SAS Programming in the Pharmaceutical Industry
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This project examines the use of SAS, which is both a statistical programming platform and a programming language, in the pharmaceutical industry for the purpose of analyzing clinical trial data used to gain approval of new drugs and medical devices. This material has been used to teach computer information students about statistical programming techniques, as well as to acquaint them with the field of pharmaceutical industry software development. General Terms Computer Science Education, SAS, Pharmaceutical, Biostatistics.
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تاریخ انتشار 2016