Predicting outcomes: Sports and stocks

The Behavior of Stock-Market Prices

Eugene F. Fama · The Journal of Business · 1965 · 8.7K citations

Business, Economics, Finance +12

The illusion of control.

Ellen J. Langer · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1975 · 3.7K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +7

Belief in the law of small numbers.

Amos Tversky, Daniel Kahneman · Psychological Bulletin · 1971 · 3.3K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +7

The Belief in a Just World: A Fundamental Delusion.

V. Lee Hamilton, Melvin J. Lerner · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1982 · 2.6K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +9

The hot hand in basketball: On the misperception of random sequences

Thomas Gilovich, Robert P. Vallone, Amos Tversky · Cognitive Psychology · 1985 · 1.7K citations

Education, Sports Medicine, Human Performance +6