The "hot hand" myth in professional basketball

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-259

  Koehler, Jonathan J ^a   Conley, Caryn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Momentum; Probability; Streaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038772335     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.25.2.253     Document Type: Article

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