Testing Consistency of Two Histograms

dc.creatorPorter, Frank C.
dc.date2008-04-02
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:29:53Z
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dc.descriptionSeveral approaches to testing the hypothesis that two histograms are drawn from the same distribution are investigated. We note that single-sample continuous distribution tests may be adapted to this two-sample grouped data situation. The difficulty of not having a fully-specified null hypothesis is an important consideration in the general case, and care is required in estimating probabilities with ``toy'' Monte Carlo simulations. The performance of several common tests is compared; no single test performs best in all situations.
dc.description35 pages, 15 figures, 5 tables. Plain TeX. Uses graphicx external package. For better quality figures, go to: http://www.hep.caltech.edu/~fcp/statistics/hypothesisTest/PoissonConsistency/PoissonConsistency.pdf
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0804.0380
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0804.0380
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/157952
dc.subjectData Analysis, Statistics and Probability
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Experiment
dc.subjectMethodology
dc.titleTesting Consistency of Two Histograms
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