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