P values and nuisance parameters

PHYSTAT LHC Workshop on Statistical Issues for LHC Physics, PHYSTAT 2007 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 23-33

  Demortier, Luc ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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NUISANCE PARAMETER; NULL HYPOTHESIS; P-VALUES; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES;

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