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View SchemaPitfalls of Goodness-of-Fit from Likelihood
| Authors | Joel Heinrich |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0310167 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0310167 |
| Journal | ECONF C030908:MOCT001,2003 |
Abstract
The value of the likelihood is occasionally used by high energy physicists as a statistic to measure goodness-of-fit in unbinned maximum likelihood fits. Simple examples are presented that illustrate why this (seemingly intuitive) method fails in practice to achieve the desired goal.
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