The Signal Estimator Limit Setting Method
classification
⚛️ physics.data-an
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methodestimatorsignalalwaysbackgroundbayesianbetterconcept
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A new method of background subtraction is presented which uses the concept of a signal estimator to construct a confidence level which is always conservative and which is never better than e^-s. The new method yields stronger exclusions than the Bayesian method with a flat prior distribution.
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