Preface

It was a pleasant surprise when we were asked by our original publisher to come up with a revised second edition within three years of publication of the first edition. The first edition was warmly received by the intended audiences. However, over the last three years we ourselves had critically examined the book and had come to realize that in view of certain newer approaches to the analyses (such as the mixed models approach), a revision could make the book even more useful. It is our pleasure to present to our audiences a second revised edition, which is now copublished by SAS Institute Inc. and John Wiley & Sons.

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