On Statistical Significance of signal

ZHU Yong-Sheng

Chinese Physics C> 2006, Vol. 30> Issue(4) : 331-334

On Statistical Significance of signal

ZHU Yong-Sheng ^,

Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS, Beijing 100049, China

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A definition for the statistical significance of a signal in an experiment is proposed by establishing a correlation between the observed p-value and the normal distribution integral probability, which is suitable for both counting experiment and continuous test statistics. The explicit expressions to calculate the statistical significance for both cases are given.

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On Statistical Significance of signal

ZHU Yong-Sheng ^,

Corresponding author: ZHU Yong-Sheng,

Institute of High Energy Physics, CAS, Beijing 100049, China

Received Date: 2005-09-08
Accepted Date: 2005-10-25
Available Online: 2006-04-05

Abstract: A definition for the statistical significance of a signal in an experiment is proposed by establishing a correlation between the observed p-value and the normal distribution integral probability, which is suitable for both counting experiment and continuous test statistics. The explicit expressions to calculate the statistical significance for both cases are given.