SAS Programming Base Certificate or go for SAS Statistical Business Analyst certificate course

[GOG]

Hi, I am Franck Gogoua and I am currently planning a career change to move to a Credit Risk Analyst role in corporate Bank if possible. before doing so, since I am new to SAS, I was wondering if I should take the SAS Programming Base Certificate or go for SAS Statistical Business Analyst certificate course.. not really sure which one is more relevant to Credit Risk Analyst role.. thanks.

[Cynthia_sas]

Hi:

  The recommended preparation for the Base Programming Specialist certification exam are the Programming 1 and Programming 2 classes. And, the recommended preparation for the Statistical Business Analyst exam are the Statistics 1 and the Predictive Modeling using Logistic Regression classes. But if you are completely new to SAS, you'd need to be familiar with the content in Programming 1 and Programming 2, even without the certification credential for the Base exam because Programming 1 is the recommended level of knowledge before you take Statistics 1 and both Statistics 1 and Programming 2 are the recommended level of knowledge before you take the Predictive Modeling course.

  So starting with Programming 1 is still a good idea, if you are completely new to SAS. If you've been using SAS for a while (2-3 years), then you might be OK to skip Programming 1 and Programming 2, and jump straight to Statistics 1 and Predictive Modeling using Logistic Regression assuming you're comfortable with the basic concepts and DATA step programming,

  It's a good idea to look at both Content Guides to see whether you're comfortable with the Programming 1 and Programming 2 topics before you start studying the other 2 classes and then find that you need to brush up on the basics.

Cynthia

[GOG]

Thank you so much Cynthia and it is very very helpful.

I guess I will get familiarised with programming Base 1&2 first before going for Statistical Business analyst as my plan is to move to the credit analyst role.