The " hot hand" reconsidered: A meta-analytic approach

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-27

  Avugos, Simcha ^a,d   Köppen, Jörn ^b   Czienskowski, Uwe ^c   Raab, Markus ^b   Bar Eli, Michael ^a,d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Effect size; Moderator analysis; Momentum; Sport; Streaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865424606     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2012.07.005     Document Type: Review

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