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Practical Statistics for LHC Physicists: Frequentist Inference (2/3)

Harrison Prosper · CERN

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Abstract These lectures cover those principles and practices of statistics that are most relevant for work at the LHC. The first lecture discusses the basic ideas of descriptive statistics, probability and likelihood. The second lecture covers the key ideas in the frequentist approach, including confidence limits, profile likelihoods, p-values, and hypothesis testing. The third lecture covers inference in the Bayesian approach. Throughout, real-world examples will be used to illustrate the practical application of the ideas. No previous knowledge is assumed..

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  1. Practical Statistics for LHC Physicists: Frequentist Inference (2/3) 2015-04-08 · 1 h 10 min · CERN's player

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Institution
CERN
Department
Academic Training Lecture Regular Programme,2014-2015
Speaker
Harrison Prosper
Year
2015
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics
Source
CERN
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