Ultimately, communication of results drives the decision to use software, but Minitab throws a long pass on functionality, too. This way, the analyst doesn't have to be a graphic artist. Best of all, Minitab exports completed results directly to Microsoft Word or Powerpoint. Likewise, Minitab reports generate diagnostics and warnings to help the analyst refine the model. As a result, the members of the audience don’t have to dredge through dimly familiar old textbooks. Better yet, Minitab automatically produces reports that include explanatory detail. It even gives guidance on how to collect and enter the data.Īt the same time, the user interface often reduces the painful process of creating reports to communicate those answers as easy as a single click to select a chart. Step by step Minitab’s expert system guides the analytical process using a set of basic dialogs to get from the data to a useful answer. In each case these match with the relevant hypothesis tests to answer real questions from the available data.

Each assistant presents the analyst with a set of clear options to achieve objectives. Still better, the Minitab assistant works as an expert guiding a path through the maze of possible models for the data so that the user confidently selects the right tool to analyze the data. Next the easy input and output function makes getting data into Minitab as easy as opening a spreadsheet. First, the intuitive interface strikes a familiar chord that cuts the learning curve to the bone.

Minitab makes the process of getting from data to the bottom line easier than ever. However, it will provide powerful answers in clear, easy to communicate reports in eight languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, & Spanish.Įven users who never access more than a small fraction of Minitab’s statistics functionality understand the importance of professional looking charts for communicating and ultimately selling their ideas, products, and strategies. True, Minitab won’t turn anyone into a professional statistician overnight. First introduced by researchers at Penn State University in 1972 as a slimmed down version of the NIST standard statistics package OMNITAB, for more than 40 years Minitab has met a key need for researchers and analysts who need core statistics and reporting functionality without the mystery.

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