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Are You Above Average? The Lake Wobegon Effect [PDF]
, 2022 If there were children living on Old Kernersville Lake I’m sure they would be described as “above average,” just like those in Garrison Keillor\u27s fictional Lake Wobegon, “where all the women are strong and all the men are good-looking.
Reid, Raymond
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Does Your Dog Really Have a Better Life Than Other Dogs? [PDF]
, 2022 In a recent study, subjects rated the welfare of dogs, ranging from street dogs and fighting dogs to show dogs and personal pets. Nearly everyone thought their dog had a better life than other types of dogs—including other peoples\u27 pets.
Herzog, Harold
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A quiet week in Lake Wobegon? [editorial]
, 2016 As the English summer finally decided to arrive and the cold damp days become distant memories, the ‘Editorial Office’ relocated to its temporary summer seaside annex.
Margaret Holloway (17195329) +1 more
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Lake Wobegon’s Guns: Overestimating Our Gun-Related Competences [PDF]
, 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.
Stark, Emily +3 more
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A New Look at Lake Wobegon: Who’s in Your Canoe?
, 2018 We re-examine the Lake Wobegon effect for reported GPA using data from students enrolled in principles of economics courses. Students are well known to over-report their GPA on surveys.
Linda English +3 more
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In the Eye of the Beholder: How Lawyers Perceive Legal Ethical Problems
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 22, Issue 3, Page 345-360, September 2025.ABSTRACT In our interdependent and complex world, lawyers play an increasingly important role. The legal profession depends on lawyers' commitment to the rules of professional conduct governing how they interact with clients, courts, third parties, and one another.
Albert Yoon
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, 2016 17” x 22” unfoldedBrochure about the Clear Lake community including area information, pictures, and a ...
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Why Are All of the Children Perceived to Be Above Average? Stakeholders and the Lake Wobegon Effect in Attitudes toward Public Schools [PDF]
, 2023 Timothy Vercellotti, Peter Fairman
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CEO pay and the Lake Wobegon effect [PDF]
, 2007 working paperIn this paper, we propose a new explanation for the recent increase in CEO pay at US firms. Our explanation, which is based on asymmetric information in financial markets, is motivated by a recent observation made by former DuPont CEO Edward
Schaefer, Scott; Hayes, Rachel
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Currents, Vol.7, No.5 (Nov.7, 1988) [PDF]
, 1988 A Bond to the Future--News from Lake Wobegon--Plante on #6--Wet and Wild Welcome to USM--Havery Appointed Director of Financial Aidhttps://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/currents/1124/thumbnail ...
Swain, Susan E., Caswell, Robert S.
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