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

Duration

Duration:

Just 2 Days

Method

Method:

Classroom / Online / Hybrid

Next date

Next date:

10/2/2025 (Monday)

Overview

On this accelerated SAS® Certified Specialist: Visual Modeling using SAS® Visual Statistics 8.4 on SAS® Viya® course,

This certification is designed to consistently measure and validate job skills and performance levels of analysts and visual modelers using SAS Visual Statistics.

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.

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the SAS exam, and achieve your SAS® Certified Specialist: Visual Modeling using SAS® Visual Statistics 8.4 on SAS® Viya® certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

 

Audience

This course is ideal for:

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

Four reasons why you should sit your course with Firebrand Training

  1. You'll be trained and certified faster. Learn more on this 2-day accelerated course. You'll get at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
  2. Your course is all-inclusive. One simple price covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals – so you can focus on learning
  3. Pass first time or train again for free. Your expert instructor will deliver our unique accelerated learning methods, allowing you to learn faster and be in the best possible position to pass first time. In the unlikely event that you don't, it's covered by your Certification Guarantee
  4. Study with an award-winning training provider. We've won the Learning and Performance Institute's "Training Company of the Year" three times. Firebrand is your fastest way to learn, with 134.561 students saving more than one million hours since 2001

Curriculum

Module 1: SAS visual statistics cross-functional tasks - 22%

  • Prepare data using SAS Visual Analytics
  • Filter data used for a model
  • Use interactive group-by
  • Perform model validation

 

Module 2: Building and assessing segmentation models - 28%

  • Perform unsupervised segmentation using cluster analysis
  • Analyse cluster results
  • Perform supervised segmentation using decision trees
  • Assess decision tree results

 

Module 3: Building and assessing regression-type models - 41%

  • Explain linear models
  • Perform linear regression modeling
  • Assess model results
  • Perform generalized additive modeling
  • Perform nonparametric logistic regression modeling

 

Module 4: Model comparison and scoring - 9%

  • Compare Models
  • Score Models

 

Exam Track

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered Certification Guarantee:

SAS® Certified Specialist: Visual Modeling using SAS® Visual Statistics 8.4 on SAS® Viya® A00-274 Exam

  • Duration: 105 minutes
  • Format: Multiple-choice, short-answer, and interactive questions
  • Number of questions: 58 questions
  • Passing score: 68% correct to pass

 

What's Included

Your accelerated course includes:

  • Accommodation *
  • Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
  • On-site exams **
  • Exam vouchers **
  • Practice tests **
  • Certification Guarantee ***
  • Courseware
  • Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
  • 24-hour lab access
  • Digital courseware **
  • * For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
  • ** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
  • *** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this accelerated course.

Are you ready to get certified in record time?

We interview all applicants for the course on their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and general suitability. If you get through this screening process, it means you stand a great chance of passing.

Firebrand Training is an immersive training environment. You must be committed to the course. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.

If you have any doubts as to whether you meet the pre-requisites please call 09 - 31 587 431 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants, who can help you with a training plan.

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