Students are more likely to retake the SAT if their score ends with '90'

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 13:39 in Mathematics & Economics

High school students are more likely to retake the SAT if they score just below a round number, such as 1290, than if they score just above it. That's the conclusion of a new study that found that round numbers are strong motivators.

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