Guess Strategy? DS Ans that are correct more often than not

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I was going over Spidey or Sahil's grammar notes for SC a few days ago and remembered reading a piece of information that said, when you have completely no idea on SC go for the shortest answer as it tends to be correct more often than the others.

The support for this conclusion was backed up with research that had been done in one of the OG's that the shortest answer was correct 28% of the time.


That being said, I'm wondering if there has been any other research done that is comparable with regards to DS in particular, or any other question type.

For example I wonder if the Value DS questions are C or E a higher % of the time vs the Yes/No DS questions.
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by beatthegmat » Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:04 pm
Have you seen the GMAT Flashcards? It's been a while since I've reviewed these flashcards, but I believe there is mention of DS guessing. You can download it from the GMAT Resources Directory.

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by robertpatrick » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:07 pm
Thanks! Found what I was looking for on page 53 of the flashcards!

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by VP_Jim » Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:20 pm
My strategy for guessing on DS is to always guess A, B, or D. My reasoning is that test takers often think this:

"The answer must be C because we have so much information! I don't know why, but it must be sufficient!"

Or...

"I'm really smart and I don't think we have enough information here, so the answer must be E."

The GMAT test makers love to trap people, so my totally unscientific and unproven (other than my own score, that is) method for guessing is to avoid C and E.
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by amitdgr » Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:08 am
VP_Jim wrote: The GMAT test makers love to trap people, so my totally unscientific and unproven (other than my own score, that is) method for guessing is to avoid C and E.
Thanks Jim. Point Noted :)


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