is designed such that, if you have no clue and guess, you will neither benefit or suffer, on average.
The expected value of a blind guess is:
(1 in 5 chance getting it right) * 1 = .2
(4 in 5 chance getting it wrong) * .25 = -.2
Total = 0.
Second is that wild guessing, such as 30 seconds left and 10 problems to go, will not, on average, raise or lower your score. It WILL, however, make it more variable. So if you want a sure score, closer to your real score, don't guess in those circumstances. If you want to take a chance, maybe raise it a bit, maybe lower it a bit, guess.
Nobody is looking at your individual answers, so it doesn't matter
at all what it looks like.
2006-10-21 09:06:15 · answer #1 · answered by Dentata 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What they told me in high school. If you can eliminate two answers, your probability increases, so guess. On the other hand, if you have no idea whatsoever, do not guess.
What I learned from experience. Always guess. I took the SATs twice. The first time I guess on pretty much all the questions I didn;t know the answer to, despite having no clue on some of them. I got a 1910. The second time I only guessed on the ones on which I can eliminate two answers. I got an 1860.
Of course, there can be other factors, like maybe I was in a better mood the first time, or I cared more the first time or whatnot, but I believe that intuition plays a big part.
For example, if there was a word I didn;t know, and I was supposed to guess the meaning, I can look at the word and say I have never heard of the word before. But sometimes my intuition will tell me the answer is A. I think subliminally our brain picks up on certain things. For example, if I have never studied Latin prefixes, and I have a word (something easy) like "malpractice" and I have no idea what it means, my brain will connect it to similar words, like malicious and malnutrition, and I instinctively know it has a negative connotation. My brain will then eliminate the positive words and I have a good probably of guessing the correct answer from the negative words provided.
2006-10-21 09:10:15 · answer #2 · answered by red line 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends. The test is wanting to find out what you have learned. If you leave it blank, that shows you don't know. But if you use process of elimination, then you could get lucky and guess the correct answer. If it was me, I would use process of elimination and get .25 taken away.
2006-10-21 09:08:19 · answer #3 · answered by Mike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of which you will no longer get a million/4 ingredient deducted for an unanswered question (such as you do for an *incorrectly* spoke back question), yet you needless to say won't get the a million ingredient credit for that query the two! So in a feeling, it incredibly is 'held against you'. "ETS aspects a million ingredient for an precise answer, 0 for a clean, and deducts a million/4 ingredient for incorrect solutions (a million/3 ingredient for Quant Comp issues, yet they simply have 4 options."
2016-10-15 06:42:46 · answer #4 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
answer it but don't spend time thinking about it because you will lose valuable time on questions you could get right and may run out of time to get to. A guess could be right.Try and reverse the answers into the questions to see if any of the answers can help you solve the problem.
2006-10-21 10:05:37 · answer #5 · answered by pugaboo03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have some idea and can elliminate two of the questions, then guess. If you are just shooting blind, leave it blank.
If you are guessing between two, then your odds of success are 50%, which makes the risk of .25 deduction worthwhile (you would have to guess wrong four times to equal one correct guess).
However, if you are just shooting blind, you should probably forego the guess. One-out-of-four chances of success is pretty slim odds.
2006-10-21 09:07:38 · answer #6 · answered by Grendle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even though it's just .25 points, it's better to just get nothing than to lose points.
2006-10-21 09:06:51 · answer #7 · answered by darksam3 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
dont EVER leave a question blank that shows that you didnt even try, just pick one. there's a chance you could get it right
2006-10-21 09:06:00 · answer #8 · answered by KK 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
always answer.
2006-10-21 09:06:54 · answer #9 · answered by kelia2008 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋