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Has the hot hand effect finally been proven?
A popular belief among sportswriters and broadcasters says that a team that's been successful, should be expected to continue that way. It`s known as the `hot hand` (aka `momentum` or `streakiness`) and the effect is popularly accepted as being real. But almost every study that has looked for such an effect has failed to find one.
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| Notations: | sport games |
| Published in: | Significance |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://www.statslife.org.uk/sports/2396-has-the-hot-hand-effect-finally-been-proven |
| Issue: | August |
| Document types: | article |
| Level: | advanced |