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Exercise on Estimation

By: Jason Riis and John T. Gourville
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Abstract

This exercise is meant to assess students' level of confidence around everyday business and general knowledge questions, for the purpose of identifying where they are overconfident and underconfident.

Keywords

Decision Making; Forecasting and Prediction; Personal Characteristics

Citation

Riis, Jason, and John T. Gourville. "Exercise on Estimation." Harvard Business School Exercise 509-022, September 2008. (Revised September 2010.)
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