Event Weighting vs. Event Counting
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
2022-03-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract
Goal of these proceedings is to introduce a method based on event weighting in particle physics experiments. Weighting means that events are not just counted as integer numbers but are assigned a weight factor according to their importance in the analysis. This method has a close connection to the maximum likelihood method known to reach the smallest statistical error. The purpose of this document is to give a more educational overview on the subject. As an example the extraction of a beam polarization from scattered particles is discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2203.05319,
title = {Event Weighting vs. Event Counting},
author = {Joerg Pretz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.05319},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
14 pages, 4 figures