Ordering Algorithms and Confidence Intervals in the Presence of Nuisance Parameters

Physics – Data Analysis – Statistics and Probability

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5 pages, 3 figures, to appear in proceedings of PhyStat2005, Oxford, UK, Sept 2005, Imperial College Press

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We discuss some issues arising in the evaluation of confidence intervals in the presence of nuisance parameters (systematic uncertainties) by means of direct Neyman construction in multi-dimensional space. While this kind of procedure provides rigorous coverage, it may be affected by large overcoverage, and/or produce results with counterintuitive behavior with respect to the uncertainty on the nuisance parameters, or other undesirable properties. We describe a choice of ordering algorithm that provides results with good general properties, the correct behavior for small uncertainties, and limited overcoverage.

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