This kind of overestimation is common, for example in polling concerning the economy. From Wordnik.com. [Concern about Climate Change: Update » Sociological Images] Reference
For instance, one human bias is self-overestimation. From Wordnik.com. [Partisan Thinkers Don’t Use Reasoning] Reference
This is big overestimation of my commitment to conservatives. From Wordnik.com. [Why is McCain appearing with a raving anti-Catholic?] Reference
Creslin smiles faintly at the overestimation of his abilities. From Wordnik.com. [The Towers of the Sunset]
Nevertheless, that overestimation must also convey a message to you. From Wordnik.com. [Speech at the Opening Session of the 13th International Aids Conference] Reference
You'll have to excuse Rick Perry for his overestimation of the Dallas Cowboys. From Wordnik.com. [Houston Mayor: Redskins rely on Texas leadership] Reference
However government ministers shot down these claims calling it an overestimation. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
A 10% overestimation would move it below the 2005 level, the lowest prior to 2007. From Wordnik.com. [Crossword Puzzle #4: Re-Visiting Y2K « Climate Audit] Reference
"I can make two, three hundred dollars a day," he says in a probable overestimation. From Wordnik.com. [Mazatlan: Tequila, tans and working stiffs] Reference
And “fourth most important country in Europe” sounds like an overestimation to me. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Strategic Significance] Reference
At the same time, there has also been an overestimation of what "click activism" can do. From Wordnik.com. [Taj James: Movement Building and Deep Change: A Call to Mobilize Strong and Weak Ties] Reference
Lack of such knowledge leads to overestimation of some artists at the expense of others. From Wordnik.com. [Dewey's Aesthetics] Reference
Our vulnerability to present temptations & our overestimation of our future virtuousness. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Martenson, Ph.D.: Dan Ariely Decodes Why Humans Are Hard-Wired to Inflate] Reference
ÂAt the same time, there has also been an overestimation of what "click activism" can do. From Wordnik.com. [Taj James: Movement Building and Deep Change: A Call to Mobilize Strong and Weak Ties] Reference
The facility with which the product will be used, to his mind, is almost beyond overestimation. From Wordnik.com. [Industrial Progress and Human Economics] Reference
But we're up for it; after all these years in the dark, we're ready for a little overestimation. From Wordnik.com. [Nora Ephron: It Ought To Be A Word] Reference
I have spoken with quite a few people who attended who also say even 100 might be an overestimation. From Wordnik.com. [Pix of Black LGBT Rally Against Prop 8 In Los Angeles] Reference
Ohio governor just said Obama has about even chance to win Ohio, which is an overestimation, in my view. From Wordnik.com. [Another Red State Dem Refuses To Endorse Obama] Reference
Differences for milk, peanut, and cat were observed, without a trend toward overestimation or underestimation. From Wordnik.com. [Different Allergy Tests: Different Results] Reference
Big overestimation in the actual salary of Midwives (adjusters too probably, but I have less experience there). From Wordnik.com. [Much crying all around.] Reference
Neither of these two hypotheses about motivated overestimation or underestimation are rational to take seriously. From Wordnik.com. [Morality is Objective (And People Are Wrong)] Reference
Since the apparent 1953 correction was downward, one would expect overestimation more likely than underestimation. From Wordnik.com. [Crossword Puzzle #4: Re-Visiting Y2K « Climate Audit] Reference
YORK: Well, the last thing -- you did have a point about overestimation, although I don't think it was quite right. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2002] Reference
First, an overestimation of the threat from radical Islamism that drove us to take the risk of preventive war in Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [Yale Press Log:] Reference
However, if you read the linked page, you'll see that overestimation by a person is correlated with greater opposition. From Wordnik.com. [Anti-Foreign Bias Strikes Again, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Your "earth-perception" of how much force is needed to send you gently floating across the cabin is a gross overestimation. From Wordnik.com. [: The Official Movie Blog: No Fear (but hand me that lorazepam)] Reference
The intelligence community's overestimation of Iraq's WMD capability is only part of the story of why we went to war last year. From Wordnik.com. [Spies, Lies, and Weapons: What Went Wrong] Reference
Amazingly, everyone in the hospital seemed to be reading it, which felt like a pretty amazing overestimation of its popularity. From Wordnik.com. [grey’s anatomy recap report | hot doctors edition | Seattle Metblogs] Reference
Depressed turn-out and/or an overestimation of Clinton's strengths (or conversely underestimating Obama's) could be the reason. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Wins Kentucky] Reference
Such a devaluation of the intellect is usually a reaction against an age of enlightenment and its one-sided overestimation of reason. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
Thus super - stitious fear was, characteristically, the product of an overestimation of the capacity of the universe to inflict pain. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
And I think that for every ounce of underestimation Arnold and Bryan have for the role of luck, you seem to have two of overestimation. From Wordnik.com. [Galbraith vs. the Internet, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Even this may be an overestimation, since it's very common for people to report that they're following a diet better than they really are. From Wordnik.com. [The Facts About Fat] Reference
Ikle also has a good discussion of how those seeking to prolong wars have an overestimation of their own side's stamina and an underestimation of their opponents. From Wordnik.com. [Dying embers stand forgotten] Reference
Joe Smith, exercise physiologist at UCSF's Human Performance Center said the overestimation is not surprising. From Wordnik.com. [ABC News: ABCNews] Reference
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