STATISTICAL METHODS and TECHNIQUES for DATA ANALYSIS
Professor: Alexis Pompili
(University of Bari Aldo Moro & I.N.F.N.-Bari)
Mini-course / 4-11 April 2025 / UOI Department of Physics
Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility (Erasmus+ funds by University of Bari Aldo Moro )
This mini-course is an introduction to the statistical data analysis
with examples and applications borrowed by High Energy Physics.
It cannot be, of course, an all-encompassing course, but concepts are introduced
and used coherently and some selected topics are treated in a detailed way within an hands-on approach.
For this reason the mini-course is addressed not only to Master students
and students that are doing a research thesis in HEP but also to Ph.D. students.
Hands-on exercises are carried out within a Jupyter Notebook executed in the Google Colab framework.
Local organizers: I.Papadopoulos & K.Foudas
Suggested textbooks for the theoretical part of the course (where it is possible to find useful material to deepen subjects introduced in the course) :
- G.Cowan (edition 1998)
- L.Lista (Springer Ed., 3rd edition)(available only to the students following the course upon request)
- W.J.Metzger (edition 2010)
Credits go to G.Cowan, F.James, L.Lista, W.Verkerke whose slides and presentations (available on the web)
have inspired me while producing the teaching material of this mini-course. Many thanks to U.Sozbilir for helping in setting up the PyRoot exercises..
Temptative Agenda
(work-in-progress; material will be added during the course)
- Friday 4 / 16.00 - 18.00 : Introduction of the course and framework preparation
- Monday 7 / 11.00 - 13.00 : 2 hours theory/seminar
- Monday 7 / 15.30 - 17.30 : 2 hours hands-on/exercise
- Tuesday 8 / 11.00 - 13.00 : 2 hours theory/seminar
- Tuesday 8 / 15.30 - 17.30 : 2 hours hands-on/exercises
- Wednesday 9 / 11.00 - 13.00 : 2 hours theory/seminar
- Wednesday 9 / 15.30 - 17.30 : 2 hours hands-on/exercises
- Thursday 10 / 11.00 - 13.00 : 2 hours theory/seminar
- Thursday 10 / 15.30 - 17.30 : 1 hour theory + 1 hour hands-on
- Friday 11 / 11.00 - 13.00 : 2 hours hands-on/exercises
- Friday 11 / 15.00 - 17.00 : 2 hours hands-on/exercises
In total, the mini-course consists of 22 hours (with 9 hours for seminars + 11 hours for hands-on activities)
Co-tutoring of the students during the hands-on session will be gently provided by Prof. I.Papadopoulos
Material
Theory-2: Slides-2
Theory-3: Slides-3
Theory-4: Slides-4
Hands-on 1: Slides-1, Notebook-1
Hands-on 2b: Slides-2b , Notebook-2b
Hands-on 3: Slides-3 , Notebook-3
Hands-on 4: Notebook-4
Hands-on 5: Notebook-5
Hands-on 6: Notebook-6
Hands-on-7: Notebook-7
Hands-on-8: Notebook-8
Copyright: all the material of this course could be used only under permission of the author (pompili AT ba.infn.it) and with proper acknowledgment.