Visual Modeling Specialist

This certification was retired on February 29, 2024.

It has been replaced with a new version: The SAS Certified Associate: Modeling Using SAS Visual Statistics. The recommended training will help prepare you for either version of the exam.

SAS® Certified Specialist: Visual Modeling using
SAS® Visual Statistics 8.4 on SAS® Viya®

Designed for analysts who are using SAS® Visual Statistics for exploratory and predictive modeling, model fitting and analysis in a business environment

Successful candidates should be skilled in topics such as

  • Building and exploring descriptive models
  • Building and exploring predictive models with continuous and categorical targets
  • Performing model validation
  • Assessing model goodness of fit
  • Modifying and comparing models
  • Scoring models.

Exam Content & Pricing

Candidates who earn this credential will have earned a passing score on the SAS® Interactive Model Building using SAS® Visual Statistics 8.4 on SAS® Viya® exam.

This exam is administered by SAS and Pearson VUE.

  • 58 multiple-choice, short-answer, and interactive questions. Interactive questions simulate the SAS Visual Statistics user interface and ask you to configure a portion of SAS Visual Statistics to produce a specific visualization. Please see our FAQ for more information. You must achieve a score of 68 percent correct to pass.
  • 105 minutes to complete exam.
  • Use exam ID A00-274; required when registering with Pearson VUE.

Exam fee: $180 USD

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