ESTIMATING EXCLUSION LIMITS IN PROSPECTIVE STUDIES OF SEARCHES

Authors
HERNANDEZ JJ NAVAS S REBECCHI P
Citation
Jj. Hernandez et al., ESTIMATING EXCLUSION LIMITS IN PROSPECTIVE STUDIES OF SEARCHES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 378(1-2), 1996, pp. 301-304
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
378
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
301 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1996)378:1-2<301:EELIPS>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We discuss the procedures used in studies of a prospective nature to e stimate the minimum sample size (or luminosity) needed from a statisti cal point of view to put exclusion limits to a given signal. We show h ow such limits should be computed in the most general way and compare the results to other more restricted approaches. This allows us to poi nt out some ambiguities in the way prospective estimation of exclusion limits is sometimes carried out.