Writing a white paper or technical report not only allows you to express your knowledge and ideas, but also provides an opportunity to participate more fully in your professional field. However, many readers will only read about 50% of a technical paper. Knowing how to make your content more readable will encourage others to engage more completely with your work and enable you to be seen as both credible and capable.
This mentor-lead, 9-week capstone course will give you an opportunity to demonstrate your cumulative subject knowledge of SAS programming and provide you with the skills to produce a technical paper. You will explore a topic that allows you to delve deeply into a particular area of interest while exercising your creativity and analytical skills.
Topics include:
- Defining an appropriate study topic
- Applying SAS programming language concepts and techniques to chosen topic
- Developing effective outlines for good content organization
- Understanding how to write effectively for readability
- Using emphasis, preciseness, and conciseness in the development of a technical report
- Accessing and effectively using research resources
- Mastering document design to develop a visually appealing report
- Developing visual aids for a presentation using PowerPoint
Practical experience:
- Write a technical paper suitable for presentation at a SAS conference
Software: Students will use SAS University Edition. There is no additional cost for this product.
Course typically offered: Online in Winter and Summer
Prerequisites: This course can only be taken after all other courses in the SAS Programming certificate have been completed.
More Information: For more information about this course, please contact unex-techdata@ucsd.edu.
Course Number: CSE-41193
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: SAS Programming
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6/25/2018 - 8/27/2018
$850
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Online, Web-based instruction
Flavin, Justina Mary, Statistical Programming Consultant
Justina Flavin is an independent consultant in statistical programming services for the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. She has served as a committee member of national and local SAS Software User Groups, and has been a presenter and seminar instructor at multiple industry conferences. Flavin has been teaching for UC San Diego Extension since 2003.
Howard, Robert, Statistical Programmer (Consultant), Veridical Solutions
Rob Howard, of Veridical Solutions, is a SAS certified professional with over 14 years programming experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He is experienced in analyzing clinical trial data in a wide range of therapeutic areas. In 2007, he formed his own company, Veridical Solutions and provides statistical programming support to many small and mid-sized pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
In his previous employment and as the primary data analyst for Veridical Solutions, he has analyzed data for Phase I through Phase IV clinical trials. He has been involved in all stages of the data analysis process – including definition of analysis methods and algorithms, production and validation of complex derived datasets, and generation of tables, listings and figures for Clinical Study Reports, as well as post hoc analyses for presentations and publications.
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No refunds after: 7/2/2018.
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6/25/2018 - 8/27/2018
ucsdextension.blackboard.com
You will have access to your course on the published start date.
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Science & Technology department at 858-534-3229 or unex-sciencetech@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.