This course is the complete SAS BASE programming certification preparation course. It is designed for anyone who desires to develop SAS programming skills and enter into data industries. Many data industries are eagerly hiring SAS professionals with the SAS BASE programming certification. If this is your goal, this course is right for you!

• This course is suitable for absolute SAS beginners

• the course is designed for anyone interested in passing the SAS BASE certification exams

  (1) SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4 (Exam ID A00-231)

  --- this course covers all the topics in the exam.

  (2) SAS Certified Associate: Programming Fundamentals Using SAS 9.4 (Exam ID A00-215) 

  --- it is the junior version of  A00-231 , this course covers more topics than required in the exam

  A00-215 is NOT the prerequisite of A00-231.

  Many students enrolled this course directly passed the full SAS 9.4 Base Programming (A00-231).

• Course Highlights:

1. step by step/ code by code detailed explanations for easy and efficient learning experiences

2. well organized course contents

3. The downloadable course materials for each lecture are attached for every lecture of the course for students' convenience. (the course materials are ONLY for practice,  they are protected by copyright.)

4. Quizzes, coding exercises and projects for practice. After all, practice makes perfection!

A Note on Course ratings and reviews:

Many students enrolled in this course successfully passed the full SAS BASE certification exam (Exam ID A00-231) with first attempt. They have shared their successful stories with me. I am so encouraged and grateful that this course can serve as a main resource to help them obtaining the SAS BASE certification. Please share your successful stories and joys of this significant career devolvement achievement in course reviews to encourage others and me.

I constantly updating the course according to SAS certification updates as well as students' suggestions. Good and fair course reviews and ratings are truly encouraging me continuously improving the quality of the course. Course ratings above 4.5 are considered good ratings in this field.

Again, Thank you so much for choosing this course and allow me to be part of your success!

References:

SAS certification prep guide: base programming by SAS Institute

The little SAS book: a primer / Lora D. Delwiche and Susan J. Slaughter

Learning SAS by example: a programmer's guide / Ron Cody 

Note:

• The course was created using SAS software license for the SAS University Edition (the downloadable SAS studio version).

• The course is also suitable to use with SAS OnDemand for Academics (the web-based SAS studio version).

• The software interface/appearance and functionalities in the two SAS studio versions are identical.

• Section 2 has all the details for using SAS OnDemand for Academics with this courses.