A wrong first answer makes the next one worse

WixQA, judged correct, split by how the answer that recorded the trail was judged. No admission gate.

0%25%50%75%100%Without cacheWith cache (self-recorded trails)79%87% correct first answer · n = 117+860%69% partial first answer · n = 62+950%21% incorrect first answer · n = 21−29points of judged-correct, without → with cache
Questions whose first answer was right or partly right gain 8 to 9 points from their trail. The 21 whose first answer was wrong lose 29: they get back the wrong path and follow it.
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First answernWithout cacheWith cache
Correct first answer11779%87%
Partial first answer6260%69%
Incorrect first answer2150%21%