Hypothesis tests and model parameter estimation on data sets with missing correlation information
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| contents | Ideally, all analyses of normally distributed data should include the full covariance information between all data points. In practice, the full covariance matrix between all data points is not always available. Either because a result was published without a covariance matrix, or because one tries to combine multiple results from separate publications. For simple hypothesis tests, it is possible to define robust test statistics that will behave conservatively in the presence on unknown correlations. For model parameter fits, one can inflate the variance by a factor to ensure that things remain conservative at least up to a chosen confidence level. This paper describes a class of robust test statistics for simple hypothesis tests, as well as an algorithm to determine the necessary inflation factor for model parameter fits and Goodness of Fit tests and composite hypothesis tests. It then presents some example applications of the methods to real neutrino interaction data and model comparisons. |
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| spellingShingle | Hypothesis tests and model parameter estimation on data sets with missing correlation information Koch, Lukas Methodology Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Applications Ideally, all analyses of normally distributed data should include the full covariance information between all data points. In practice, the full covariance matrix between all data points is not always available. Either because a result was published without a covariance matrix, or because one tries to combine multiple results from separate publications. For simple hypothesis tests, it is possible to define robust test statistics that will behave conservatively in the presence on unknown correlations. For model parameter fits, one can inflate the variance by a factor to ensure that things remain conservative at least up to a chosen confidence level. This paper describes a class of robust test statistics for simple hypothesis tests, as well as an algorithm to determine the necessary inflation factor for model parameter fits and Goodness of Fit tests and composite hypothesis tests. It then presents some example applications of the methods to real neutrino interaction data and model comparisons. |
| title | Hypothesis tests and model parameter estimation on data sets with missing correlation information |
| topic | Methodology Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Applications |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.22333 |