Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 01:32:50 -0700
Reply-To: Kattamuri Sarma <KSSarma@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
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From: Kattamuri Sarma <KSSarma@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject: Re: certification tests (long)
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Where can I get the outline for Levels I, II, and III ?
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From: S David Riba <dave@JADETEK.COM>
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To: SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Date: Friday, April 30, 1999 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: certification tests (long)
>>>At least the Level 1 Certification test
>>>should not cause anyone to stay awake nights with test anxiety.
>>
>>Have you read the Confidentialty Agreement? You and several other posters
>may have violated it already.
>
>Yes, Jack, I have, and I have been very careful in what I have said NOT to
>violate the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement.
>
>BTW, for those who were at the CONSUG meeting at SUGI, you are aware of my
>opinion about the Confidentiality Agreement that was required for the beta
>test. I consider the agreement a Beta Confidentiality Agreement for a Beta
>Test. Long story, but I have raised some issues relating to the legality
of
>the wording in the agreement with SI legal.
>
>> On the other hand, the Level 1 outline did seem reasonable.
>
>That's what I've been trying to say (in many more words than you just did).
>
>Dave
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
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>To: SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
>Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 2:36 PM
>Subject: Re: certification tests (long)
>
>
>S David Riba <dave@JADETEK.COM> wrote:
>
>>At least the Level 1 Certification test
>>should not cause anyone to stay awake nights with test anxiety.
>
>Have you read the Confidentialty Agreement? You and several other posters
>may have violated it already.
>
>>Now the
>>Level 2 competency tests are a different matter. They assume in-depth
>>knowledge of specific areas of speciailization -- Applications
Development,
>>Business Intelligence, or Data Management. Having looked at the outlines
>>for these tests, they *will* cause you to stay awake nights with test
>>anxiety :}
>
>Looking at the Data Management outline makes me think that the Level 2
tests
>are divided incorrectly. Why should I have to know how to use ODBC drivers
>to pass this test? I might not even be using Windows. The same is true
for
>SAS/SHARE - you can do a lot of data management without ever seeing
>SAS/SHARE (or SAS/CONNECT).
>
>On the other hand, the Level 1 outline did seem reasonable.
>
>
>
>--
>JackHamilton@FirstHealth.com
>Development Manager, METRICS
>First Health, West Sacramento, California USA
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