Statistical Methods for Data Analysis

Luca Lista is full professor at University of Naples Federico II and Director of INFN Naples Unit. He is an experimental particle physicist and member of the CMS collaboration at CERN. He participated in the BABAR experiment at SLAC and L3 experiment at CERN. His main scientific interests are data analysis, statistical methods applied to physics and software development for scientific applications.

• Introduction to Probability and Inference.- Discrete Probability Distributions.- Probability Density Functions.- Random Numbers and Monte Carlo Methods.- Bayesian Probability and Inference.- Frequentist Probability and Inference.- Combining Measurements.- Confidence Intervals.- Convolution and Unfolding.- Hypothesis Testing.- Machine Learning.- Discoveries and Limits.

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