1. Introduction -- 2. General techniques for dealing with noninferiority problems -- 3. General approaches to the construction of tests for equivalence in the strict sense -- 4. Equivalence tests for selected one-parameter problems -- 5. Equivalence tests for designs with paired observations -- 6. Equivalence tests for two unrelated samples -- 7. Multisample tests for equivalence -- 8. Equivalence tests for multivariate data -- 9. Tests for establishing goodness of fit -- 10. The assessment of bioequivalence -- 11. Tests for relevant differences between treatments.