Gerta Rücker (born 1955) is a German statistician known for her expertise in
meta-analysis, and in its application to studies of
borderline personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD), also known as emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD), is a personality disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships, distorted sense of self, and strong ...
. She is a researcher in the Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics at the
University of Freiburg.
Education and career
Rücker earned a diploma from the
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg in 1982. She has been affiliated with the Institute of Medical Biometry and Statistics at the University of Freiburg since 2005, and earned her doctorate (
Dr. rer. nat. ''Doctor rerum naturalium'' ( for, , Latin, doctor of natural sciences, lit. 'doctor of the things of nature'), abbreviated Dr. rer. nat., is a doctoral academic degree awarded by universities in some European countries (e.g. Germany, Austria and C ...
) there in 2010. Her dissertation, ''Small-study Effects And Heterogeneity In Meta-analysis'', was supervised by
Martin Schumacher
Martin Schumacher (born June 28, 1950) is a German statistician. He was the head of the Institute for Medical Biometry and Statistics of the Medical Center of the University of Freiburg from 1986 until 2017.
Life and work
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.
Book
Rücker is the coauthor, with Guido Schwarzer and James R. Carpenter, of the book ''Meta-Analysis with R'' (Springer, 2015).
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1955 births
Living people
German statisticians
Women statisticians
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg alumni
University of Freiburg alumni