Hitting Streaks Don’t Obey Your Rules: Evidence That Hitting Streaks Aren’t Just By-Products of Random Variation
Professional athletes naturally experience hot and cold streaks. However, there’s been a debate going on for some time now as to whether professional athletes experience streaks more frequently than we would expect given the players’ season statistics. This is also known as having “the hot hand.” For example, if a player is a 75 percent […]