Shaking Some Preconceptions In Statistics
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 11:10
in Physics & Chemistry
I enjoyed a lot reading a "discussion" prepared by Maury Goodman on the value of "confidence level", discovery thresholds, and what physicists believe or not. If you are a HEP physicist and you want to widen your horizons on the value of statistical claims in experimental results, you are bound to read it. But you might find it thought-provoking and enlightening even if you are a layman, provided you can use three neurons in a row.A few random excerpts should convince you to read the whole piece:Manjib: No reasonable high energy physics will believe a two sigma effect.read more