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Practical Statistics for Particle Physicists (4/5)

Name: Practical Statistics for Particle Physicists (4/5)
Start: 2006-10-12T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2006-10-12T12:00:00+02:00
Location: CERN

by Lyons, L. (Oxford University, GB)

Thursday 12 Oct 2006, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN

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Bayes, Frequentism and limits Lecture Bayes, Frequentism and limits Bayes and frequentist probability. Everyday examples. Prob(data;theory) is not equal to Prob(theory;data) Bayes theorem. Bayesian prior. When priors are and are not important. Frequentist confidence intervals, and their properties. Limits calculations by Bayes, Neyman construction and Feldman-Cousins Summary of Bayes and Frequentist approaches

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Practical Statistics for Particle Physicists (4/5)

by Lyons, L. (Oxford University, GB)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN