Binomial and ratio-of-Poisson-means frequentist confidence intervals applied to the error evaluation of cut efficiencies

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2009-01-30

arxiv.org/abs/0901.4845v1

Physics

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability

19 pages, 17 figures

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The evaluation of the error to be attributed to cut efficiencies is a common question in the practice of experimental particle physics. Specifically, the need to evaluate the efficiency of the cuts for background removal, when they are tested in a signal-free-background-only energy window, originates a statistical problem which finds its natural framework in the ample family of solutions for two classical, and closely related, questions, i.e. the determination of confidence intervals for the parameter of a binomial proportion and for the ratio of Poisson means. In this paper the problem is first addressed from the traditional perspective, and afterwards naturally evolved towards the introduction of non standard confidence intervals both for the binomial and Poisson cases; in particular, special emphasis is given to the intervals obtained through the application of the likelihood ratio ordering to the traditional Neyman prescription for the confidence limits determination. Due to their attractiveness in term of reduced length and of coverage properties, the new intervals are well suited as interesting alternative to the standard Clopper-Pearson PDG intervals.

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