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When they have made several baskets in succession, basketball players are often described as being “hot.” When they have been unsuccessful for a while, they are described as being “cold” or “in a slump.” Fans and basketball players alike tend to believe that players shoot in streaks.
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Scheaffer, R.L., Watkins, A., Gnanadesikan, M., Witmer, J.A. (1996). Streaky Behavior: Runs in Binomial Trials. In: Activity-Based Statistics. Textbooks in mathematical sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3843-8_14
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