Realism of confidence judgments

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-130

  Stankov, Lazar ^a   Lee, Jihyun ^b   Paek, Insu ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration curves; Dunning kruger effect; Overconfidence; Realism of confidence; Subjective probabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649379058     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.25.2.123     Document Type: Article

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