On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Marie Helweg-Larsen wrote:
> Hi Tipsters
> What is the general advice regarding taking the psychology GRE. If you
> don't know the answer should you guess or leave it blank?
Kalat and Matlin (2000), who were on the committee that writes
the GRE psychology test, state that 1/4 of the questions answered
incorrectly are subtracted from the score. They conclude that
this means that:
"The test does not penalize a person for guessing. A student who
can eliminate an answer or who thinks one answer is a slightly
better guess than the others should fill in an answer".
They should know, I guess.
Kalat, J., & Matlin, M. (2000). The GRE psychology test: a
useful but poorly understood test. Teaching of Psychology,
27, 24--
-Stephen
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