Systematic Errors: facts and fictions

2002/07/06 by R. J. Barlow, Roger Barlow, Barlow, Roger · 9 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ex

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ex/0207026

14 pages, 4 figures

arxiv created 2002/07/06 · openalex publication_date 2002/07/06 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

The treatment of systematic errors is often mishandled. This is due to lack of understanding and education, based on a fundamental ambiguity as to what is meant by the term. This note addresses the problems and offers guidance to good practice.

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