Error Bars for Distributions of Numbers of Events
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
2012-01-31 v3 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
The common practice for displaying error bars on distributions of numbers of events is confusing and can lead to incorrect conclusions. A proposal is made for a different style of presentation that more directly indicates the level of agreement between expectations and observations.
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@article{arxiv.1112.2593,
title = {Error Bars for Distributions of Numbers of Events},
author = {Ritu Aggarwal and Allen Caldwell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.2593},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
New data presentation scheme in Fig 2 (bands offset by 1/2 a unit). Different prior for the case of limited MC events. A few typos corrected