The aim of lesson: It is aimed to gain the applicability of statistical distributions, errors, statistical precision value, signal and background calculations, Monte Carlo event productions used in data analysis to elementary particle collisions and decays.
Course Content: Basic concepts, probability functions, statistical tests, parameter estimation, maximum likelihood method, least squares method, statistical errors, confidence level, multivariate fit, multidimensional reliability regions, Monte Carlo calculations, phase space distributions, data analysis.
Week | Subject – Content | Teaching Method and Technique Used |
1 | Introduction | Lecture, Question and Answer |
2 | Basic concepts | Lecture, Question and Answer |
3 | Probability functions | Lecture, Question and Answer |
4 | Statistical tests | Lecture, Question and Answer |
5 | Parameter estimation | Lecture, Question and Answer |
6 | Maximum likelihood method, Least squares method | Lecture, Question and Answer |
7 | Maximum likelihood method, Least squares method / Midterm exam | Lecture, Question and Answer |
8 | Statistical errors | Lecture, Question and Answer |
9 | Statistical errors | Lecture, Question and Answer |
10 | Confidence level | Lecture, Question and Answer |
11 | Multivariate fit, multidimensional reliability zones | Lecture, Question and Answer |
12 | Monte Carlo calculations | Lecture, Question and Answer |
13 | Monte Carlo calculations | Lecture, Question and Answer |
14 | Phase space distributions, data analysis. | Lecture, Question and Answer |
15 | Final |