Global Analysis of CDF High-pT Data
     Bruce Knuteson (MIT)

Lacking any particularly compelling, predictive idea as to the form the first sign of new 
electroweak scale physics will take, data collected at the energy frontier are analyzed 
for discrepancies with respect to the Standard Model prediction. 

An improved solution is developed to the experimental challenge of systematically identifying 
such discrepancies, and understanding their cause as (1) a statistical fluctuation, (2) a 
mismodeling of the experimental apparatus, (3) a poor implementation of the Standard Model 
prediction, or (4) evidence of some new underlying physical process.  A model-independent 
approach (Vista) considers the bulk features of the data, and systematizes the development 
of a correction model in a manner applicable to all high energy collider experiments.  Other 
statistics (Sleuth) are developed to target regions in the data most motivated by existing 
theoretical prejudice.  Exploring theoretical interpretations of observed discrepancies is 
the job of the experimental physicist, facilitated by a general model-building algorithm 
(Bard) and the ability to quickly test specific new hypotheses (Quaero). 

This talk will describe a global, systematic analysis of over 300 event types, over 16,000 
event properties, and over 2 million individual events collected at the energy frontier 
using the CDF detector, representing the single most encompassing test of the particle 
physics Standard Model at the energy frontier to date.