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The Dunning-Kruger effect is generally reported as an irrational tendency among certain incompetent individuals systematically to ''overestimate'' their true level of competence.
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In simple terms, this aspect of Dunning-Kruger effect is the reverse of the [[Impostor syndrome]].
The executive office of the UK Statistics Authority (a UK government department) responsible for the collection of various categories of financial and demographic statistics, including census information and inflation indices.  
 
A possible explanation for the Dunning-Kruger effect is that the skills we need to assess our level of competence in a given task correctly, are exactly the same skills that we need to perform the task itself.  Those lacking in the task 'performance' skills would then, necessarily, lack the 'competence assessment' skills as well.
 
The Dunning-Kruger effect can however be 'cured', with even a relative moderate amount of appropriate training.
 
 
Such tendencies to assess evidence incorrectly are known collectively as 'cognitive bias'.
 
 
The Dunning-Kruger effect is strictly defined more broadly, to ''include'' the Impostor syndrome (underconfidence of skilled people) as well as the effect described above (overconfidence of the unskilled).




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Impostor syndrome]]
* [[Continuous Mortality Investigation]]
* [[Behavioural economics]]
* [[CPI]]
* [[Demographic]]
* [[Office for Budget Responsibility]]
* [[RPI]]


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UK.

(ONS).

The executive office of the UK Statistics Authority (a UK government department) responsible for the collection of various categories of financial and demographic statistics, including census information and inflation indices.


See also