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A Framework for Reconsidering the Lake Wobegon Effect
The Journal of Economic Education, 2008 The Lake Wobegon Effect (LWE) describes the potential measurement-error bias introduced into survey-based analyses of education issues. Although this effect potentially applies to any student-report variable, the systematic overreporting of academic achievements such as grade point average is often of preeminent concern.
Marianne Johnson +2 more
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Lake Wobegon’s Guns: Overestimating Our Gun-Related Competences [PDF]
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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J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich), 2012 Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/90540/1/j.1751-7176.2012.00592.x ...
Stern RH.
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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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The Lake Wobegon Effect: Informed Trading Through the Accounts of Children
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 Henk Berkman +2 more
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Investing in entrepreneurs: The case of franchising
Managerial and Decision Economics, Volume 43, Issue 8, Page 3785-3794, December 2022., 2022 Whether meant to improve public policy, private lending, or personal choices by individuals, investing in successful entrepreneurs is essential. Successful entrepreneurs typically have high human capital. Investment in entrepreneurs who have lower human capital involves more risk. Research has shown that one type of entrepreneur, franchisees, typically
Steven C. Michael
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An analysis of the environment and competitive dynamics of management research [PDF]
, 2009 Purpose – The purpose of this paper examines some of the controversies facing business schools in their future evolution and pays particular attention to their competitive positioning as centres of management research.
Alex Wilson, Eric Cornuel, Howard Thomas
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Voices in Bioethics, 2014 Patents are negative legal rights that act as stop signs to prevent non-innovators from making, using, or selling inventions without expressed permission from inventors.
Emmanuel Kornyo
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