Statistical Methods in Experimental Physics

The first edition of this classic book has become the authoritative reference for physicists desiring to master the finer points of statistical data analysis. This second edition contains all the important material of the first, much of it unavailable from any other sources. In addition, many chapters have been updated with considerable new material, especially in areas concerning the theory and practice of confidence intervals, including the important Feldman-Cousins method. Both frequentist and Bayesian methodologies are presented, with a strong emphasis on techniques useful to physicists and other scientists in the interpretation of experimental data and comparison with scientific theories. This is a valuable textbook for advanced graduate students in the physical sciences as well as a reference for active researchers.

ISBN 981256795X   Pages 364 ISBN13 9789812567956 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd   Weight (grammes) 667 Imprint World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd   Published in Singapore Format Hardback   Height (mm) 236 Publication date 11 Jan 2007   Width (mm) 163 Library of Congress QC   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY 519.5   Academic level Postgraduate DEWEY edition DC22

Ch. 1		Introduction		1
Ch. 2		Basic concepts in probability		9
Ch. 3		Convergence and the law of large numbers		43
Ch. 4		Probability distributions		53
Ch. 5		Information		99
Ch. 6		Decision theory		111
Ch. 7		Theory of estimators		127
Ch. 8		Point estimation in practice		163
Ch. 9		Interval estimation		215
Ch. 10		Test of hypotheses		253
Ch. 11		Goodness-of-fit tests		299

"I highly recommend that this book be kept on every desk -- for consultation when a question arises, for browsing when in the mood to learn something interesting, and for a straight read-though to get a grounding in the classical theory of statistics from an experimental physicist's perspective."CERN Courier

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