The Hot Hand and the Clutch Hitter

Regardless of how rare an event may seem to be, the probabilities are quite predictable. When playing sports it is probable that the player accuracy would be 50%. He says that me more you make attempt the more of a pattern you will see in you results. The fewer attempts that you make will barely show a pattern because your attempt would be constant. Because of the differences in sports, people can be “lucky” and have spurts. That spurt is the Hot hand in basketball and the clutch hitter in baseball. Paulos admires theses streaks but he also says that is possible to be accurate but not probable.