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Direct linkKoku, Paul Sergius; Qureshi, Anique Ahmed – Journal of Education for Business, 2004
In this study, the authors investigated the role of overconfidence on students' performance on multiple-choice examinations. The authors examined the difference between students' self-assessed probability of selecting each correct answer and the proportion of correct answers that they actually selected. Results show that high-performing students…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Self Esteem, Confidence Testing, Undergraduate Students
