Double Blind Method Explained: Particle Physics & LHC

[Silviu]

Hello! Can someone explain to me how the double blind method is used in particle physics (especially in LHC)? Thank you!

 

[mfb]

Elementaty particles don't understand studies, there is nothing to make blind on their side.

On the scientist side, analyses are usually done blind: the interesting part of the data is not used, or obfuscated to hide the effect under study, until the analysis method is fixed. The details depend on the analysis.

 

[ChrisVer]

Data is blinded to avoid any kind of bias of your knowledge on your selections.