Always seem to get 50% correct on each practice set

[pinkertonrl]

For some reason I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is happening.

On each section of 30-40 or even 15 logical reasoning questions, I seem to always get 50% of them correct. If I split them up into sections of 5-10 at a time, sometimes I get all mini sections correct, none correct, some correct, no specific pattern but out of the total, it always equals exactly 50%

Was just curious if anyone else has experienced this problem, as it seems to be without fail. I think maybe once or twice I have gotten 16 or 17 out of 30! So frustrating.

[Dave Killoran]

Hey Pinkerton,

Thanks for the question. While getting 50% as a result isn't all that unusual, getting 50% with almost freakish consistency is very unusual. If you are telling me that no matter how many questions you do, the result is always the same, that would indicate there is something at a certain overall question difficulty level where you start missing the questions. But to do is so consistently is really unusual.

Just to confirm, the question type doesn't seem to make a difference? Reasoning type has no effect? And when you do full sections, you are always around the 12-13 correct mark? I'm just checking to make sure.

Thanks!

[pinkertonrl]

Yes, so for example, I just did a set of eight Assumption/Justify/Strengthen Review questions from lesson 5 hw and got exactly 4 out of 8 correct. This has been happening on most, I will say most probably 3 out of every 4-5 sections of 10 questions I will get 5 out of 10 correct and then overall say there are 40 questions, I will end up with 20 out of those 40 correct. The other 2 sections of 10 questions I may get like 4 out of 10 and then 6 out of 10. Regardless what I do, over 40 questions for example, I get 20 correct! This has happened so much that maybe I can think of like twice where it hasn't happened. It's very odd. I cannot find a pattern either. I use the same methods on the problems and some work out, others do not! Strengthen,weaken,justify, assume, I get some correct and some incorrect, doesn't matter what type of problem it is etc! I just can't seem to break the pattern

[Dave Killoran]

Hey Pinkerton,

That is really unusual! I often hear concerns about widely varying performances, but this is the opposite of that problem. And even students who consistently score at certain levels will see a variance inside that performance. This isn't the best answer, but let me think about this for a bit. I think I'll write you by PM as well, because I may have some questions that ask for information that goes beyond what you'd want to post on the forum.

So, I'm sorry I'm not able to provide deeper insight into this phenomenon at the moment, but let's work on exploring it in more detail. Thanks!

[pinkertonrl]

Alright that sounds good Dave! Thanks for taking the time to check out my concern

[otanriverdi]

Sounds like another LSAT paradox question!