Statistical Analysis in Particle Physics: Special Topics

Kai-Feng Chen
National Taiwan University

Date: 2017/Sep to 2018/Jan
Location: classroom R716, New Physics Building, NTU and vidyo hyperspace

This is a course design for particle physics major student, and is going to discuss the following topics in detail. We plan to have 60% of the course time allocated for classical lectures and have 40% of the time discussing about several close-to-real examples.

• Probability and Random Numbers
• Bayesian and Frequentist approaches
• Multivariate analysis
• Parameter estimation
• Hypothesis test
• Upper limits

Link to vidyo room: http://vidyoportal.cern.ch/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=cbKbegqMZ7Mt

Lecture 0: All you need to know about this course

Date: 2017/09/11
Slides: lecture-0.pdf

Lecture 1: Introduction to Probability

Date: 2017/09/18
Slides: lecture-1.pdf

Inter-Lecture: Introduction to ROOT

Date: 2017/9/25
Slides: inter-1.pdf
Example codes: example_01.cc / example_02.cc / example_03.cc / example_04.cc /
example_04a.cc / example_05.cc / example_06.cc

Inter-Lecture: Briefing on Random Numbers

Date: 2017/10/02
Slides: inter-2.pdf
Example codes: example_01.cc / example_02.cc / example_03.cc / example_04.cc /
example_04a.cc / example_05.cc / example_05a.cc / example_06.cc / example_06a.cc

Exercise 1

Date: 2017/10/02
Slides: exercise-1.pdf

Lecture 2: Probability Distributions

Date: 2017/10/16, 10/23, 10/30
Slides: lecture-2.pdf
Example codes: example_01.cc / example_02.cc / example_03.cc / example_04.cc /
example_05.cc / example_06.cc / example_07.cc

Exercise 2

Date: 2017/10/30
Slides: exercise-2.pdf
Materials: exercise_01.root / exercise_02.cc

Inter-Lecture: Fitting with Minuit & RooFit

Date: 2017/10/30, 11/06
Slides: inter-3.pdf
Materials: example_data.root / example_data2.root
Example codes: example_01.cc / example_02.cc / example_03.cc / example_04.cc /
example_04a.cc / example_04b.cc / example_04c.cc / example_05.cc / example_06.cc /
example_06a.cc / example_06b.cc / example_07.cc / example_08.cc / example_08a.cc /
example_08b.cc / example_08c.cc / example_09.cc / example_10.cc / example_10a.cc /
example_11.cc / example_12.cc / example_13.cc / example_13a.cc

Lecture 3: Parameter Estimation

Date: 2017/11/13, 11/20, 11/27
Slides: lecture-3.pdf
Example codes: example_01.cc / example_02.cc / example_03.cc / example_04.cc /
example_05.cc / example_06.cc / example_07.cc / example_08.cc

Exercise 3

Date: 2017/11/27
Slides: exercise-3.pdf
Materials: example_exdata.root / example_signal.root / example_psipi.root / example_psihadrons.root

Lecture 4: Interval Estimation

Date: 2017/11/27, 12/4, 12/11
Slides: lecture-4.pdf
Materials: example_06.root
Example codes:  example_01.cc / example_02.cc / example_03.cc / example_04.cc /
example_05.cc / example_06.cc / example_07.cc / example_08.cc / example_09.cc /
example_09a.cc

Lecture 5: Hypothesis Test

Date: 2017/12/xx
Slides: lecture-5.pdf
Materials: example_splusb.root / example_bonly.root
Example codes:  example_01.cc / example_01a.cc / example_01b.cc / example_02.cc /
example_03.cc / example_04.cc / example_04a.cc