Minitab and Excel: 3 Tips for Importing Data
Follow these tips to get your data from Excel into Minitab and make your analysis easier. Learn to copy and paste, import data and fix column formats.
When is Easter . . . for the next 2,080 years?
Some years Easter early and some it seems late. I never really remember from one year to the next. Which dates do you think are more common or less common? Let's use Minitab Statistical Software to help find the answers!
How to Choose the Best Regression Model
Choosing the correct linear regression model can be difficult. Trying to model it with only a sample doesn’t make it any easier. In this post, I'll review some common statistical methods for selecting models, complications you may face, and provide some practical advice for choosing the best regression model.
Raising the Bar for Employee Skills is Not Optional
The skills to understand and work with data — and make educated decisions based on it — are in demand and they are not going away anytime soon. Look at some new directions in the workforce over the last few years and how executives are treating upskilling their teams as a top priority.
2019 Valentine’s Day: More Money, Fewer Gift-givers
How do you plan to celebrate Valentine’s Day? Maybe buying a gift for your sweetheart, or perhaps a special dinner out? Well you might find it easier to get a table at a nice restaurant. According to this survey, fewer consumers are celebrating but those who do are planning to spend more.
Punxsutawney Phil and His 2-Sample T-test
Although a polar vortex hit most of the northern United States last week, thousands of visitors did converge on Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to see if Punxsutawney Phil would see his shadow. Let’s look at a 2-sample t-test to see if Phil can be Punxsutawney’s chief advisor on how quickly winter ends.
7 Top Talks from the Minitab Insights Conference
See what goes into a great Minitab Insights Conference presentation. Great stories others want to hear. Discovering new tools in Minitab software. Engaging walkthroughs of finding insights in your data, and recommendations on how to act on them. All packed into a few days of learning and fun.
Five Guidelines You Need to Follow to Create an Effective Value Stream Map
Value stream mapping is a cornerstone of the Lean process improvement methodology, and also is a recognized tool used in Six Sigma. A value stream map illustrates the flow of materials and information as a product or service moves through a process. Creating a “current state” value stream map can help you identify waste and also makes it easier to envision an improved state for process in the future.