<p>I vaguely remember reading somewhere that one of the letters (A, B,C,D) is statistically more likely to be the correct answer when guessing on a standardized test (like the ACT). Since there is no penalty for guessing and most test tutors advise students to not leave any blanks on the ACT and to rely on only one letter for the ones that you have no idea of the answer, is any of them more than a 25% shot? Have there been any true statistics on this?</p>
<p>Use your time to study, instead of "learning" how to guess.</p>
<p>I remember my 9th grade teacher saying "When in doubt choose c" on multiple choice questions you have no idea on.
But after looking through some websites most said its a myth. :P One said to just pick a letter you'll use to guess on all questions you have no clue on.</p>
<p>"Use your time to study, instead of "learning" how to guess."
oasis- I am not trying to beat the system- my child is not a "CCer-type". She has major time management issues (and left half OF EVERY SECTION of the SAT blank when she ran out of time). Since the ACT does not penalize guesses, at least she will be able to not leave blanks on it. We were just trying to determine if there was a preferable/favorable letter to use when filling in the remaining bubbles just before they call the "time".</p>
<p>Thank you Soad for your answer.</p>
<p>The ACT is alot tighter on time than the SAT...
From what I've heard, "OMIT the underlined portion" is the correct choice about a third or half? of the time on the English section.</p>
<p>They do not mention this in any book but here is something I usually do: When confronted by a set of answers to I question I can't do, I'll pick the the choice that appears most. It's a little bit hard to explain but here's an example of what I mean.
A 23
B 11.56
C 11.53
D 78
E .32
I'd suspect B or C to be the correct answer. Of course it might not be the answer at all, but that's what I do when I get desperate.
Also, I almost never find myself checking the answer "cannot be solved" or "not enough information to solve"
There isn't any favored letter on either test, and if there is, it will vary from test to test. If I need to guess, I'll pick a letter for the whole column to save time.
but really...there isn't any way to get around this test besides practicing</p>
<p>Actually vc89, your method is mentioned in Princeton Review's "Cracking the ACT." If 2 answer choices vary slightly, it is very likely that one of those 2 answers is the correct answer choice.</p>
<p>for english, "No Change" occurs once in about every 5 questions. as far as the other problems, if i havent chosen B in a while, and i have no idea, i put B. with math, it can be easy to see which answer choices are totally wrong, making the guessing a littl eeasier</p>
<p>I thought "No Change" is correct more often than randomly. Either that or "omit." I think whenever "omit" shows up, it's the answer like a third of the time or something.. It's been a while since I took the ACT.</p>
<p>Yeah, according to PR, OMIT is correct ~50% of the time it's an option.</p>