PHYSTAT-Systematics 2021, 1-3 Nov + 10 Nov

For Physicists

* Here is an article specifically on systematic errors for particle physics:

• "Systematic Errors" (Joel Heinrich et al)

A glossary of statistical terminology is in an Appendix at the end of this article.

* Another such glossary is:

H. Prosper, J. Linnemann and W. Rolke, “A glossary of selected statistical terms”, Advanced Statistical Techniques in Particle Physics, IPPP Durham (2002)

  https://www.ippp.dur.ac.uk/Workshops/02/statistics/proceedings/glossary.pdf 

 

* Slides from a 2021 lecture on 'Handling Systematic Errors' by Roger Barlow are at 

http://barlow.web.cern.ch/barlow/talks/2021/1.pdf 

 

* Slides and videos of 3 nice lectures by Kyle Cranmer at the 2015 CERN-Fermilab HCP Summer School describe several features of Systematics. See:

https://indico.cern.ch/event/353089/contributions/1762256/

https://indico.cern.ch/event/353089/contributions/1762255/

https://indico.cern.ch/event/353089/contributions/1762258/ 

 

 

 

Below is a list of books and articles, provided as useful reading material on general statistical issues for particle physics analyses, before an earlier PHYSTAT Workshop. Participants were not expected to read them all.

  

Particle Data Group Book review on Statistics, Glen Cowan (There are also sections on Probability Theory and on Monte Carlo Techniques.) This is a short summary, and not intended to be a tutorial Extended maximum likelihood (R. Barlow) "Why isn't every physicist a Bayesian" Bob Cousins A simple example illustrating the different statistical methods of estimating parameter values and uncertainties "Systematic Errors" (Joel Heinrich et al) "A Unified Approach to the Classical Statistical Analysis of Small Signals" (Gary Feldman and Bob Cousins) Asymptotic formulae for likelihood-based tests of new physics (Glen Cowan, Kyle Cranmer, Eilam Gross and Ofer Vitells) "Procedure for the LHC Higgs boson search combination in Summer 2011" (ATLAS and CMS collaborations) Below are some suggested books about statistical methods in experimental physics: Glen Cowan, "Statistical Data Analysis"  L. Lyons, "Statistics for Nuclear and Particle Physicists", (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1986). F. James, "Statistical Methods in Experimental Physics", 2nd ed., (World Scientific, Singapore, 2007) O. Behnke, K. Kroeninger, G. Schott and T. Schoerner-Sadenius, "A Practical Guide to Statistical Methods" (Wiley-VCH 2013)