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\centerline{\bf STANFORD UNIVERSITY}
\centerline{\bf DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS}
\centerline{\big DEPARTMENTAL SEMINAR}
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\centerline{4:15 p.m., Tuesday, March 13, 2001}
\centerline{Sequoia Hall Rm. 200}
\centerline{(Cookies at 3:45 in 1st Floor Lounge)}

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\centerline{\sl Aaron Roodman}
\centerline{\sl Stanford Linear Accelerator Center}
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\centerline{\bf Blind Analyses in Particle Physics}

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A number of recent exciting results in particle physics have made a point
of performing a "blind" analysis.  While these analyses do have some
similarities to the well known "double-blind" method, widely used in
bio-medical research, they differ in both motivation and technique. In 
this
seminar, I will explain why particle physicists are adopting the blind
analysis technique, and describe some of the methods used. My primary
example will be the blind analysis used in the search for a violation of a
fundamental symmetry, from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center's 
B-Factory.

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