Statistical Problems in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology proceedings of PHYSTAT05, Oxford, UK, 12-15 September 2005 (Imperial College Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references
Bayes/frequentist. Frequentist and Bayesian statistics : A critique (keynote address) / D. R. Cox. Generalized frequentist methods for calculating p-values and confidence intervals / L. Demortier. Bayesian reference analysis / L. Demortier. Cosmological Bayesian model selection / R. Trotta. Towards reconciliation between Bayesian and frequentist reasoning / T. Podobnik and T. Zivko -- Goodness of fit. Goodness of fit -- With a view towards particle physics / S. L. Lauritzen. Goodness-of-fit for sparse distributions in high energy physics / B. Yabsley. Likelihood analysis and goodness-of-fit in low counting rate experiments / A. Ianni -- The "sieve" algorithm -- Sifting data in the real world / M. M. Block. X[symbol] test for the comparison of weighted and unweighted histograms / N. D. Gagunashvili --
- Likelihood/parameter estimation. Reduction of the number of variables in parameter inference / G. Zech. Errors from the likelihood function / R. J. Barlow. Asymmetric statistical errors / R. J. Barlow. Bias-free estimation in multicomponent maximum likelihood fits with component-dependent templates / P. Catastini and G. Punzi. Least squares approach to the alignment of the generic high precision tracking system / P. Bruckman de Renstrom and S. Haywood. A new fast track-fit algorithm based on broken lines / V. Blobel --
- Nuisance parameters/limits/discovery. Treatment of nuisance parameters in high energy physics, and possible justifications and improvements in the statistics literature / R. D. Cousins. Response (to cousins) / N. Reid. Ordering algorithms and confidence intervals in the presence of nuisance parameters / G. Punzi. Likelihood ratio intervals with Bayesian treatment of uncertainties : Coverage, power and combined experiments / J. Conrad and F. Tegenfeldtf. Limits and confidence intervals in the presence of nuisance parameters / W. A. Rolke, A. M. Lopez and J. Conrad. The Bayesian approach to setting limits : What to avoid / J. Heinrich. Statistically dual distributions in statistical inference / S. I. Bityukov ... [et al.]. Program for evaluation of significance, confidence intervals and limits by direct calculation of probabilities / S. I. Bityukov ... [et al.]. Examining the balance between optimising an analysis for best limit setting and best discovery potential / G. C. Hill ...
- [et al.]. Statistical challenges for searches for new physics at the LHC / K. Cranmer