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arxiv: physics/9812030 · v1 · submitted 1998-12-17 · ⚛️ physics.data-an

The Signal Estimator Limit Setting Method

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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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