How to Incorporate Systematic Effects into Parameter Determination
David van Dyk, Louis Lyons
We describe two different approaches for incorporating systematics into analyses for parameter determination in the physical sciences. We refer to these as the Pragmatic and the Full methods, with the latter coming in two variants: Full Likelihood and Fully Bayesian. By the use of a simple and readily understood example, we point out the advantage of using the Full Likelihood and Fully Bayesian approaches; a more realistic example from Astrophysics is also presented. This could be relevant for data analyses in a wide range of scientific fields, for situations where systematic effects need to be incorporated in the analysis procedure. This note is an extension of part of the talk by van Dyk at the PHYSTAT-Systematics meeting.