Can u plz elaborate on the certification program. Is it necessary to have a statistics background to appear for the certification program. What are the prerequisites and what is the difficulty level. How to prepare for this and other related info.
SAS has its own certification prep courses, if you have the $$$ to fork over to them. Cheaper options are the online self-paced courses, and I think third parties offer some as well. At the very least, you can look for the curriculum and buy the mat…
I have found this article useful:
Gary King and Langche Zeng. "Logistic Regression in Rare Events Data," Political Analysis, Vol. 9, No. 2.
PDF available at: http://gking.harvard.edu/files/abs/0s-abs.shtml
I am a doctoral candidate in SUNY Binghamton. My research interests are machine learning, statistics and intelligent systems. I work on extension of Support Vector Machines for imprecise or fuzzy data. Currently I am nearing my graduation and looking for a job.