I'm going to use a non-BME example to help clarify my thoughts. Whenever you get a coffee, the cup will usually have a label that warns that it is in fact, hot. Seems silly right? Well it's a result o...

From best to worst option for each risk level- High risk: Avoidance, Mitigation, Transference, Acceptance Medium risk: Mitigation, Transference, Avoidance, Acceptance Low risk: Acceptance, Transferenc...

I believe that "There is no such thing as a free lunch" is a really applicable quote for this situation. As stated previously stated, there are costs to hiring people to create and maintain this stand...

I haven't actually had the experience to comment with a story of my own, but I do have a few questions that tie into this subject. How often do failed verification tests occur? It seems like verificat...

sin3, I think you switched verification and validation a little in your mind. Verification determines, like you said, every input has an output. Those inputs would come from the DID. Validation howeve...

I haven't done statistical tests in industry but I can speak to academic tests I have done. In addition to paired t-tests and one way ANOVAs, mixed ANOVAs and repeated measures ANOVAs are good tests t...

Although I haven't started working in industry yet, I want to add a little to the Gantt chart "margin of error". You need to have concrete goals for end dates for aspects of the project. You also need...

I will elaborate a little on IRB, because that documentation is the most important aspect of research in academia. The IRB reviews any ethical concerns of a research experiment. If they approve the st...

Well one is necessary for the other. I don't know if I would talk about them in terms of pros and cons. One document is necessary for the other. Let's stick with the door knob example. You need a basi...

One popular quotes that comes to mind is "nothing ventured, nothing gained". This is exactly what clinical trials are for. Of course there is risk, but clinical trials are designed to minimize the ris...

Double blinds are good, but triple blinds are better. The patient may have the placebo effect, the researcher may unwittingly indicate the type of treatment on way or the other, and the analyst may se...

This year, the Right to Try act was signed into federal law. This law allows patients to request the use of investigational drugs (without FDA involvement or state law). There was a current "compassio...

I chose to do an analysis of Merck Strengths: -Huge product portfolio -Brand Name trust -international presence -large size company -public faith because of not increasing drug prices and donating dru...

One thing I've noticed that's becoming more popular among companies are giveaways. These giveaways always interest people, because of course, who doesn't like free stuff? The caveat is that the person...

One color that is mainly used is blue. If you take a look at your phone it's safe to say that at least a third of your apps have the color blue in it. There's a few reasons for this. Blue is the favor...