Hot Hand The Statistics Behind Sports' Greatest Streaks

Name: Hot Hand The Statistics Behind Sports' Greatest Streaks
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ISBN: 9781597977135

ISBN-10: 1597977136

ISBN-13: 9781597977135

Edition: 2011

Authors: Alan Reifman

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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/1/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Alan Reifman teaches in the College of Human Sciences at Texas Tech University and writes the popular blog, Hot Hand. He lives in Lubbock, Texas.



Acknowledgments



Foundations



Introduction



Statistical Methods



Evidence Supportive of a Hot Hand



"We Are a Team of Runs"



Evidence Against a Hot Hand: Basketball



Evidence Against a Hot Hand: Baseball



Revisiting Golf (Briefly)



Extreme Hotness



Joe DiMaggio



Hot Teams



Hot Basketball Shooting



Hot Hands in Other Sports



Cold Streaks and Oddities



Cold Streaks



Unusual Streaks (Neither Hot Nor Cold)



Two Noteworthy Athletes











Moving Forward in Our Understanding



Theories of What Helps (or Hinders) Athletes from Exhibiting Streakinessï¿½and Why Fans Believe in It



Conclusions


Notes


Bibliography


Index


About the Author