{"slug":"dunning-kruger","name":"Dunning-Kruger Effect","category":"Cognitive bias","definition":"The Dunning-Kruger effect is the systematic self-assessment asymmetry demonstrated by Kruger & Dunning (1999): bottom-quartile performers overestimate rank by ~50 percentile points; top-quartile performers underestimate by ~5 points. Mechanism: the cognitive skills needed to perform a task are the same ones needed to evaluate performance — so novices lack the metacognition to see their own gap. The corrective is external…","latest_skill_md":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills/main/dunning-kruger/SKILL.md","playbook_url":"https://www.deciqai.com/skills/dunning-kruger?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=dunning-kruger","install":"npx skills add deciqAI/knowledge-skills","repo":"https://github.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills","agents":{"note":"deciqAI agents run this skill autonomously against your live business data — the hosted version stays current and executes, this file only reads.","start_free":"https://www.deciqai.com/?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=dunning-kruger"}}