Read this article, which discusses the hot hand theory as it relates to a professional basketball player. State whether you agree or disagree with the hot hand theory, and give reasons for your opinion. Be sure to use some of the terms you've learned in this unit, such as independent event, dependent event, and conditional probability, in your answer.

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Read this article, which discusses the hot hand theory as it relates to a professional basketball player. State whether you agree or disagree with the hot hand theory, and give reasons for your opinion. Be sure to use some of the terms you've learned in this unit, such as independent event, dependent event, and conditional probability, in your answer.

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Hudson Shea · Answer 1

basketball players actually have brief runs of superhuman "hot hands," when the basket looks 5 feet wide and sinking a free throw is as easy as opening a door? Or are basketball shots more or less a random sequence, on which our pattern-seeking monkey brains impose illusory order after the