Minitab 15 Features Overview

Minitab 15 is simple to use for the beginning or occasional user, but also contains the depth and breadth of tools and guidance to satisfy even the most rigorous quality improvement projects. Here's an outline of the many features you'll find in this release:

Easy to Use Minitab's logical interface makes it simple to use, and its outstanding support features make it easy to get results.			Data and File Management Minitab accepts data in many file formats and keeps your work tidy in a single, automatically organized project file.
State of the Art Graphs and Graph Editing Clear, bold graphs are simple to create for any application, with intuitive point and click editing.			General Statistics A broad range of simple yet powerful tools to help you to make quick assessments and comparisons.
Regression Analyses Linear, polynomial, logistic, PLS and more detect and define relationships.			Analysis of Variance A comprehensive set of tools including ANOVA, GLM, Analysis of Means, and more.
Statistical Process Control Take control of your processes with this suite of control charts and more.			Quality Tools Ensure your processes meet your expectations with Process Capability analyses, Pareto charts, and other powerful tools.
Measurement Systems Analysis Gage analyses and related tools to ensure the quality of your data.			Design of Experiments A wide variety of available designs – now including D-optimal and distance based designs.
Reliability/Survival Analysis Calculate the lifespan of the products you use or sell, predict failure rates, establish warranty parameters, and more.			Power and Sample Size Collect the right amount of data for your situation – use power curves to visualize the relationship between the sample size and power.
Multivariate Analysis Principal component analysis, cluster analysis, and other multidimensional tools.			Time Series and Forecasting Large collection of time-related analyses, like trend analysis and decomposition. Now with auto, partial, and cross correlations.
Nonparametrics Perform critical analyses even without normally distributed data.			Tables Chi-square, Fisher's exact, and other table-based tools.
Simulations and Distributions Generate random numbers, pick random samples, and more.			Macros and Customizability Automate the analyses you perform regularly, customize menus and settings, even integrate with Minitab COM objects.