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A comment on Simpson's Paradox and the Hot Hand in Basketball (1995). Parent comment

Re:Simpson's Paradox and the Hot Hand in Basketball (1995) by fossuser on Saturday November 25, 2017 @08:48PM (#15779048)
I’ve always suspected this fallacy in terms of sports was a bad example - since humans doing certain motor/coordination actions and getting feedback on that success seemed likely to stack.

I wonder if it holds in other contexts.

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Re:Simpson's Paradox and the Hot Hand in Basketball (1995) by cirgue on Saturday November 25, 2017 @10:05PM (#15779245)
Another point of view is that this makes sports a great example: we believe the 'hot-hand' phenomenon intuitively, but the statistics tell a complicated and seemingly contradictory story.
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