Boy, I think I actually didn't do too well on my economics final. As in, I couldn't think of the answers to half of the questions. My mind was so full of economic jumble from doing my research paper (which also stunk, thank you very much) that I couldn't think straight. Specifically about elasticity, with which I've always had a problem. Oh, well.
But what is it with people and their test preferences? Here's the thing. The teacher asks, "Would you prefer true/false, multiple choice, or matching on the test?" Obviously, matching is out, because that's fairly difficult. It's like multiple choice but with as many options as there are questions.
The decision that I don't understand is true/false over multiple choice. I mean, you are going to study for the test. If you study at all, you're going to have a better chance guessing at the correct answer when they're all spelled out in front of you than the 50/50 that true/false provides.
Even with the 50/50, the question type is still subject to a lot of error. How completely true does the statement need to be to be true? Is the question a trick true/false question, or was the question simply worded poorly? There is a lot of room left for interpretation.
I guess my point is that true/false is for the feeble-minded, those who can't reason answers out for themselves and who need a blind 50% chance of filling in the correct dot on their answer sheet. Multiple choice is for the thinking man who uses reason and logic to deduce answers for questions.
