Confirmation would be if they found that those who were less competent tended to overestimate their abilities when compared to those who were more competent. Th

Confirmation would be if they found that those who were less competent tended to overestimate their abilities when compared to those who were more competent. They found that this was not true. Instead, they found that people tend to overestimate their abilities with the same likelihood as when underestimating.