So, what’s the best strategy if you don’t know the answer?
Sequential? Christmas Tree? Pray?
Fortunately, I did a little research and I actually came up with some useful information:
1) D is most likely to be the correct answer
2) E is least likely to be the correct answer
After analyzing thousands of LSAT questions, I found that D is MUCH more likely than E to be the correct choice. That might not seem like a lot, but it’s more significant than you’d think.
Now, If you’re using this to guess between 5 answers you’re odds of getting it right are still relatively around 20%, but here is how you can apply this knowledge to maybe get 1 or 2 right that you wouldn’t have otherwise:
If you’re down to one or two choices and haven’t eliminated D, pick D
If you’re down to one or two choices and haven’t eliminated E, pick the other one.
I'm not saying this is a game changer, but when you’re crunched for time every little bit of knowledge that can tilt the odds in your favor is useful.
If you want to dive into the numbers a bit more, you can see the article I wrote on this here ----->.
The LSAT has a way of getting into your head (don't we know it!).
So, in my next article, I’ll talk about what happens when you suspiciously start getting too many of the same answer in a row. "It can’t really be four C’s in a row…can it?! Well, maybe it could."
Stay tuned to find out!
Steve, The LSAT Psychologist
P.S. You know what’s better than knowing which letter to guess for the LSAT? Not having to guess! And that all starts with great prep work. If you haven’t already, go check out some of my free LSAT study material to educate yo’ self!
P.P.S. Remember - in my next article, I’ll get into some more answer choice patterns/analysis. Stay tuned!
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