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Inferring the success parameter p of a binomial model from small samples affected by background
G. D'Agostini
The problem of inferring the binomial parameter p from x successes obtained in n trials is reviewed and extended to take into account the presence of background, that can affect th…
From Observations to Hypotheses: Probabilistic Reasoning Versus Falsificationism and its Statistical Variations
G. D'Agostini
Testing hypotheses is an issue of primary importance in the scientific research, as well as in many other human activities. Much clarification about it can be achieved if the proce…
Asymmetric Uncertainties: Sources, Treatment and Potential Dangers
G. D'Agostini
The issue of asymmetric uncertainties resulting from fits, nonlinear propagation and systematic effects is reviewed. It is shown that, in all cases, whenever a published result is…
Overcoming priors anxiety
G. D'Agostini
The choice of priors may become an insoluble problem if priors and Bayes' rule are not seen and accepted in the framework of subjectivism. Therefore, the meaning and the role of su…
Bayesian reasoning versus conventional statistics in High Energy Physics
G. D'Agostini
The intuitive reasoning of physicists in conditions of uncertainty is closer to the Bayesian approach than to the frequentist ideas taught at University and which are considered th…
Jeffreys priors versus experienced physicist priors - arguments against objective Bayesian theory
G. D'Agostini
I review the problem of the choice of the priors from the point of view of a physicist interested in measuring a physical quantity, and I try to show that the reference priors ofte…