Date:         Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:44:49 -0600
Reply-To:     Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
Subject:      Re: SAS Certification
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S David Riba <dave@JADETEK.COM> wrote: 
 
>Unfortunately, the only
>impartial and objective way to measure that knowledge level is going to be
>some kind of test.  Ergo, we come full circle.  The only objective way to
>opt out of the certification test is to take a certification test.  
 
The problem I see with the certification tests is not that they exist but we have no confidence in them.  As far as I know, they're not peer reviewed - no one on SAS-L, at least, has admitted to being consulted about the usefulness of the questions or the correctness of the suggested answers.  From what I've heard, some of the test questions *are* useless and some of the answers *are* arguably incorrect.  The fact that SAS Institute participated in the creation of the tests does not, by itself, mean that the tests are valid. 
 
 
 
 
 
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