Date: February 23, 2007
Time: 10:30 am - 11:30 am

This week, Louis Lyons from Oxford University will be giving a series of four lectures on statistics. An outline of the material to be covered is included below.

The lectures will be Tuesday through Friday, February 20-23, 10:30-11:30, with time for questions and discussion afterwards.
They will be held in the Panofsky Auditorium in order that we may also videotape them.

The lectures will also become available on the web page:
http://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/sluo/Lectures/Stat2007_lectures.htm
Please note that Louis' earlier SLAC colloquium and Brad Efron's lecture on "Bootstrap Basics" are already linked to this web page.


PRACTICAL STATISTICS
February 23:
DISCOVERY and p-VALUES
Distinguishing a peak, a goof, and a statistical fluctuation Why 5 sigma for discovery?
Blind analyses
What p-values are and what they are not
Combining p-values
Simultaneous optimisation for discovery and exclusion.
Incorporating systematic effects