Kaplan’s Additional Tips for Data Interpretation Questions

Slow down

There’s always a lot going on in Data Interpretation problems—both in the charts and in the questions themselves. If you slow down the first time through, you can avoid calculation errors and having to reread the questions and charts.

Pace yourself wisely

To ensure that you score as many points on the exam as possible, use the allotted time for a section wisely. Remember that each question type has the same value. If you must miss a few questions in a section, make them the ones that would take you the longest to answer, not the ones at the end of the section that you could have answered correctly but simply didn’t get to. Data Interpretation questions are generally some of the more time-consuming ones to answer, and if answering them isn’t one of your strong suits, save them for the end.