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Intuitive interface |
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Straightforward dialogs produce clear and uncluttered results. |
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StatGuideTM : explain the statistical terms, tables, and graphs in a practical, easy-to-understand |
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ReportPadTM : generates reports |
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Online tutorials |
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Smart dialog boxes: remember recent settings |
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Clear, comprehensive HTML Help system |
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Extensive preferences and user-editable profiles |
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Acclaimed, free technical support |
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Save output and data as HTML |
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Unlimited worksheet size |
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Import/export: Excel, text, and other formats |
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Use data from other applications |
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Import currency formats |
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ODBC querying |
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Autofill |
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Hide and unhide columns |
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Data manipulation: merge, subset, sort, transpose, change data type |
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Find and replace in Data window |
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4000 columns per worksheet |
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Matrix functions |
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Double-precision worksheets |
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New and updated sample data sets |
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One Project file holds it all |
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New state-of-the-art graphics engine |
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Pictorial gallery and streamlined dialog boxes simplify graph creation |
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Interactively edit attributes (axes, scale, etc.) and recreate custom graphs
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Intuitive tool to place multiple graphs on one page |
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Display data from different variables or By groups in panels on the same
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Information display tools: tool tips, crosshairs, plant flags |
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Set your own preferences for graph attribute defaults |
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Graphs can update as data change |
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Built-in graphs: a variety of displays available with a single click |
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Rotating 3D graphs |
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Scatter plots, boxplots, dotplots, histograms, charts, time series plots |
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Probability plots, contour plots |
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Matrix plots, pie charts |
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Interval plots, individual value plots, area graphs |
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Numerous special-purpose graphs |
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OLE: edit MINITAB graphs in other applications |
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Graph brushing |
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Save as TIFF, JPEG, PNG, BMP |
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Complete command language |
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Powerful macro capability for automating tasks or creating new capabilities |
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Descriptive statistics |
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Confidence intervals, one- and two-sample t-tests, paired t-tests |
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Estimation and tests for one and two proportion problems |
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Correlation and covariance |
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Normality test |
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Test for equal variances |
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A high return with minimal investment |
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Generate basic statistics from summary data |
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Linear regression |
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Polynomial regression |
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Logistic regression |
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Partial least squares (PLS) |
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Stepwise and best subsets |
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Residual plots |
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ANOVA |
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General linear model (GLM) |
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Unbalanced nested designs |
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MANOVA |
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Fully nested designs |
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Analysis of means |
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Multiple comparisons |
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Residual, main effects, and interaction plots |
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Run chart |
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Pareto chart |
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Fishbone diagram |
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Control charts: XBar, R, S, XBar-R, XBar-S, I, MR, I-MR, I-MR-R/S, MA, EWMA,
CUSUM, zone, short run, p, np, c, u |
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Multivariate control charts: T2, generalized variance, MEWMA |
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Custom tests for special causes |
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Individual distribution identification |
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Box-Cox transformation |
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Johnson transformation |
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Historical/shift-in-process charts |
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Process capability: normal, nonnormal, attribute, and batch |
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Process capability for multiple variables |
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Process Capability SixpackTM |
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Shainin Multi-Vari charts |
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Symmetry plot |
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Gage R&R: ANOVA and XBar-R methods |
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Nested Gage R&R |
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Attribute Gage Study - AIAG long method |
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Attribute agreement analysis |
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Gage linearity and accuracy |
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Gage run chart |
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Two-level factorial designs |
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General full factorial designs |
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Plackett-Burman designs |
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Response surface designs |
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Mixture designs |
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D-optimal and distanced-based designs |
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Taguchi designs |
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User-specified designs |
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Analysis of variability for factorial designs |
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Response prediction |
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Botched runs |
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Mixture plots |
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Overlaid contour plot |
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Plots: residual, main effects, interaction, cube, contour, surface, and
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Response optimization |
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Parametric and nonparametric distribution analysis |
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Goodness-of-fit measures |
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ML and least squares estimates |
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Exact failure, right-, left-, and interval-censored data |
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Accelerated life testing |
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Regression with life data |
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Reliability test plans |
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Threshold of parameter distributions |
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Analysis of repairable systems |
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Analysis of multiple failure modes |
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Probit analysis |
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Weibayes analysis |
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Hypothesis tests on distribution parameters |
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Plots: distribution, probability, hazard, and survival |
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Confidence intervals |
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One-sample Z, t, and proportion |
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Two-sample t and proportion |
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One-way ANOVA, two-level factorial, and Plackett-Burman |
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Solve for number of center points |
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Principal component analysis |
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Discriminant analysis |
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Cluster analysis |
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Factor analysis |
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Correspondence analysis |
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Time series plots |
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Auto-, partial auto-, and cross correlations |
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ARIMA analysis |
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Trend analysis |
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Decomposition |
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Exponential smoothing |
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Winter's method |
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Moving average |
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Sign test |
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Wilcoxon test |
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Mann-Whitney test |
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Kruskal-Wallis test |
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Friedman test |
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Runs test |
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Mood median test |
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Improved cross-tabulation interface with new measures of association |
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Contingency tables |
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Chi-square test |
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Tally |
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Fisher's exact test for 2x2 tables |
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Random number generator |
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Density, distribution, and inverse cumulative distribution functions |
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Random sampling |
