Correcting the Minimization Bias in Searches for Small Signals

Details Correcting the Minimization Bias in Searches for Small Signals Correcting the Minimization Bias in Searches for Small Signals

2002-06-15

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0206139v1

Nucl.Instrum.Meth. A503 (2003) 617-624

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

14 pages, 5 figues

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0168-9002(03)00428-5

We discuss a method for correcting the bias in the limits for small signals if those limits were found based on cuts that were chosen by minimizing a criterion such as sensitivity. Such a bias is commonly present when a "minimization" and an "evaluation" are done at the same time. We propose to use a variant of the bootstrap to adjust the limits. A Monte Carlo study shows that these new limits have correct coverage.

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