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Tom Gilovich defines hot-hand fallacy.

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Professor Thomas Gilovich explains the hot-hand fallacy as an illusion that random events happen in clusters. He gives the example of winning streaks and losing streaks in basketball, then points out that basketball is a professional practice, not a random event.

Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captions in English.
Published: London, United Kingdom : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016.
Series:SAGE video shorts.
Subjects:
Perception.
Cluster analysis.
Judgment.
Success.
Failure (Psychology)
Probabilities.
Basketball > Psychological aspects > Case studies.
Perception
Judgment
Achievement
Probability
Classification automatique (Statistique)
Jugement.
Succès.
Échec.
Probabilités.
Basket-ball > Aspect psychologique > Études de cas.
probability.
Basketball > Psychological aspects.
Webcast
Case studies.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction television programs.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
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Summary:Professor Thomas Gilovich explains the hot-hand fallacy as an illusion that random events happen in clusters. He gives the example of winning streaks and losing streaks in basketball, then points out that basketball is a professional practice, not a random event.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (3 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, colour
Audience:Specialized.
ISBN:9781473959781
1473959780