The hot hand in basketball: On the misperception of random sequences

1985/07/01 by Thomas Gilovich, Robert Vallone, Robert P. Vallone +1 · 45 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · #Sports Analytics and Performance #Statistics Education and Methodologies #Probability and Statistical Research

paper · doi:10.1016/0010-0285(85)90010-6

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