September 1, 1990Educational Measurement Issues and Practice

The Lake Wobegon Effect

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Abstract

What is the Lake Wobegon Effect? How can we explain this phenomenon? Is the Lake Wobegon Effect an artifact of the methodology used in the 1987 study?

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Gary W. Phillips (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1efc249bbe36aec96b5fd6 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3992.1990.tb00371.x

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Abstract

What is the Lake Wobegon Effect? How can we explain this phenomenon? Is the Lake Wobegon Effect an artifact of the methodology used in the 1987 study?