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Report number arXiv:1503.07622
Title Practical Statistics for the LHC
Author(s) Cranmer, Kyle (New York U., CCPP)
Imprint 26 Mar 2015. - 41 p.
Note Comments: presented at the 2011 European School of High-Energy Physics, Cheile Gradistei, Romania, 7-20 September 2011 I expect to release updated versions of this document in the future
presented at the 2011 European School of High-Energy Physics, Cheile Gradistei, Romania, 7-20 September 2011 I expect to release updated versions of this document in the future
In: 2011 European School of High-Energy Physics, pp.267-308
In: 2013 CERN - Latin-American School of High-Energy Physics, pp.247-289
DOI 10.5170/CERN-2014-003.267
10.5170/CERN-2015-001.247
Subject category Other Fields of Physics
Abstract This document is a pedagogical introduction to statistics for particle physics. Emphasis is placed on the terminology, concepts, and methods being used at the Large Hadron Collider. The document addresses both the statistical tests applied to a model of the data and the modeling itself.
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