Turnip45 t1_j6nt32o wrote on January 31, 2023 at 5:23 PM

Reply to comment by heidismiles in ELI5 - When filling multiple choice bubbles at random why only go with 1 letter? by Stellar_Panda

Not really - there’s equal chance that there’s a long string of zero hits on any given letter as there is a chance of of weaving a thread and missing all correct answers with the same number of random guesses.

Stellar_Panda OP t1_j6oh3s3 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 7:50 PM

Is there no marginable percentage increase if I do, say B and C for my answers and go through and randomly select a few B's along side majority C's? Given you have reasonable expectation that the correct answers won't be a straight line of ALL C's. Would this not give any slight increase in score? Given answers are distributed randomly.