2008/12/15 by Yong-Sheng Zhu · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.data-an #hep-ex
published as High Energy Phys. Nucl. Phys. 30: 331-334, 2006 · 3 pages
arxiv created 2008/12/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
A definition for the statistical significance of a signal in an experiment is proposed by establishing a correlation between the observed p-value and the normal distribution integral probability, which is suitable for both counting experiment and continuous test statistics. The explicit expressions to calculate the statistical significance for both cases are given.