The Hot Hand
The Mystery and Science of Streaks
by Ben Cohen
Recommended by Alexis Ohanian and Peter King
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Sports, and Psychology.
A brilliant and buoyant investigation into the existence (or not) of streaks, from a rising star at the Wall Street Journal.For decades, statisticians, social scientists, psychologists, and economists (among them Nobel Prize winners) have spent massive amounts of precious time thinking about whether streaks actually exist. After all, a substantial ...
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Sports, and Psychology.
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Alexis Ohanian
“Fathers Day book recommendations: ?Know My Name,? by Chanel Miller. (Powerful account of Stanford rape case.) ?The Boy From the Woods,? by Harlan Coben. ?The Body: A Guide for Occupants,? by Bill Bryson. ?The Hot Hand: The mystery and science of streaks,? by Ben Cohen. | Such a great book. I recall first learning about the "hot hand fallacy" in a cog sci class in college. Something about it just didn't feel right if you've played any basketball, you've seen the hot hand and even experienced it yourself. This is a riveting story”
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