| Issue |
EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 55, 2013
SOS 2012 – IN2P3 School of Statistics
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| Article Number | 03003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 29 | |
| Section | Application to Data Analyses | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135403003 | |
| Published online | 01 July 2013 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135403003
Setting limits and application to Higgs boson search
INFN Napoli
This lecture summarizes the basic concept of hypothesis testing, will introduce the concepts of significance and upper limit under the frequentist and Bayesian approaches, and will discuss the benefits and limitations of the most popular approaches. Special attention will be devoted to the so-called modified frequentist approach, which is a popular method in High Energy Physics, and some application to real physics cases will be discussed.
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