A practical introduction to electroweak radiative corrections

This is a brief introduction into electroweak radiative corrections within the Standard Model, with the emphasis on performing actual calculations. To this end, a complete set of expressions is given that allows the computation of the ρ parameter, the W mass, and Z → f(anti f) decays for massless fermions, where the M(overlined)S(overlined) scheme has been used. I conclude with an assessment of what we have learned so far from electroweak precision experiments, and a brief outlook. (author). 42 refs., 3 figs