Lecture 10. Feldman-Cousins, CLs, and related methods

Statistical Data Analysis

Dmitry V. Naumov (JINR)

Draft Outline

• TODO: Neyman construction and ordering rules
• TODO: Feldman-Cousins intervals
• TODO: CLs method for limits

Exercises

Exercise

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