Sports Fans and Even Athletes, Particularly in Basketball, Seem to Believe

Multiple Choice

Sports fans and even athletes, particularly in basketball, seem to believe in the so-called "hot hands" syndrome. This belief appears to originate from the fact that people:

A) Often fail to realize that small observations are more likely to throw up more extreme outcomes.
B) Understand the phenomenon of "regression to the mean".
C) Fail to understand the difference between correlation and causation.
D) Fail to understand the difference between conjunctive and disjunctive events.