Minitab

Minitab

Minitab 17 running on Windows 8
Original author(s)	Barbara F. Ryan, Thomas A. Ryan, Jr., and Brian L. Joiner
Developer(s)	Minitab, LLC
Initial release	1972 (1972)
Stable release	22.1 / March 20, 2024; 36 days ago (2024-03-20)
Operating system	Windows, web app, formerly: Mac[1]
Type	Statistical analysis
License	Trialware
Website	minitab.com

Minitab is a statistics package developed at the Pennsylvania State University by researchers Barbara F. Ryan, Thomas A. Ryan, Jr., and Brian L. Joiner in conjunction with Triola Statistics Company in 1972. It began as a light version of OMNITAB, a statistical analysis program by National Institute of Standards and Technology.

History

Minitab Statistical Software is a statistics package developed at the Pennsylvania State University by researchers Barbara F. Ryan, Thomas A. Ryan, Jr., Brian L. Joiner in 1972. The project received funding from the Triola Statistics Company. It began as a light version of OMNITAB, a statistical analysis program by NIST, which was conceived by Joseph Hilsenrath in years 1962–1964 for the IBM 7090.^[2][3] The documentation for the latest version of OMNITAB, OMNITAB 80, was last published in 1986, and there has been no significant development since then.^[4]

Minitab is distributed by Minitab, LLC, a privately owned company headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania.^[5] As of 2024, Minitab LLC had subsidiaries in the Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia.^[5][6]

Interoperability

Minitab, LLC also produces other software that can be used in conjunction with Minitab;^[7] Minitab Connect helps businesses centralize and organize their data, Quality Trainer is an eLearning package that teaches statistical concepts, Minitab Workspace provides project planning and visualization tools, and Minitab Engage^[8] is a tool for Idea and Innovation Management, as well as managing Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing deployments.

In October 2020, Minitab launched the first cloud-based version of its statistical software.^[9] As of June 2021, the Minitab Desktop app is only available for Windows, with a former version for MacOS (Minitab 19.x) no longer being supported.^[1]

See also

• List of statistical packages
• Comparison of statistical packages

References

Further reading

• "Minitab Statistical Software Features – Minitab." Software for Statistics, Process Improvement, Six Sigma, Quality – Minitab. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Apr. 2011.
• Groebner, David F., Mark L. Berenson, David M. Levine, Timothy C. Krehbiel, and Hang Lau. Applied management statistics. Custom ed. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing/Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008. Print
• Akers, Michael D (2018), Exploring, Analysing and Interpreting Data with Minitab 18 (1st ed.), United Kingdom, Compass Publishing. ISBN 978-1-912009-19-0
• Brook, Quentin (2010). Lean Six Sigma and Minitab: The Complete Toolbox Guide for All Lean Six Sigma Practitioners (3rd ed.). United Kingdom: OPEX Resources Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9546813-6-4.
• Bryman, Alan; Cramer, Duncan (1996). Quantitative Data Analysis with Minitab: A Guide for Social Scientists. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-12323-2.
• Hardwick, Colin (2013). Practical Design of Experiments: DoE Made Easy! (1st ed.). United Kingdom: Liberation Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4827-6099-6.
• Khan, Rehman M. (2013). Problem solving and data analysis using Minitab : a clear and easy guide to Six Sigma methodology (1st ed.). New York: Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-30757-1.
• Meyer, Ruth K.; David D. Krueger (2004). A Minitab Guide to Statistics (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall Publishing. ISBN 978-0-13-149272-1.
• Stein, Philip G.; Matey, James R.; Pitts, Karen (1997). "A Review of Statistical Software for the Apple Macintosh". The American Statistician. 51 (1): 67–82. doi:10.1080/00031305.1997.10473593.
• Roberts, Dennis. "Minitab resource website". Penn State. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

External links

• Official website