The Lake Wobegon Effect: Are All Cancer Patients above Average? [PDF]
Milbank Quarterly, 2013 ContextWhen elderly patients face a terminal illness such as lung cancer, most are unaware that what we term in this article “the Lake Wobegon effect” taints the treatment advice imparted to them by their oncologists. In framing treatment plans, cancer specialists tend to intimate that elderly patients are like the children living in Garrison Keillor's
Wolf JH, Wolf KS.
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The Lake Wobegon effect is real: All general surgery residents appear to be better than average [PDF]
Surgery in Practice and Science, 2022 Resident evaluations remain controversial. Metric systems are employed to objectify evaluations. Our institution adopted the question “Relative to all other trainees that I have supervised over my career, I place this individual's performance in the ...
Thomas Szabo Yamashita +7 more
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Measuring strengths and weaknesses in dimensional psychiatry. [PDF]
J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 2020 Background The Extended Strengths and Weaknesses Assessment of Normal Behavior (E‐SWAN) reconceptualizes each diagnostic criterion for selected DSM‐5 disorders as a behavior, which can range from high (strengths) to low (weaknesses). Initial development focused on Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety, Major Depression, and Disruptive Mood Dysregulation ...
Alexander LM +3 more
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Programming Algorithms for Sacral Neuromodulation: Clinical Practice and Evidence-Recommendations for Day-to-Day Practice. [PDF]
Neuromodulation, 2020 Background In sacral neuromodulation (SNM), stimulation programming plays a key role to achieve success of the therapy. However to date, little attention has been given to the best ways to set and optimize SNM programming during the test and chronic stimulation phases of the procedure.
Lehur PA +7 more
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Commentary: Like the children of Lake Wobegon: All aortic cannulation strategies are above averageCentral Message [PDF]
JTCVS Techniques, 2020 Louis H. Stein, MD, PhD +1 more
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Lake Wobegon’s Guns: Overestimating Our Gun-Related Competences
Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2016 The Lake Wobegon Effect is a general tendency for people to overestimate their own abilities. In this study, the authors conducted a large, nationally-representative survey of U.S.
Emily Stark, Daniel Sachau
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The Source of Lake Wobegon [updated]
Nonpartisan Education Review, 2010 John J. Cannell's late 1980's "Lake Wobegon" reports suggested widespread deliberateeducator manipulation of norm-referenced standardized test (NRT) administrations and results,resulting in artificial test score gains.
Richard P. Phelps
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Employee recruiting and the Lake Wobegon effect [PDF]
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2003 Abstract Employers, educational institutions, and other organizations are often faced with the problem of selecting the most qualified candidate to fill an available position. To this end, many employers have adopted a tournament-like procedure consisting of an initial phase in which third-party “referees” are used to eliminate unqualified candidates,
John Moran, John Morgan
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The Source of Lake Wobegon (slide show)
Nonpartisan Education Review, 2007 John J. Cannell's late 1980's "Lake Wobegon" reports suggested widespread deliberate educator manipulation of norm-referenced standardized test (NRT) administrations and results, resulting in artificial test score gains.
Richard P. Phelps
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The Lake Wobegon Effect: Why Most Patients Are at Below-Average Risk [PDF]
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2015 Andrew J Vickers, David M Kent
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