Izvestiya vuzov. Yadernaya Energetika

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A method for statistical comparison of data sets and its uses in analysis of nuclear physics data

5/11/2014 2014 - #03 Modelling processes at nuclear facilities

Bityukov S.I. Krasnikov N.V. Maksimushkina A.V. Nikitenko A.N. Smirnova V.V.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2014.3.05

UDC: 53.088, 519.23

We propose a method for statistical comparison of two data sets. The method is based on the method of statistical comparison of histograms. Usually a one-dimensional test statistic is used as a measure of distinction of data sets. This test statistic depends on the shape of distributions in data sets. Using the two-dimensional test statistics which is determined via the statistical moments of distribution produced by the calculation of “the significance of deviations” for the corresponding points with observed values is proposed in the paper as a distinction measure between data sets. The significance of deviation in the corresponding points can be considered as a realization of the random variable which is close to a standard normal random variable if we observe the same random value in both data sets. It helps to avoid the dependence of the result on the shape of distributions. The accuracy of the estimator for the measure of distinction is determined by the Monte-Carlo experiment which, by analogy with the construction of repeated samples (resampling) in the bootstrap method, it is possible to call construction of repeated data set (redatasetting). As an estimator of quality of the decision made, it is proposed to use the value which it is possible to call the probability that the decision ‘’data sets are various’’ is correct.

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distribution theory and Monte-Carlo studies measurement and error theory data analysis (algorithms and implementation)

Link for citing the article: Bityukov S.I., Krasnikov N.V., Maksimushkina A.V., Nikitenko A.N., Smirnova V.V. A method for statistical comparison of data sets and its uses in analysis of nuclear physics data. Izvestiya vuzov. Yadernaya Energetika. 2014, no. 3, pp. 43-51; DOI: https://doi.org/10.26583/npe.2014.3.05 (in Russian).

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