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  • Avoiding biases in binned fits
    Gligorov, V.V.; Hageboeck, S.; Nanut, T.; Sciandra, A.; Tou, D.Y.

    Journal of instrumentation, 08/2021, Letnik: 16, Številka: 8
    Journal Article

    Abstract Binned maximum likelihood fits are an attractive option when analysing large datasets, but require care when computing likelihoods of continuous PDFs in bins. For many years the widely used statistical modelling package evaluated probabilities at the bin centre, leading to significant biases for strongly curved probability density functions. We demonstrate the biases with real-world examples, and introduce a PDF class to that removes these biases. The physics and computation performance of this new class are discussed.