Certification Guided Prep: SAS Visual Modeling Associate - Spring 2026 Cohort

[Rachel_McLawhon]

Welcome, everyone! Whether you’re part of the Spring 2026 Certification Guided Prep: SAS Visual Modeling Associate series or preparing for the SAS Certified Associate: Modeling Using SAS Visual Statistics exam on your own, you’re in the right place. Use this thread to ask questions, explore concepts, compare notes, and support each other throughout your exam prep journey.

[Rachel_McLawhon]

Hi all! In last night's discussion about clustering, someone asked a great question about choosing the right number of clusters for the k-means algorithm. As part of SAS Visual Statistics, you can specify for SAS to use the Aligned Box Criterion (ABC) to automatically choose the optimal number of clusters when all inputs are measures. To accomplish this, select the Cluster object > expand Options on the right side pane > find the Cluster section > for Number of clusters, choose Automatic (Aligned box criterion). 

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