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Instructors: Dr. Kristof Schmieden
Event type:
online: Lecture/practice class
Displayed in timetable as:
08.128.730
Hours per week:
4
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Contents:
The lecture will start with an overview of the basic concepts of statistics after which the
common statistical methods used in phsyics analysis will be discussed.
Topics that will be discussed are:
• Probability and probability density
• Expectation values, correlation coefficient, covariance matrix
• Variable transformations
• Important distributions
• Central limit theorem
• Generation of random numbers, Monte Carlo method
• Folding and unfolding
• Sampling and parameter estimation
• Uncertainties, systematic uncertainties, error propagation
• Confidence intervals
• Method of least squares
• Method of maximum likelihood
• Hypothesis testing
• Multivariate methods (neural networks, Fisher discriminant, ...)
• Limit setting
Recommended reading list:
R. Barlow, “Statistics – A Guide to the Use of Statistical Methods in the
Physical Sciences”, 1988, John Wiley Verlag,
S. Brandt, “Datenanalyse”, 4. Auflage 1999, Spektrum,
G. Cowan, “Statistical Data Analysis”, 1998, Oxford University Press.
G. Bohm, G. Zech, “Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis for Physicists”, Verlag Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (online-version freely accessible).
Digital teaching:
This will be an online lecture.
The Lecture will be held live. Recordings will be made available afterwards.
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