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Measures of Significance in HEP and Astrophysics

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability 2014-11-18 v2

Abstract

I compare and discuss critically several measures of statistical significance in common use in astrophysics and in high energy physics. I also exhibit some relationships among them.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0312059,
  title  = {Measures of Significance in HEP and Astrophysics},
  author = {J. T. Linnemann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0312059},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

Talk from PhyStat2003, Stanford, Ca, USA, September 2003, 5 pages, LaTex, 2 eps figures. MOBT001; typo fixed