My guess is that guessing on the GRE is detrimental to ETS' psychometrics
but good for the guesser. A few years ago I had my daughter take one of
their sample SAT tests. She had been lectured about not guessing unless she
could eliminate an alternative, and left a fair number of questions
unanswered. I computed her score and then asked her to go back and guess at
the unanswered questions. When I recomputed her score it went up
considerably. Yes, I did include the "correction for guessing" in my
scoring. IMHO, even when an examinee does not feel she can, with
confidence, eliminate even one alternative, she can do better than chance
level just by choosing the alternative that sounds best to her. Many years
ago I took the advanced psychology section of the GRE. I did so-so, mid
600's. I took it again, this time answering every question. Yes, many of
my answers felt like guessing. My score improved to an 800. My advice, go
ahead and guess.
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Greenville NC 27858-4353 Voice: 252-328-4102 Fax: 252-328-6283
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