Simultaneous Least Squares Treatment of Statistical and Systematic Uncertainties
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
2009-11-11 v2
Abstract
We present a least squares method for estimating parameters from measurements of event yields in the presence of background and crossfeed. We adopt a unified approach to incorporating the statistical and systematic uncertainties on the experimental measurements input to the fit. We demonstrate this method with a fit for absolute hadronic D meson branching fractions, measured in e+e- -> \psi(3770) -> D\bar D$ transitions.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0503050,
title = {Simultaneous Least Squares Treatment of Statistical and Systematic Uncertainties},
author = {Werner M. Sun},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0503050},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages, 2 figures; minor clarifications, one figure added