[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Seminar today at 14:00

TRIUMF Seminars triumf-seminars at lists.triumf.ca
Thu May 17 05:00:02 PDT 2012


Date/Time: Thu 2012-05-17 at 14:00

Location:  Auditorium          

Speaker:   Louis Lyons (Oxford University)

Title:     DISCOVERY and p-VALUES

Abstract: (Outline format)

CLAS discovery and un-discovery of penta-quarks
Distinguishing a peak from a statistical fluctuation 
Goodness of fit, or hypothesis testing?
Test statistic
Why 5 sigma for discovery?
Blind analyses
What p-values are and what they are not
p-values and likelihood ratios
Combining p-values
Bayesian methods
Simultaneous optimisation for discovery and exclusion.
Incorporating systematic effects


Stimulants available 15 minutes before the talk.

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