Mehr als zehnjährige Erfahrung in der Verbesserung von Methoden zur Meta-Analyse fließen in dieses Werk ein, wobei vollkommen neue Aspekte und Möglichkeiten zur Verbindung einzelner Verfahren aufgezeigt werden. Auch die elektronischen Verarbeitungsmöglichkeiten von Daten hierzu wird besprochen.

JOACHIM HARTUNG, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Statistics at the Dortmund University of Technology, Germany. He has published several books and two dozen journal articles in the field of statistics.

GUIDO KNAPP, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the Dortmund University of Technology, Germany. Dr. Knapp's areas of research interest include variance component models, error components regression models, meta-analysis, and flexible design in clinical trials.

BIMAL K. SINHA, PhD, is Presidential Research Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County (UMBC). A Fellow of both the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the American Statistical Association, Dr. Sinha's research specializes in the areas of multivariate analysis, mixed linear models, decision theory, robustness, and environmental statistics.