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Source :
Mathematics Magazine; Dec2015, Vol. 88 Issue 5, p386-386, 1/3p
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

The article discusses online papers on streakiness and hot hand fallacy in sports including one by Presh Tawalkar that discusses selection bias; another by Joshua Benjamin Miller and Adam Sanjurjo on the law of small numbers; and an explanation of the fallacy by Yosef Rinott and Maya Bar-Hillel.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0025570X
Volume :
88
Issue :
5
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Mathematics Magazine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
114812010
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4169/math.mag.88.5.385