A Statistical Explanation of the Dunning–Kruger Effect

An explanation of the Dunning–Kruger effect is provided which does not require any psychological explanation, because it is derived as a statistical artifact. This is achieved by specifying a simple statistical model which explicitly takes the (random) boundary constraints into account. The model fi...

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Autores principales: Magnus, Jan R., Peresetsky, Anatoly A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Psychology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8992690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35401341
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.840180
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spelling pubmed-89926902022-04-09 A Statistical Explanation of the Dunning–Kruger Effect Magnus, Jan R. Peresetsky, Anatoly A. Front Psychol Psychology An explanation of the Dunning–Kruger effect is provided which does not require any psychological explanation, because it is derived as a statistical artifact. This is achieved by specifying a simple statistical model which explicitly takes the (random) boundary constraints into account. The model fits the data almost perfectly. JEL CLASSIFICATION: A22; C24; C91; D84; D91; I21 Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8992690/ /pubmed/35401341 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.840180 Text en Copyright © 2022 Magnus and Peresetsky. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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