On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Again, my point was to the claim that guessing doesn't hurt. Reading the
> response posts it seems that folks are saying "In certain situations,
> guessing doesn't hurt." Then we are in agreement. If I missed something
> earlier, or didn't process it correctly, I apologize for misunderstanding.
>
Dear Nancy:
Read my lips. No new taxes. (Sorry, wrong message!). In _ALL_
situations where there are five choices and a correction of 1/4
mark off for each wrong answer, guessing can't hurt, so you might
as well do it.
My reasoning is explained in a previous post and I stand by it.
James Kalat agrees, as does Ken Steele. I suspect the ETS agrees
as well, and this is why they chose the 1/4 point correction.
Can we vote on this? It could be more fun than what some of you
are going to do on Tuesday.
-Stephen
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