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		<title>Behind the scenes: Statistical Business Analysis certification exam</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2012/09/24/behind-the-scenes-statistical-business-analysis-certification-exam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder how the SAS Global Certification team comes up with a new exam?  Well I’m about to take you behind the scenes of our latest certification – SAS Certified Statistical Business Analyst Using SAS 9: Regression and Modeling Credential. With the prevalent use of SAS statistical software for data [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAS certification&#039;s 2011 U.S. tour</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2011/08/26/sas-certifications-2011-us-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAS certification exams at regional user group meetings It's almost fall (at least for those of us in the northern hemisphere), and that means it's time for regional user group meetings. And while these meetings are all about mingling with SAS users from your area, it is also happens to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The team behind the SAS Clinical Trials Programmer Using SAS 9 certification</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2011/08/03/sas-clinical-trials-programmer-team/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2011/08/03/sas-clinical-trials-programmer-team/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of June, SAS launched a new credential: the SAS Certified Clinical Trials Programmer Using SAS 9. This was the culmination of months of work by lots of people.  In our press release, we identified that we worked with "a broad cross-section of practitioners and hiring managers from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Certification Record Set</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2011/07/13/new-certification-record-set/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Records were made to be broken, and the SAS Professionals Convention continues to break them year after year.&#160; Held each year at SAS UK headquarters in Marlow, this three day conference provides an opportunity for SAS professionals to network with peers, learn about the latest SAS technologies, hear from industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview Advice for the Aspiring SAS Programmer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2011/06/16/interview-advice-for-the-aspiring-sas-programmer/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2011/06/16/interview-advice-for-the-aspiring-sas-programmer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week on the SAS Training Facebook page, I answered a question about what to expect during a job interview. It's a question I've seen before, since I speak with students about SAS Certification, and many of them seek certification in pursuit of a first job. And while certification can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New SAS Clinical Trials Programmer Certification</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2011/03/24/new-sas-clinical-trials-programmer-certification/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2011/03/24/new-sas-clinical-trials-programmer-certification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have visited our SAS Global Certification webpage lately, you may have noticed that we have a new credential in development: the SAS Certified Clinical Trials Programmer using SAS9. Clinical Trials Programmers create programs that analyze the data collected during the clinical trial of a new medication or treatment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes It&#039;s the Journey, Not the Destination</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2011/02/22/sometimes-its-the-journey-not-the-destination/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2011/02/22/sometimes-its-the-journey-not-the-destination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I read Dr. AnnMaria De Mars' blog post &#34;Translating Ruby to SAS (or vice versa).&#34; I found that I really liked it, and not just because she mentions me (although that was pretty cool). But rather, I like the end of the post, where she identifies a key value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Certifiable: An Adventure in Pursuing SAS Certification</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2010/12/02/certifiable-an-adventure-in-pursuing-sas-certification/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2010/12/02/certifiable-an-adventure-in-pursuing-sas-certification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you currently studying for the SAS Base Programming exam might enjoy this 9 minute video interview with Stacey Hamilton and Christine Kjellberg, two employees from SAS publishing who recently challenged the exam. Over the past year, they have shared their experience preparing for the exam on the SAS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To INDEX or not to INDEX...</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2010/11/24/to-index-or-not-to-index/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2010/11/24/to-index-or-not-to-index/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, a certification candidate asked me about indexes and how SAS decides whether to use one or not.&#160; I don't work with supper-large data sets and therefore haven't been overly concerned with efficient coding techniques and consequently had no idea what an index was. So off to SAS 9.2 online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Certification Discussion on FaceBook</title>
		<link>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2010/09/23/certification-discussion-on-facebook/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2010/09/23/certification-discussion-on-facebook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevens</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all. Just a quick note to point out a recent certification discussion on the SAS Training Facebook page. If you haven't become a fan of SAS Training, maybe now is the time? It's yet another great community to chat with your fellow SAS users and find additional training resources. [...]]]></description>
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