When good = better than average

People report themselves to be above average on simple tasks and below average on difficult tasks. This paper proposes an explanation for this effect that is simpler than prior explanations. The new explanation is that people conflate relative with absolute evaluation, especially on subjective measu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Don A. Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2007-10-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/jdm7308.pdf