Comments on: 95% confidence level? Watch your language!

By: Qué significa que un intervalo de valores tiene límite de confianza del 95% « Francis (th)E mule Science’s News

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:48:39 +0000

[...] he seguido, como no, a Tommaso Dorigo, nuestro físico de partículas particular, en “95% confidence level? Watch your language!,” Quantum Diaries Survivor, March 18, [...]

By: The Higgs almost excluded at 160 GeV!! « A Quantum Diaries Survivor

The Higgs almost excluded at 160 GeV!! « A Quantum Diaries Survivor — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:00:54 +0000

[...] probability distribution by saying, “oh, well, on this side there is only 5% of it”. I explained elsewhere what is hidden behind a claim of a 95% cl exclusion, and will not repeat the whole issue here. [...]

By: Update on Higgs searches: CDF, WH -> lv bb « A Quantum Diaries Survivor

Update on Higgs searches: CDF, WH -> lv bb « A Quantum Diaries Survivor — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:27:31 +0000

[...] computed from the distributions shown in the plot above, and cross section limits are extracted at 95% confidence level. One then proceeds to compute the ratio between the observed limit and the expected standard model [...]

By: The 2003 Higgs discovery predictions tested with hard data « A Quantum Diaries Survivor

Thu, 03 May 2007 19:24:45 +0000

[...] The lowest curve, in purple, shows the luminosity needed to exclude the existence of the Higgs, at 95% confidence level ; the middle curve, in green, shows the luminosity needed to find an evidence of the Higgs [...]

By: Test Post « metadatta

Test Post « metadatta — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:45:23 +0000

[...] Physics Tommaso Dorigo recently posted about some of the problems associated with the way physicists communicate things to [...]

By: Philosophia Naturalis #8 « {metadatta}

Philosophia Naturalis #8 « {metadatta} — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:17:55 +0000

[...] Physics Tommaso Dorigo recently posted about some of the problems associated with the way physicists communicate things to [...]

By: Phase space for MSSM theories narrows « A Quantum Diaries Survivor

Phase space for MSSM theories narrows « A Quantum Diaries Survivor — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:55:21 +0000

[...] limit found by D0 is B(Bs->mu mu) < 9 x 10^-9 (at 95% C.L., see here for an explanation of the lingo). That is still about thirty times above the predicted SM rate, so [...]

By: dorigo

dorigo — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:10:27 +0000

Thank you Louise! You’ll soon find out my spoken English is much worse

Cheers,
T.

By: Louise

Louise — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:02:32 +0000

Hello Tommaso: I appreciate your ability to explain things in English too.