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Reproducibility and Replication of Experimental Particle Physics Results
Thomas R. Junk, Louis Lyons
Recently, much attention has been focused on the replicability of scientific results, causing scientists, statisticians, and journal editors to examine closely their methodologies…
A Paradox about Likelihood Ratios?
Louis Lyons
We consider whether the asymptotic distributions for the log-likelihood ratio test statistic are expected to be Gaussian or chi-squared. Two straightforward examples provide insigh…
Practical Statistics
L. Lyons
Accelerators and detectors are expensive, both in terms of money and human effort. It is thus important to invest effort in performing a good statistical analysis of the data, in o…
Combining parameter values or -values
Louis Lyons, Emilien Chapon
We review the methods to combine several measurements, in the form of parameter values or -values.
Discovering the Significance of 5 sigma
Louis Lyons
We discuss the traditional criterion for discovery in Particle Physics of requiring a significance corresponding to at least 5 sigma; and whether a more nuanced approach might be b…
Bayes and Frequentism: a Particle Physicist's perspective
Louis Lyons
In almost every scientific field, an experiment involves collecting data and then analysing it. The analysis stage will often consist in trying to extract some physical parameter a…