The misconception of representativeness arises from a misconception about the nature of randomness. When considering the random selection of a certain number of events from a given sample space, it seems very likely that the events chosen will be from "all over" the sample space. Similarly, it seems very unlikely that the selection will consist only of a "piece" of the sample space. For example, suppose you are randomly selecting letters of the alphabet to make a new word. The word is to have three letters and each letter of the word is to be chosen from all 26 letters of the alphabet. Is it more likely that you will come up with the "word" kte than the "word" zzz? Let�s look at the probabilities behind each: