physics716
Statistical Methods of Data Analysis (E) - physics716 Course Statistical Methods of Data Analysis (E) Course No. physics716 Category Type Language Teaching hours CP Semester Elective Lecture with exercises English 2+1 4 ST Requirements: Preparation: Form of Testing and Examination: Requirements for the examination (written): successful work with the exercises Length of Course: 1 semester Aims of the Course: Provide a foundation in statistical methods and give some concrete examples of how the methods are applied to data analysis in particle physics experiments Contents of the Course: Fundamental concepts of statistics, probability distributions, Monte Carlo methods, fitting of data, statistical and systematic errors, error propagation, upper limits, hypothesis testing, unfolding Recommended Literature: R. ...