Age and the Better-Than-Average Effect

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 1175-1188 ◽  
Author(s):  
ETHAN ZELL ◽  
MARK D. ALICKE
Keyword(s):  
Average Effect ◽  
Better Than

Personal contact, individuation, and the better-than-average effect.

1995 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 804-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Alicke ◽  
M. L. Klotz ◽  
David L. Breitenbecher ◽  
Tricia J. Yurak ◽  
et al
Keyword(s):  
Personal Contact ◽  
Average Effect ◽  
Better Than

scholarly journals Understanding the Average Impact of Microcredit Expansions: A Bayesian Hierarchical Analysis of Seven Randomized Experiments

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachael Meager
Keyword(s):  
External Validity ◽  
Hierarchical Models ◽  
Hierarchical Analysis ◽  
Randomized Experiments ◽  
Average Effect ◽  
Bayesian Hierarchical ◽  
Heterogeneous Effects ◽  
Average Impact ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Better Than

Despite evidence from multiple randomized evaluations of microcredit, questions about external validity have impeded consensus on the results. I jointly estimate the average effect and the heterogeneity in effects across seven studies using Bayesian hierarchical models. I  find the impact on household business and consumption variables is unlikely to be transformative and may be negligible. I find reasonable external validity: true heterogeneity in effects is moderate, and approximately 60 percent of observed heterogeneity is sampling variation. Households with previous business experience have larger but more heterogeneous effects. Economic features of microcredit interventions predict variation in effects better than studies’ evaluation protocols. (JEL D14, G21, I38, O12, O16, P34, P36)

Social comparisons in the classroom: An investigation of the better than average effect among secondary school children

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Kuyper ◽  
Pieternel Dijkstra ◽  
Abraham P. Buunk ◽  
Margaretha P.C. van der Werf
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Social Comparisons ◽  
Average Effect ◽  
Better Than

Trait Valence and the Better-Than-Average Effect

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 734-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron S. Gold ◽  
Mark G. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Prospect Theory ◽  
Average Effect ◽  
Average Student ◽  
Better Than

People tend to regard themselves as having superior personality traits compared to their average peer. To test whether this “better-than-average effect” varies with trait valence, participants ( N = 154 students) rated both themselves and the average student on traits constituting either positive or negative poles of five trait dimensions. In each case, the better-than-average effect was found, but trait valence had no effect. Results were discussed in terms of Kahneman and Tversky's prospect theory.

scholarly journals Deconstructing the better-than-average effect.

2010 ◽  
Vol 99 (5) ◽  
pp. 755-770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey L. Guenther ◽  
Mark D. Alicke
Keyword(s):  
Average Effect ◽  
Better Than

scholarly journals We are all less risky and more skillful than our fellow drivers: Replication and extension of Svenson (1981)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Koppel ◽  
David Andersson ◽  
Gustav Tinghög ◽  
Daniel Västfjäll ◽  
Gilad Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Driving Safety ◽  
Average Effect ◽  
Total N ◽  
Response Scales ◽  
Driving Skill ◽  
Average Person ◽  
Different Response ◽  
Better Than

The better-than-average effect refers to the tendency to rate oneself as better than the average person on desirable traits and skills. In a classic study, Svenson (1981) asked participants to rate their driving safety and skill compared to other participants in the experiment. Results showed that the majority of participants rated themselves as far above the median, despite the statistical impossibility of more than 50% of participants being above the median. We report a preregistered, well-powered (total N = 1,203), very close replication and extension of the Svenson (1981) study. Our results indicate that the majority of participants rated their driving skill and safety as above average. We added different response scales as an extension and findings were stable across all three mesaures. Thus, our findings are consistent with the original findings by Svenson (1981). Materials, data, and code are available at https://osf.io/fxpwb/

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