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The Rapid-I Analyst certification level is designed to demonstrate a complete understanding of how Rapid-I software works and is used. Certified professionals will be able to prepare data and create predictive models in standard data environments typically found within most analyst positions.
A candidate for this exam should have the ability to
- prepare data,
- build predictive models,
- evaluate the model's quality,
- score new data sets,
- deploy data mining models.
Please have a look at the these example questions for getting an idea of the Analyst level certification exam.
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Rapid-I Analyst Exam
Preparation for the Exam
Register for the Exam
Example Questions
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During this performance-based examination, candidates will use RapidMiner to perform the examination tasks. It is essential that the candidate has a firm understanding and mastery of the functionalities for predictive modeling with RapidMiner 5.
Details
Candidates who earn this credential will have earned a passing score on the Rapid-I Analyst exam consisting of 50 multiple-choice questions and must achieve a score of 60% or more correct to pass. Candidates will have 90 minutes to complete the exam.
The topics include:
- Basic Usage
- User Interface
- Creating and handling RapidMiner repositories
- Starting a new RapidMiner project
- Operators and processes
- Loading data from flat files
- Loading data from databases
- Storing data, processes, and results
- Data Preparation
- Handling missing values
- Changing value types by discretization and dichotimization
- Sampling
- Balancing data
- Normalization and standardization
- Joins
- Filtering examples and attributes
- Detection and removal of outliers
- Dimensionality reduction
- Predictive Models
- Explorative data analysis including data visualization
- Correlations
- Linear Regression
- Naïve Bayes
- Decision Trees
- Rules
- Neural Networks
- Logistic Regression
- Meta Learning: Bagging and Boosting
- Handling of weights
- Importance of attributes
- Model Evaluation
- Splitting data
- Evaluation methods
- Performance criteria
- Comparison between models
- Lift charts
- ROC plots
- Validation of preprocessing and preprocessing models
- Scoring
- Applying models
- Scaling confidences
- Filter uncertain predictions
- Deployment
Sharing data, models, and processes
Exporting processes as web service
Managing processes and services
Remote execution of processes
Scheduling processes
Preparation for the Exam
Several manuals and training resources are available to help you prepare for exams but the most efficient form of preparation are the training courses offered by professional Rapid-I instructors.
Participating in the Exam
What to bring: Certification candidates are required to provide a form of photo identification such as a driver's license or a valid passport. The form must display the candidate's signature.
Arriving at the test center: Candidates should plan to arrive 15 minutes before their scheduled exam time. Candidates arriving more than 15 minutes late are not guaranteed exam availability or a refund.
Reference materials: To maintain the security of the test environment, candidates are not permitted to bring reference materials of any kind into the testing center.
Personal items: The only items allowed in the testing area is your identification. Please leave any backpacks, laptops, briefcases and other personal items at home. If you have personal items that cannot be left behind (such as purses), the testing center will offer lockers available for use.
No cameras, cell phones, audio players, or other electronic devices are allowed during exam sessions.
All notes will be collected at the end of testing and no material may be removed from the testing event.
After the Exam
Congratulations, you might have successfully taken part in the Rapid-I Certification Program!
Score Report
You will receive the exam score immediately after completion of your exam attempt at your testing center. The score report will display the percentage of items that you answered correctly.
Welcome E-mail and Certificate
If you have passed your exam and met all requirements for the credential, you will receive an e-mail. This will contain a link to your logo access and additional welcome information. Furthermore, it will include a PDF copy of your certificate which you can print at any time. This e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address you provided at exam registration. Please allow at least two weeks from your exam date to receive this e-mail.
Catalog Listing
Upon receipt of your credentials from Rapid-I, your name will be added to the Rapid-I Certified Professional Catalog. This process can take up to one week after your certificate is awarded. If you do not wish for your name to appear in the Rapid-I Certified Professional Catalog, you may choose to be excluded at the time of exam registration.
Will my Credentials Expire?
The Rapid-I Certification Program issues versioned credentials that do not expire. For example, if you earn the Rapid-I Analyst for RapidMiner 5 credential, you will retain this credential and it will never expire but you will have to renew it for future versions if desired.
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