Title :
Analysis of statistical algorithms for the comparison of data distributions in physic experiments
Author :
Lechner, Anton ; Pfeiffer, Andreas ; Pia, Maria Grazia ; Ribon, Alberto
Author_Institution :
Vienna Univ. of Technol., Vienna
fDate :
Oct. 26 2007-Nov. 3 2007
Abstract :
The relative power of statistical algorithms for the comparison of data distributions was examined for selected physics use cases. Various Goodness-of-Fit tests, applicable to binned and unbinned data sets, were evaluated. The results provide guidance about the usage of a particular test in certain scenarios.
Keywords :
data analysis; high energy physics instrumentation computing; statistical testing; binned data sets; data analysis; data distributions; goodness-of-fit tests; physics experiments; statistical algorithms; unbinned data sets; Algorithm design and analysis; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Packaging; Physics; Software packages; Software testing; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions; System testing; Goodness-of-Fit tests; data analysis; statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2007. NSS '07. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0922-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436532
