On hypothesis testing, trials factor, hypertests and the BumpHunter
classification
⚛️ physics.data-an
hep-ex
keywords
bumphunterhypothesisfactorhypertestslooksearchtestingtrials
read the original abstract
A detailed presentation of hypothesis testing is given. The "look elsewhere" effect is illustrated, and a treatment of the trials factor is proposed with the introduction of hypothesis hypertests. An example of such a hypertest is presented, named BumpHunter, which is used in the recent ATLAS dijet resonance search, and in an earlier version in the CDF Global Search, to look for exotic phenomena in high energy physics. As a demonstration, the BumpHunter is used to address Problem 1 of the Banff Challenge.
This paper has not been read by Pith yet.
Forward citations
Cited by 1 Pith paper
-
Compensator-Based Inference for Signal Detection Under Unknown Background
Estimating a single compensator parameter suffices to infer signal intensity under unknown background and controls inference conservativeness.
discussion (0)
Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.