Pre-PHYSTAT RooStats Tutorial

Friday 14 January 2011 - 08:00
CERN (30/7-018)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
14 Jan 2011
AM
09:00
RooStats Tutorial I (until 12:20)
09:00 Introduction to RooStats: Philosophy, Design, and Resources  
Slides
09:40 HistFactory: A tool for building Models from template histograms  
10:10 --- Coffee ---
10:30 Running the HistFactory example  
10:50 Running standard tools on model prepared by HistFactory  
11:20 Detailed guide through tutorial scripts in ROOT 5.28  
PM
13:00
Hands On "workshop" (until 17:20)
13:00 Validation examples from Higgs Combination Group (transitioning from MCLimit)  
13:30 Hands-on Example: Reproducing the ATLAS ttbar combination  
14:00 Discussion on where developers are needed  
14:20 Discussion on how to use tools for existing ATLAS analyses.  
14:50 --- Coffee break ---
15:10 Working session : individuals or small groups working on real analyses or studies