Published October 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Comment on: 'Errors in experiments with small numbers of events'

Creators

  • 1. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland). Data Handling Div.

Description

In a recent paper (O. Helene, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. 228 (1984) 120) it is stated that the failure of classical statistical theory has been demonstrated by a Monte Carlo test. This is of course not true. (orig./HSI)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A
Journal Volume
240
Journal Issue
1
Series
Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res., Sect. A.
Journal Page Range
203-204
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAE

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
17004048
Subject category
S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
Descriptors DEI
COUNTING TECHNIQUES; ERRORS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STATISTICS
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICS

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Notes
Letter-to-the-editor.