Practical Statistics for Particle Physics
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
2021-02-03 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
This is the write-up of a set of lectures given at the Asia Europe Pacific School of High Energy Physics in Quy Nhon, Vietnam in September 2018, to an audience of PhD students in all branches of particle physics They cover the different meanings of 'probability', particularly frequentist and Bayesian, the binomial, Poisson and Gaussian distributions, hypothesis testing, estimation, errors (including asymmetric and systematic errors) and goodness of fit. Several different methods used in setting upper limits are explained, followed by a discussion on why 5 sigma are conventionally required for a 'discovery'.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1905.12362,
title = {Practical Statistics for Particle Physics},
author = {Roger John Barlow},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.12362},
year = {2021}
}