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Issues in gravitational wave data analysis

Lee Samuel Finn

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9709077

Abstract

Data analysis is the application of probability and statistics to draw inference from observation. Is a signal present or absent? Is the source an inspiraling binary system or a supernova? At what point in the sky is the radiation incident from? In these notes I want to address how two different statistical methodologies --- Bayesian and Frequentist --- approach the problem of statistical inference

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