Academic Resources

Minitab in the Real World

Teaching with Minitab is one of the best things you can do to prepare your students for the workplace.

Tumbling Dice & Birthdays: Understanding the Central Limit Theorem

One of the most important statistical concepts to understand is the central limit theorem. This article explains the central limit theorem and how to demonstrate it using common examples, including the roll of a die and the birthdays of Major League Baseball players. Michelle Paret and Eston Martz, Minitab News, August 2009.

University-Wide License Benefits Any School

Both large and small schools benefit from Minitab's university-wide annual enterprise license (AEL), which provides each student, faculty, and staff member with both unlimited access to Minitab in on-campus labs and a timed, personal copy of Minitab for home use.

The Right Tool for the Right Job

With our tremendous academic discounts, there's no reason for students to muddle through your class with a spreadsheet package like Excel that lacks critical statistical functionality and can be downright inaccurate.

Minitab Experience Matters to Employers

Today more than ever, students are demanding educational experiences that give them real-world skills. Instructors who use Minitab in their classes can be confident their students are learning to use a tool that will serve them well as they begin their careers.

Free Tool Guides You to Right Statistical Analysis Every Time

As more businesses search for ways to boost efficiency—and profits—in the current economic climate, Minitab Inc. is offering a free tool on its Web site that can help quality professionals be sure they’re making the best use of their data. The tool, called the Method Chooser, can be downloaded free at http://www.minitab.com/training/tutorials/method-chooser.aspx 

United States' Top Schools Use Minitab

Instructors at many of the United States' leading colleges and universities rely on Minitab Statistical Software to teach the fundamentals of data analysis and help students apply statistics to solve real-world problems in business, engineering, and many other fields.

Students (and Instructors) Stretch Tight Dollars with Semester Rentals

Students need affordable software now more than ever. Fortunately, Minitab offers academic discounts online through our Minitab Product Center hosted by On the Hub.com.

Youth Tackles Global Warming

Thousands of students across the country complete science fair projects every year, and many struggle to find a topic. Not Jonathan Riska. When the seventh grader from Macungie, Pa. decided to enter the 2007 Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science State

Discounted Minitab Software Available to Academics Worldwide

Minitab recently extended the opportunity to rent or purchase its software online at tremendous savings to academic customers worldwide through e-academy.com, a leading provider of brand name software discounted for education.

Penn State University

Out of the Lecture Hall:  A team of Penn State statistics faculty transformed their students’ learning experience—with the help of Minitab software.

University of Pittsburgh

A recent survey at the University of Pittsburgh revealed that students learning statistics prefer using Minitab Statistical Software over Excel.

Old Dominion University and Florida State University

Enhancing a Race Car's Performance:  Find out how one engineering class class used Minitab Statistical Software's powerful design of experiments (DOE) capabilities to find factor settings to optimize race car performance.

Minitab and Pizza: A Workshop Experiment

This article examines the development and results of a voluntary, one-hour weekly labto teach a general statistics course to non-mathematics majors.