Published March 22, 2002
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Confidence limits and their errors
Description
Confidence limits are common place in physics analysis. Great care must be taken in their calculation and use especially in cases of limited statistics. We introduce the concept of statistical errors of confidence limits and argue that not only should limits be calculated but also their errors in order to represent the results of the analysis to the fullest. We show that comparison of two different limits from two different experiments becomes easier when their errors are also quoted. Use of errors of confidence limits will lead to abatement of the debate on which method is best suited to calculate confidence limits
Availability note (English)
Available from PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/792855-RcoVtQ/native/Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 290 Kilobytes
- Report number
- FERMILAB-Conf--02-047-E
Conference
- Title
- Advanced Statistical Techniques in Particle Physics
- Dates
- 18-22 Mar 2002
- Place
- Durham (United Kingdom)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 33016239
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COVARIANCES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ERRORS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICS
- Descriptors DEC
- MATHEMATICS; PHYSICS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- AC02-76CH03000
- Funding organization
- USDOE Office of Energy Research ER (United States)