Preface

Minitab® Statistical Software is a program with a long history. Its beginnings were at Penn State University in 1972, where three professors, namely, Barbara F. Ryan, Thomas A. Ryan, and Brian L. Joiner set about creating a statistics package to help their students learn and use statistics easily. This emphasis on trying to make statistics more accessible to everyone has continued through every iteration. Barbara Ryan still owns Minitab, the company that continues to create new versions of Minitab to make the use of statistics easier for everyone.

Over the years, Minitab has grown, each version adding new features and functionalities. Along with more advanced techniques that are added, there are also new easy-to-use features. In Minitab ...

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