2011/01/02 by G. Choudalakis, Georgios Choudalakis, Choudalakis, Georgios · 3 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #62-02 #62G10 #65Z05 #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Data Analysis #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an) #hep-ex #msc:62-02 #msc:62G10 #msc:65Z05 #physics.data-an
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1101.0390
34 pages, 91 figures, prepared for PHYSTAT2011
openalex publication_date 2011/01/02 · arxiv created 2011/01/07 · arxiv updated 2011/01/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A detailed presentation of hypothesis testing is given. The "look elsewhere" effect is illustrated, and a treatment of the trials factor is proposed with the introduction of hypothesis hypertests. An example of such a hypertest is presented, named BumpHunter, which is used in the recent ATLAS dijet resonance search, and in an earlier version in the CDF Global Search, to look for exotic phenomena in high energy physics. As a demonstration, the BumpHunter is used to address Problem 1 of the Banff Challenge.