Measurement error and the hot hand

American Statistician

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-66

  Stone, Daniel F ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Basketball; Errors in variables; Overinference; Psychology; Semi streakiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862690284     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2012.676467     Document Type: Article

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