Research Shows That People Tend to "Detect" Patterns Even Where

question 15

Short Answer

Research shows that people tend to "detect" patterns even where none exist, and to __________ the degree of clustering of outcomes in sports events, as in other sequential data (for example the chance of being on a shooting streak in basketball).

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Definitions:

Anvil

A small iron block used in metalworking as a surface upon which metals are shaped.

Tympan

Another term for the tympanic membrane or eardrum, which vibrates in response to sound waves.

-Cusis

A suffix used in medical terms to denote hearing, as in presbycusis, age-related hearing loss.

Aur/i

A prefix related to the ear or hearing.