Hot hand : the statistics behind sports' greatest streaks / Alan Reifman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reifman, Alan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Statistics.

Sports.

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

x, 181 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2011]

Summary:

Divulges the psychological and physical science behind streaks; Analyzes the odds of streaks and why they happen; Studies famous streaks, the players behind them, and their long-term effects

Contents:

I Foundations x

1 Introduction 3

2 Statistical Methods 10

3 Evidence Supportive of a Hot Hand 17

4 "We Are a Team of Runs" 23

5 Evidence Against a Hot Hand: Basketball 30

6 Evidence Against a Hot Hand: Baseball 36

7 Revisiting Golf (Briefly) 45

II Extreme Hotness 49

8 Joe DiMaggio 51

9 Hot Teams 58

10 Hot Basketball Shooting 78

11 Hot Hands in Other Sports 91

III Cold Streaks and Oddities 107

12 Cold Streaks 109

13 Unusual Streaks (Neither Hot Nor Cold) 115

IV Two Noteworthy Athletes 119

14 Alex Rodriguez 121

15 Kobe Bryant 126

V Moving Forward in Our Understanding

16 Theories of What Helps (or Hinders) Athletes from Exhibiting Streakiness - and Why Fans Believe in It 131

17 Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781597977135

1597977136

OCLC:

682895718