Applied Statistics - Week 3

The following chapters (including exercises in the book!) and computer exercises are considered read, understood, and solved by the end of the week.

Lectures:

Likelihood

Monte Carlo methods

Reading:

Chapter 5.3 to 5.7 (but not the proofs):

In fact, by now you should have read chapters 1-6!

Glen Cowan: Chapter 3 found here.

Computer exercises:

LikelihoodFit: LikelihoodFit.c

Fit Points: FitPoints.c

City Population: CityPop.c and CityPop2.c, DataSet1.txt and DataSet2.txt

Problem 6.3 in Barlow: Develope your own program!

PiEstimate: PiEstimate.c

Comments:
The main aim of this week is the introduction to the idea of a Likelihood, and how both the likelihood and Chi2 can be used in fitting.

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Last updated: 21st of September 2012.