\documentclass[11pt]{article} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{0.0truein} \setlength{\evensidemargin}{0.0truein} \setlength{\textwidth}{6.5truein} \setlength{\topmargin}{0.0truein} \setlength{\textheight}{9.0truein} \setlength{\headsep}{0.0truein} \setlength{\headheight}{0.0truein} \setlength{\topskip}{10.0pt} \usepackage{url} \begin{document} \begin{center} \textbf{\textsc{STANFORD UNIVERSITY}}\\[5pt] \textbf{\textsc{DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS}}\\[5pt] \Large{\textbf\textsc{{DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR}}} \end{center} \begin{center} 4:15 p.m., Monday, July 11, 2005\\ Sequoia Hall Room 200\\ (Cookies at 3:45 in 1st Floor Lounge) \end{center} \begin{center} \textsl{Louis Lyons} \\ Physics Department \\ Oxford, UK? \\ \end{center} \begin{center} \textbf{STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS} \end{center} Typical data and analyses used in Particle Physics experiments are described. Some of the statistical questions vexing Particle Physicists are discussed These include: Extracting upper limits, including coping with nuisance parameters. Assessing significance of possible signals. Multivariate separation of signal and background. Goodness of fit for sparse multidimensional data. Combining results of different analyses with correclations and/or asymmetric errors. Pulls distributions. Dealing with the Punzi effect \end{document}