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Should you change an answer when going back over questions in an exam? <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This question was studied in a now famous, often-quoted research study involved 1,561 University of Illinois students taking exams. The researchers tracked eraser marks on the answer sheets (similar to OREA’s scantron cards).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the key results and the odds when changing an answer: 51% of changes were from wrong to right; 25% were from right to wrong and 23% were from wrong to wrong. Our advice: Don’t do anything in a rush. Think out any change carefully. Want to test the odds and see how well you do when changing answers, you can experiment with Passit<\/a>. We’ve got hundreds of practice questions in every guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Source:<\/strong> Counterfactual Thinking and the First Instinct Fallacy, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2005, Vol. 88, No. 5, 725\u2013735)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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