Statistical methods for data analysis in particle physics

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-20176-4MaRDI QIDQ5919794zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Luca Lista

Publication date 13 July 2015

Published in Lecture Notes in Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20176-4

zbMATH Keywords

Bayesianconfidence intervalsdata analysisfrequencyhypothesis testsMonte Carlo methodsprobability theoryrandom numbersupper limits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to statistics (62-02) Bayesian inference (62F15) Applications of statistics to physics (62P35) Monte Carlo methods (65C05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25)

Review text

This book is an excellent introduction to statistical methods for data analysis in general, not only in particle physics. The author clearly demonstrated the concepts and theory of statistical methods and their connections with numerous graphs, examples and applications. The contents are well structured, concise and easily understandable. Particular effort was made in illustrating distinct characters of frequency and Bayesian approaches. This book has eight chapters starting from the elementary concepts and migrating gradually to advance applications: 1) Probability theory; 2) Probability distribution functions; 3) Bayesian approach to probability; 4) Random numbers and Monte Carlo methods; 5) Parameter estimate; 6) Confidence intervals; 7) Hypothesis tests and 8) Upper limits which are heavily involved with the particle physics. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in pursuing data analysis in all fields.

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• Open statistical issues in particle physics

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• RANLUX
• MersenneTwister
• GSL

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