Name: Introductory Statistics School 2013
Start: 2013-03-18T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2013-03-22T18:00:00+01:00
Location: DESY Hamburg

Introductory Statistics School 2013

from Monday 18 March 2013 (08:00) to Friday 22 March 2013 (18:00)

Monday 18 March 2013

13:00 Registration
Registration
13:00 - 14:00
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
14:00 Welcome - Olaf Behnke (DESY)
Welcome
- Olaf Behnke (DESY)
14:00 - 14:10
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
14:10 Concepts of Statistics - Allen Caldwell (Max Planck Institute)
Concepts of Statistics
- Allen Caldwell (Max Planck Institute)
14:10 - 15:10
Room: Building 1b, SR 4 e.g. covering definition of probability
15:10 Virtual Machine Setup - Gero Flucke (DESY)
Virtual Machine Setup
- Gero Flucke (DESY)
15:10 - 15:15
Room: Building 1b, SR 4 For those who have questions concerning the virtual machine setup - extending into coffee break.
15:15 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:15 - 15:45
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
15:45 Probabilities - Christoph Rosemann (DESY Hamburg) Gero Flucke (DESY)
Probabilities
- Christoph Rosemann (DESY Hamburg)
- Gero Flucke (DESY)
15:45 - 18:00
Room: Building 1b, SR 4 basic and multi-dimensional distributions, their properties, covariance matrix, parameter transformation, error propagation,...
Tuesday 19 March 2013
09:00 Parameter Estimation 1 - Christoph Rosemann (DESY Hamburg) Gero Flucke (DESY)
Parameter Estimation 1
- Christoph Rosemann (DESY Hamburg)
- Gero Flucke (DESY)
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Building 1b, SR 4 covering chi2-fits, chi2 distributions,likelihood fits (binned/unbinned), tutorials showing bias of chi2-fitting for low statistics histograms or formulating your own chi2 (in presence of correlated data?)
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
11:00 Parameter Estimation 2 - Gero Flucke (DESY) Christoph Rosemann (DESY Hamburg)
Parameter Estimation 2
- Gero Flucke (DESY)
- Christoph Rosemann (DESY Hamburg)
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Canteen
14:00 Hypothesis Tests 1 - Yvonne Peters (University of Goettingen and Desy) Cecile Deterre
Hypothesis Tests 1
- Yvonne Peters (University of Goettingen and Desy)
- Cecile Deterre
14:00 - 15:30
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
16:00 Hypothesis Tests 2 - Yvonne Peters (University of Goettingen and Desy)
Hypothesis Tests 2
- Yvonne Peters (University of Goettingen and Desy)
16:00 - 18:00
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
19:00 Workshop Dinner
Workshop Dinner
19:00 - 22:00
Room: Canteen extension/Bistro
Wednesday 20 March 2013
09:00 Parameter Estimation 3 - Christoph Rosemann (DESY Hamburg) Gero Flucke (DESY)
Parameter Estimation 3
- Christoph Rosemann (DESY Hamburg)
- Gero Flucke (DESY)
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
11:00 Parameter Estimation 4 - Christoph Rosemann (DESY Hamburg) Gero Flucke (DESY)
Parameter Estimation 4
- Christoph Rosemann (DESY Hamburg)
- Gero Flucke (DESY)
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Canteen
14:00 Limit Setting 1 - Stefan Schmitt (DESY)
Limit Setting 1
- Stefan Schmitt (DESY)
14:00 - 15:30
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
15:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:00
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
16:00 Limit Setting 2 - Stefan Schmitt (DESY)
Limit Setting 2
- Stefan Schmitt (DESY)
16:00 - 18:00
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
Thursday 21 March 2013
09:00 Systematic Uncertainties - Rainer Wanke (University of Mainz)
Systematic Uncertainties
- Rainer Wanke (University of Mainz)
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
10:30 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
11:00 Systematic Uncertainties in Theory - Markus Diehl (DESY)
Systematic Uncertainties in Theory
- Markus Diehl (DESY)
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Building 1b, SR 4
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
Room: Canteen
14:00 Analysis Walk-Through I - Ivo van Vulpen (NIKHEF)
Analysis Walk-Through I
- Ivo van Vulpen (NIKHEF)
14:00 - 18:00
Room: Building 1b, SR 4 Coffee will be available around 16:00 h.
Friday 22 March 2013
09:00 Analysis Walk-Through II - Ivo van Vulpen (NIKHEF)
Analysis Walk-Through II
- Ivo van Vulpen (NIKHEF)
09:00 - 12:30
Room: Building 1b, SR 4 Coffee will be available around 10.30 h.
12:30 Closing words
Closing words
12:30 - 12:35
Room: Building 1b, SR 4

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