Discovering the Significance of 5 sigma¶
Lyons, L. (1310/2013). Discovering the Significance of 5 sigma.
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- Jeffreys-Lindley Paradox
- . Particle physics — the paradox is raised as a criticism of the fixed 5σ discovery threshold, since a significance level fixed regardless of the amount of data does not cope with growing samples; the convention itself grew from early bump hunts in which the bump's location was not specified in advance, and is defended by past 3σ and 4σ effects that went away, the look-elsewhere effect and systematics
This sourceGives history (3σ and 4σ effects that went away with more data), the look-elsewhere effect, a subconscious Bayes factor and systematics as the grounds for particle physics' 5σ discovery criterion, and presents the Jeffreys–Lindley paradox as a criticism of any fixed discovery threshold, concluding that the p-value cut should decrease as the amount of data increases.
- . Particle physics — the paradox is raised as a criticism of the fixed 5σ discovery threshold, since a significance level fixed regardless of the amount of data does not cope with growing samples; the convention itself grew from early bump hunts in which the bump's location was not specified in advance, and is defended by past 3σ and 4σ effects that went away, the look-elsewhere effect and systematics
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