[R] "R is not a validated software package.."

[Wensui Liu]

I like to know the answer as well.
To be honest, I really have hard time to understand the mentality of
clinical trial guys and rather believe it is something related to job
security.

On 6/8/07, Giovanni Parrinello <parrinel at med.unibs.it> wrote:
> Dear All,
> discussing with a statistician of a pharmaceutical company I received
> this answer about the statistical package that I have planned to use:
>
> As R is not a validated software package, we would like to ask if it
> would rather be possible for you to use SAS, SPSS or another approved
> statistical software system.
>
> Could someone suggest me a 'polite' answer?
> TIA
> Giovanni
>
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> dr. Giovanni Parrinello
> External Lecturer
> Medical Statistics Unit
> Department of Biomedical Sciences
> Viale Europa, 11 - 25123 Brescia Italy
> Tel: +390303717528
> Fax: +390303717488
> email: parrinel at med.unibs.it
>
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WenSui Liu
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