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Report number CERN-2000-005
Conference title 1st Workshop on Confidence Limits
Related conference title(s) Confidence Limits
Date(s), location 17 - 18 Jan 2000, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Conference contact email: CL.workshop@cern.ch
fax: +41-22-767-8340
Editor(s) Lyons, Louis (ed.) ; Perrin, Yves (ed.) (CERN) ; James, Frederick E (ed.) (CERN)
Imprint Geneva : CERN, 2000 - 287 p.
Series (CERN Yellow Reports: Conference Proceedings)
ISBN 9290831650 (print version, paperback)
9789290831655
DOI e-proceedings: 10.5170/CERN-2000-005
Free keywords Bayesian analysis ; backgound ; interval estimation ; noise
Copyright/License publication: © 2000-2024 CERN (License: CC-BY-3.0)

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Introduction and statement of the problem (p. 1)
by James, F
Confidence limits : what is the problem? Is there the solution?(p. 3)
by D'Agostini, G.
Bayesian Analysis (p. 29)
by Prosper, H B
Comments on methods for setting confidence limits (p. 49)
by Cousins, R D
Enhancing the physical significance of Frequentist confidence intervals (p. 63)
by Giunti, C
On the ploblem of low counts in a signal plus noise model (p. 77)
by Woodroofe, M
Modified frequentist analysis of search results (the $CL_{s}$ method) (p. 81)
by Read, A L
The Signal Estimator Limit Setting Method (p. 103)
by Jin, S
Analytic Confidence Level Calculations using the Likelihood Ratio and Fourier Transform (p. 109)
by Hu, H
Limits on $B_{s}$ ocillations (p. 117)
by Schneider, O
Confronting classical and Bayesian confidence limits to examples (p. 141)
by Zech, G
Interval estimation as viewed from the world of mathematical statistics (p. 157)
by Clifford, P
Drawing sensitivity curves : ask a silly question, get a silly answer(p. 167)
by Nolty, R
Statistical analysis of the LSND evidence and the Karmen exclusion for $\overline\nu_{mu}\to \overline\nu_{e}$ ocillations (p. 173)
by Eitel, K
Bayesian presentation of neutrino oscillation results (p. 187)
by Doucet, M
Upper Limits in the Case That Zero Events are Observed : An Intuitive Solution to the Background Dependence Puzzle(p. 199)
by Astone, P
Stronger classical confidence limits (p. 207)
by Punzi, G
On Observability of Signal Over Background (p. 219)
by Bityukov, S I
Inclusion of systematic uncertainties in upper limits and hypothesis tests (p. 237)
by Conway, J
Setting Limits and Making Discoveries in CDF (p. 247)
by Conway, J
Estimation of confidence intervals in measurements of trilinear gauge boson couplings (p. 259)
by Kersevan, Borut P
Panel discussion [at the 1st Workshop on Confidence Limits] (p. 271)
by Cowan, G D
Constraining the Higgs boson mass through the combination of direct search and precision measurement results
by D'Agostini, G

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