Should you use the Letter-of-the-Day or pick random letters on questions you are unsure of on the PSAT/SAT?
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This program attempts to compare scores on a 131 question test that is meant
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to simulate the Reading, Writing, and Math multiple choice sections of the PSAT. The first option is to pick a letter
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of the day and choose that for all questions. Otherwise, you can guess a random letter.
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(This assumes you don't know the answer to any of the questions, which I hope is not the case)
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Keep in mind that this program has many limitations.
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For example, the SAT answer distribution is not necessarily uniform.
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In addition, even if it were, Math.random() would fail to replicate those
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conditions due to its pseudorandom nature.
The results are pretty matched up. It does not seem as if one is better than the other! However, if you increase the question bank from 131 questions to 1000 questions, it becomes clear that most of the time, picking a Letter-of-the-Day for all unsure questions will earn you more points than picking random letters for those same questions.