688
L. Lyons
been particularly helpful. My understanding of the practical application of statistical techniques
has improved considerably as a result of discussions with many experimental Particle Physics
colleagues, and in particular with the members of the CDF and CMS Statistics Committees. I
especially wish to thank Bob Cousins, Luc Demortier and Joel Heinrich for their careful reading
and valuable comments on the original version of this article. To all of you, I am most grateful.
The Leverhulme Foundation kindly provided a grant which partially supported the original
version this work.
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colleagues, and in particular with the members of the CDF and CMS Statistics Committees. I
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and valuable comments on the original version of this article. To all of you, I am most grateful.
The Leverhulme Foundation kindly provided a grant which partially supported the original
version this work.
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2. FNAL Confidence Limits Workshop (2000), http://conferences.fnal.gov/CLW/.
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4. Proceedings of PHYSTAT2003, eConf C030908, SLAC-R-703.
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Banff (2006), http://www.birs.ca/birspages.php?task=displayevent&event_id=06w5054.
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Issues Related to Discovery Claims in Search Experiments and Unfolding”, https://cdsweb.
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(2007).
L. Lista, “Statistical Methods for Data Analysis in Particle Physics”, Springer (2017).
Louis Lyons, “Statistics for Nuclear and Particle Physics”, Cambridge University Press
(1986). See also https://www-cdf.fnal.gov/physics/statistics/notes/Errata2.pdf for an Update.
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