Statistical Methods and Error Analysis

17 Jan 2019, 09:30
1h 30m
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AG66

Speaker

Dr Eilam Gross (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)

Description

Topics: 1. Basic Concepts, p-values, CLs, POWER, and measurements 2. Wald, Asimov, Asymptotics, FC, Profile Likelihood 3. Look Elsewhere Effect, 1D and 2D G. Cowan, K. Cranmer, E. Gross and O. Vitells, Asymptotic formulae for likelihood-based tests of new physics; Eur.\ Phys.\ J.\ C {\bf 71}, 1554 (2011) Erratum: [Eur.\ Phys.\ J.\ C {\bf 73}, 2501 (2013)]. E. Gross and O. Vitells, Trial factors for the look elsewhere effect in high energy physics; Eur.\ Phys.\ J.\ C {\bf 70}, 525 (2010).

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