R inferno

Common mistakes in R programming
The R Inferno

Critical Chain Project Management

In CCPM two durations are estimated for each: an aggressive duration based on how long the task would take given full focus on the task and no problems, and a “safe” duration given full focus and typical  variation with each task. The differences between aggressive and “safe” durations for each critical task contribute to a pooled “project buffer” which is adjusted for the project as a whole. The end of the project buffer is the team’s “commit date” and the buffer protects the project from uncertainty
Managers and leadership need to provide clear project and task priorities and a work environment that enables single-task focus, so that each task can be completed quickly and with high quality.

meta analysis

Jadad scale to measure methological quality of a clinical trial
tool: CMA
publication standards: quorum (eg) and moose (eg)

proc mixed can be used in meta analysis.

histogram alternatives

Beanplot

hist() + rug(): add one dimensional scatter plot below the histograms

for discrete data: barplot(table(a)), where a is a discrete vector. Or barplot (tabulate (a))

ecdf (Empirical CDF) summarizes the data into something like a smooth CDF line while graphing all the data points.

dhist in ggplot2

more discussion from Gelman here and also here

Pseudoautosomal regions gene nomenclature

http://www.genenames.org/genefamily/par.php

main effect of a continous variable

In both proc mixed and glimmix (see the code example below), the "Solution for Fixed Effects" generated by option /SOLUTION for the continous variable 'binary' does not estimate the main/marginal effect when the value of binary changes from 0 to 1. It is because of the interaction term between binary and visit. To find the main/marginal effect, we can code the variable 'binary' as a class/categorical variable and find this LSMEANS.

Using R: Perspectives of a FDA Statistical RevieweR

Original and backup

distances between vector elements

distance<-function(x,y) {(x-y)^2}
 outer(A,A,distance)

sas missing data categories

http://studysas.blogspot.com/2010/04/special-missing-values.html

SAS command line

"C:\Program Files\SAS\SAS 9.1\sas" 1.sas -log "1.log.txt" -print "1.result.txt"

SAS IO

/*===========================
export;
===========================*/

matching program

Case control matching, probably implementing the idea of propensity scores
R
matchIT
Matching
optmatch optmatch presentation1; optmatch presentation2;

SAS
gmatch,vmatch,dist
a sugi paper 165-29: Performing a 1:N Case-Control Match on Propensity Score

PaperOn the Estimation and Use of Propensity Scores in Case-Control and Case-Cohort Studies
[using] cases plus controls in a case-control study... should give consistent estimates of the true propensity score under the null hypothesis, but not otherwise.

good clinical trial simulation practices

http://cdds.ucsf.edu/research/sddgpreport.php#_Toc457223476

link function for proc logistic

SAS use the following options to explicitly decide whether the endpoint is ordinal or nomial

A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome.

http://www.researchblogging.org/post/gotourl/id/213933
http://www.researchblogging.org/post/gotourl/id/213689
http://www.researchblogging.org/post/gotourl/id/213509

Viagra could help women too

http://www.helenjaques.co.uk/blog/2010/viagra-breast-cancer-drug-delivery/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Insicknessandinhealth+%28In+sickness+and+in+health%29

Researchers in California have shown that sildenafil (Viagra) and a similar drug called vardenafil can improve the delivery of the chemotherapeutic drug Herceptin (trastuzumab) in women with breast cancer that has spread to the brain.

PubMed vs. Google Scholar

http://www.researchblogging.org/post/gotourl/id/214477
http://neurodojo.blogspot.com/2010/05/pubmed-vs-google-scholar.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Neurodojo+%28NeuroDojo%29

Antidepressants Not Effective for Some Types of Depression

http://www.researchblogging.org/post/gotourl/id/214478
http://brainblogger.com/2010/05/10/antidepressants-not-effective-for-some-types-of-depression/

Biomarkers and surrogate endpoints

A good article discussing surrogate endpoints and the gap between scientific theory and clinical benefit.

famous patent law cases

The Supreme Court, In re Bilski and the Lingering Question of Labcorp v. Metabolite from patent docs.

Biotech and Pharma Provide Little Support in Bilski's Petition for Certiorari from Holman's Biotech IP blog.