Lecture 7. Statistical tests: general concepts

Statistical Data Analysis

Dmitry V. Naumov (JINR)

Draft Outline

• TODO: hypotheses, test size, test power
• TODO: type I and type II errors
• TODO: critical regions and decision rules

Exercises

Exercise

Show that the likelihood for a Poisson count \(n\) with expectation \(\mu\) is \[ L(\mu)=\frac{\mu^n e^{-\mu}}{n!}. \]