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In the following chapter first the basics of the statistical framework are introduced in Sect. 10.1 and the observed transverse mass spectrum is discussed in terms of the ratio of the number of observed events and the number of expected events in Sect. 10.2. The quantification of a potential observed excess is discussed in Sect. 10.3 and a limit on the cross section of a \(W'\) times the branching ratio for the decay into electron or muon is calculated in Sect. 10.4.
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In the following description of the statistical analysis, the \(W'\) mass is assumed to be specified. The whole statistical analysis is repeated for each candidate \(W'\) mass.
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The confidence level is in the Bayesian paradigm often also called credibility level. To avoid confusion throughout this thesis the more common term confidence level is used.
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Zinser, M. (2018). Statistical Interpretation. In: Search for New Heavy Charged Bosons and Measurement of High-Mass Drell-Yan Production in Proton—Proton Collisions. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00650-1_10
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