8–21 Sept 2024
DESY
Europe/Zurich timezone

Data Analysis L5 - Hypothesis testing and p-value

18 Sept 2024, 09:45
1h
Building 5, Auditorium

Building 5, Auditorium

Lecture

Speaker

Toni Sculac (University of Split Faculty of Science (HR))

Description

We will learn about the hypothesis testing procedure and all of its key concepts. We will discuss how to choose a critical region and learn about errors of first and second kind. We will learn the importance of a blinded analysis and understand all the needed steps before looking at the data. Finally, we will discuss when can we announce a discovery in science and the concept of a p-value.

Presentation materials