Unskilled and Unaware of It - How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments 

Excellent studies! However one conclusion was neglected by the author, and that is that it seemed like most participants, regardless of their actual scores scored themselves to be slightly above the average in comparison to their neighbors. Though the higher performing individuals scored themselves more accurately than the "incompetents" their estimation favored the concept that they were middle of the pack, or slightly better, and their estimation was simply closer to reality. Everyone wants to be around the 60-70% mark. This suggests an inherent desire to present oneself as average or like others rather than be quick to admit that one is apart from the center of the bell curve.