Statistical analysis of data
1998/99 University of London postgraduate lectures
for particle physicists
Glen Cowan,
Royal Holloway, University of London,
phone: (01784) 44 3452, e-mail: g.cowan@rhbnc.ac.uk
Aims: The purpose of the course is to present the basic mathematical
tools needed for the statistical analysis of experimental data.
The course is designed for postgraduate students in particle physics,
but it should be useful to physicists in other special fields
as well. The methods will be practiced by writing and running short
computer programs.
Syllabus: A general
outline of the course topics.
Schedule: A timetable of all of the livenet lectures:
ps,
pdf
Books: The lectures will mainly follow
- G. Cowan, Statistical Data Analysis,
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998.
This book has its own
web site, which
contains various data analysis resources. Also useful are:
- R.J.Barlow, A Guide to the Use of Statistical Methods in the Physical
Sciences, John Wiley, 1989;
- W.T.Eadie et al., Statistical Methods in Experimental Physics,
North-Holland, 1971;
- S.Brandt, Statistical and Computational Methods in Data
Analysis, Springer, New York, 1998;
- L.Lyons, Statistics for Nuclear and Particle Physics, CUP, 1986.
Lecture notes:
Problem sheets:
Some material from the tutorials and supplementary notes:
The exam (paper 2, question 3):
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