SASLEARNING&EXAM

INFORMATIONGUIDE

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Bentley University


Version: October 2013

TABLEOFCONTENTS
SAS CERTIFICATION EXAM ................................................................................................................................. 2
SAS ONLINE TRAINING CLASS .......................................................................................................................... 4
SAS CERTIFICATION PREP GUIDES .................................................................................................................. 4
ADDITIONAL SAS EBOOKS ................................................................................................................................ 5
SAS HARDCOPY BOOKS (BENTLEY LIBRARY) .............................................................................................. 7

SASCERTIFICATIONEXAM

http://support.sas.com/certify/reg/index.html

SAS CERTIFICATION EXAMS OFFERED:
SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9
SAS Certified Advanced Programmer for SAS 9
SAS Certified Clinical Trials Programmer Using SAS 9
SAS Certified Predictive Modeler Using SAS Enterprise Miner 7
SAS Certified Platform Administrator 9
SAS Certified Data Integration Developer for SAS 9
SAS Certified BI Content Developer for SAS 9
SAS Certified Statistical Business Analyst Using SAS 9: Regression and Modeling

WHERE TO REGISTER:
Online at: http://www.pearsonvue.com/sas/. Follow these steps:
o Firsttime users:
Create a new Web account within Pearson VUE before you can schedule a SAS
exam. This can take up to two business days based on information provided to
produce your username and password needed for exam registration.

o Returning Users:
If you have previously taken a test with Pearson VUE and created a Web account,
but do not remember your signin information, there are links within Pearson
VUE to help obtain this information.

Telephone
o To register by phone, visit http://www.pearsonvue.com/sas/.and select the
Schedule By Phone. Numbers for your location will be provided.

EXAM STUDENT DISCOUNT:

*50% off exam fees to employees, educators, teachers, students, faculty and staff associated
with academic institutions and school districts

http://support.sas.com/certify/discounts/detail.html

*Requests for a discount voucher must be made before registering for your exam

REQUIREMENTS:
To apply for the discount voucher, the following are required as proof of affiliation for
verification:

A current, dated letter on university letterhead with the department head or other
administrators signature with information on your enrollment or employment

A copy of your current semester transcript with the university name, your name,
and courses you are currently taking

A student ID or staff ID with expiration date

FAX proof to 919677444 (Attention: SAS Certification) or provide an electronic copy via
email to certification@sas.com. Please include your email address with your faxed
request. Upon receipt of your information and verification, a 50% off voucher will be
emailed to you.

*Discounted vouchers are valid for approximately 6 weeks from the date and cannot be
extended so be prepared to take and register for your exam during this timeframe advised.

*Provide voucher number during your registration




SAS CERTIFICATION EXAMFAQs

Link:
http://support.sas.com/certify/faq.html

SASONLINETRAININGCLASS
*Free for current Bentley students


HOW TO ACCESS YOUR SAS ELEARNING

To activate your eLearning:

1. Go to http://support.sas.com/myelearn and log into your profile. If you do not

currently have a profile, please create one using the link on this page.

2. Enter the Bentley access code into the activation code box, then click Submit. Review
the license agreement and select I agree to accept it. (Please contact the program
director for Bentley assess code)
3. You should now see the training in your list of active courses and the date on which
your access expires. Select a course title to start your learning.

To access your eLearning once it has been activated:

Once your eLearning has been activated, visit http://support.sas.com/myelearn or select
My Training from any page on the SAS training Web site and log into your profile to access
your training. Please email elearn@sas.com if you have any questions.

SASCERTIFICATIONPREPGUIDES

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Go on Bentley library website: http://library.bentley.edu

Click Research eBooks
Click Books 24x7
Enter title in search box

BASE PROGRAMMING
Ebook from Books 24x7 through the Bentley Library:
SAS Certification Prep Guide: Base Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition
by SAS Institute
SAS Institute 2011
ISBN: 9781607649243


*Print version of the book also available in the Bentley library.

ADVANCED PROGRAMMING
Ebook from Books 24x7 through the Bentley Library:


SAS Certification Prep Guide: Advanced Programming for SAS 9, Third Edition
by SAS Institute
SAS Institute 2011
ISBN: 9781607649250


*Print version of the book also available in the Bentley library.

ADDITIONALSASEBOOKSLIST
Located on Books 24x7 through the Bentley Library:


The Little SAS Book: A Primer, Fifth Edition
by Lora D. Delwiche and Susan J. Slaughter
SAS Institute 2012
ISBN: 9781612903439

SAS 9.3 Language Reference: Concepts
by SAS Institute
SAS Institute 2011
ISBN: 9781607648970

Multiple Comparisons and Multiple Tests Using SAS, Second Edition
by Peter Westfall, Randall Tobias and Russell Wolfinger
SAS Institute 2011
ISBN: 9781607647836

SAS Statistics by Example
by Ron Cody
SAS Institute 2011
ISBN: 9781607648000

Simulating Data with SAS
by Rick Wicklin
SAS Institute 2013
ISBN: 9781612903323

Categorical Data Analysis Using SAS, Third Edition

by Maura E. Stokes, Charles S. Davis and Gary G. Koch
SAS Institute 2012
ISBN: 9781607646648

A StepbyStep Approach to Using SAS for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling,
Second Edition
by Norm ORourke and Larry Hatcher
SAS Institute 2013
ISBN: 9781599942308

Statistical Programming in SAS
by A. John Bailer
SAS Institute 2010
ISBN: 9781599946566

SAS For Dummies
by Stephen McDaniel and Chris Hemedinger
John Wiley & Sons 2007
ISBN: 9780471788324

Applied Data Mining for Forecasting Using SAS
by Tim Rey, Arthur Kordon and Chip Wells
SAS Institute 2012
ISBN: 9781607646624

Carpenters Guide to Innovative SAS Techniques
by Art Carpenter
SAS Institute 2012
ISBN: 9781607649915

SAS/ETS 12.1 User's Guide
by SAS Institute
SAS Institute 2012
ISBN: 9781612903798

Customer Segmentation and Clustering Using SAS Enterprise Miner, Second Edition
by Randall S. Collica
SAS Institute 2011
ISBN: 9781607648109

Data Quality for Analytics Using SAS
by Gerhard Svolba
SAS Institute 2012
ISBN: 9781607646204

Elementary Statistics Using SAS

by Sandra Schlotzhauer
SAS Institute 2009
ISBN: 9781607643791

Getting Started with SAS Text Miner 4.1
by SAS Publishing
SAS Institute 2009
ISBN: 9781599949994

SAS/ACCESS 9.2 for Relational Databases Reference
by SAS Institute
SAS Institute 2009
ISBN: 9781599947976

SAS 9.3 Formats and Informats: Reference
by SAS Institute
SAS Institute 2011
ISBN: 9781607649007

SAS 9.3 Functions and CALL Routines: Reference
by SAS Institute
SAS Institute 2011
ISBN: 9781607649014

StepbyStep Basic Statistics Using SAS: Exercises
by Larry Hatcher
SAS Institute 2003
ISBN: 9781590471494

SASHARDCOPYBOOKS(BentleyLibrary)

Handbook of SAS DATA Step Programming
By Arthur Li
Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2013
ISBN: 9781466552388
Call No: QA276.4 .L56 2013
Applied econometrics using the SAS system
By Vivek B. Ajmani
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2009
ISBN: 9780470129494
Call No: HB139 .A46 2009

SAS and R : data management, statistical analysis, and graphics

By Ken Kleinman and Nicholas J. Horton
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2010
ISBN: 9781420070576
Call No: QA76.73 .S27 K54 2010