2.2 House Keeping

This section describes general house keeping for the SAS and R Catalog

2.2.1 Philosophy

We aim to provide a gentle, yet thorough introduction to clinical computing in R for SAS programmers. We appreciate learning a new language can be daunting and time consuming, so with this in mind, we strive to make this process as smooth as possible.

Learning a new language is more of a journey than it is a task, and requires courage and practice. Our hope is that this catalog will help guide you through that journey!

2.2.2 Approach

Concepts: When introducing a new concept, we will first demonstrate it using the minimal code required. Once a concept is clear, we will show you how to extend the code to meet your own needs.

Coding: Throughout the examples, we aim to use the Tidyverse where possible. This is an excellent framework for our daily programming tasks that is consistent and easy to understand. As our catalog grows, we also recommend the use of pharmaverse packages which are relevant to clinical and pharmaceutical specific tasks.

Code Snippets: Our code snippets aim to be self-contained. That means that you should be able to simply copy and paste code examples and reproduce the result on your machine.

2.2.3 Contributing

New contents are welcome. If you are interested in contributing, please see CONTRIBUTING.md

Thanks to the following contributors:

• Clara Beck
• Matthew Kumar
• Kangjie Zhang
• Robert Adams