Academic Training Lecture Regular Programme

Statistical Methods for Particle Physics (4/4)

by Glen Cowan (Royal Holloway)

Europe/Zurich
222/R-001 (CERN)

222/R-001

CERN

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Description
The series of four lectures will introduce some of the important statistical methods used in Particle Physics, and should be particularly relevant to those involved in the analysis of LHC data. The lectures will include an introduction to statistical tests, parameter estimation, and the application of these tools to searches for new phenomena. Both frequentist and Bayesian methods will be described, with particular emphasis on treatment of systematic uncertainties. The lectures will also cover unfolding, that is, estimation of a distribution in binned form where the variable in question is subject to measurement errors.
Slides
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