We are all confident idiots¶
Dunning, D. (2014). We are all confident idiots. Pacific Standard.
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Primes¶
- Dunning-Kruger Effect
- The paper reported the now-widely-cited pattern: subjects in the lowest quartile of actual performance estimated themselves around the 60th-70th percentile, while subjects in the top quartile estimated themselves around the 70th-80th percentile.
This sourcePopular synthesis restating the Kruger-Dunning finding (and warning it is often misapplied/conflated with general overconfidence); cited at D16-108 for the bottom-/top-quartile self-estimate percentiles. NOTE: a popular-press restatement; the primary source for the specific percentile data is kruger-dunning-1999 (D16-100).
- The paper reported the now-widely-cited pattern: subjects in the lowest quartile of actual performance estimated themselves around the 60th-70th percentile, while subjects in the top quartile estimated themselves around the 70th-80th percentile.
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