EPJ Web of Conferences 55, 03003 (2013)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135403003
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135403003
Setting limits and application to Higgs boson search
INFN Napoli
This lecture summarizes the basic concept of hypothesis testing, will introduce the concepts of significance and upper limit under the frequentist and Bayesian approaches, and will discuss the benefits and limitations of the most popular approaches. Special attention will be devoted to the so-called modified frequentist approach, which is a popular method in High Energy Physics, and some application to real physics cases will be discussed.
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