Minitab

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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{{En dash}}1964 for the IBM 7090.{{cite journal |last1=Peavy |first1=Sally T. |title=OMNITAB 80 |journal=NBS Special Publication |date=1986 |volume=701 |pages=1–2 |url=https://archive.org/details/omnitab80701peav/page/n13}}{{cite journal |title=OMNITAB |journal=Digital Computer Newsletter :: Digital Computer Newsletter |date=October 1962 – January 1964 |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=4–6 |url=https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_onrDigitaligitalComputerNewsletterV16N01Oct62Jan64_2343357/page/n5?q=omnitab}} The documentation for the latest version of OMNITAB, OMNITAB 80, was last published in 1986, and there has been no significant development since then.{{cite web|url=https://www.nist.gov/itl/sed/omnitab-80.cfm|title=NIST OMNITAB 80|date=25 July 2012 |publisher=Nist.gov|access-date=2018-01-30}}

Minitab is distributed by Minitab, LLC, a privately owned company headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web|title=About Us {{!}} Minitab|url=https://www.minitab.com/en-us/about-us/|access-date=2021-02-16|website=www.minitab.com}} As of 2024, Minitab LLC had subsidiaries in the Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia.https://www.minitab.com/en-us/company/press-releases/minitab-expands-in-the-eu-and-opens-new-subsidiary-in-the-nether/ https://www.minitab.com/en-us/company/press-releases/minitab-opens-new-subsidiary-office-japan/

Minitab, LLC also produces other software that can be used in conjunction with Minitab;{{cite web|url=http://www.minitab.com/en-US/Products/ |title=Minitab Products |publisher=Minitab.com |access-date=2018-01-30}} 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{{cite web|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/fr/news-release/2021/03/25/2199466/0/en/Minitab-Launches-Minitab-Engage-TM-to-Accelerate-Idea-Generation-Innovation-and-Business-Transformation.html |title=Minitab Launches Minitab Engage (TM) to Accelerate Idea Generation, Innovation and Business Transformation|date=25 March 2021 |publisher=Globalnewswire.com |access-date=2021-03-29}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2020/10/22/2112865/0/en/Minitab-Launches-New-Solutions-to-Help-Organizations-Accelerate-Digital-Transformation.html|title=Minitab Launches New Solutions to Help Organizations Accelerate Digital Transformation|date=22 October 2020 |publisher=globenewswire.com|access-date=2020-10-22}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Support Policy {{!}} Minitab|url=https://www.minitab.com/en-us/support/policy/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=www.minitab.com}}

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• "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140625005101/http://www.minitab.com/en-us/products/minitab/features/ 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}}
• {{cite book |last=Brook |first=Quentin |title=Lean Six Sigma and Minitab: The Complete Toolbox Guide for All Lean Six Sigma Practitioners |location=United Kingdom |publisher=OPEX Resources Ltd |year=2010 |edition=3rd |isbn=978-0-9546813-6-4}}
• {{cite book |first1=Alan |last1=Bryman |first2=Duncan |last2=Cramer |title=Quantitative Data Analysis with Minitab: A Guide for Social Scientists |location=London |publisher=Routledge |year=1996 |isbn=0-415-12323-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UFsVBegb-0kC }}
• {{cite book |last=Hardwick|first=Colin |title=Practical Design of Experiments: DoE Made Easy!|location=United Kingdom |publisher=Liberation Books Ltd| year=2013 |edition=1st |isbn =978-1-4827-6099-6}}
• {{cite book|last1=Khan|first1=Rehman M.|title=Problem solving and data analysis using Minitab : a clear and easy guide to Six Sigma methodology|date=2013|publisher=Wiley|location=New York|isbn=978-1-118-30757-1|edition=1st}}
• {{cite book |last=Meyer |first=Ruth K. |author2=David D. Krueger |title=A Minitab Guide to Statistics |location=Upper Saddle River, NJ |publisher=Prentice-Hall Publishing |year=2004 |edition=3rd |isbn=978-0-13-149272-1}}
• {{cite journal |first1=Philip G. |last1=Stein |first2=James R. |last2=Matey |first3=Karen |last3=Pitts |title=A Review of Statistical Software for the Apple Macintosh |journal=The American Statistician |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=67–82 |year=1997 |doi=10.1080/00031305.1997.10473593 }}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/d/m/dmr/minitab/mtbtutor.htm |title=Minitab resource website |last=Roberts |first=Dennis |publisher=Penn State |access-date=2008-08-27 |archive-date=2012-08-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806014952/http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/d/m/dmr/minitab/mtbtutor.htm |url-status=dead }}

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