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

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 295-314

  Gilovich, Thomas ^a   Vallone, Robert ^b   Tversky, Amos ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001571109     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0010-0285(85)90010-6     Document Type: Article

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8. Extensional vs. intuitive reasoning: The conjunction fallacy in probability judgment
9. Generation of random sequences by human subjects. A critical survey of literature