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Chapter 1
Preliminaries
JMP Statistical Discovery
JMP is statistical software that gives you a graphical interface to display and analyze data. JMP is for
interactive statistical graphics and includes:
• A spreadsheet for viewing, editing, entering, and manipulating data
• A broad range of graphical and statistical methods for data analysis
• Extensive design of experiments capabilities
• Options to select and display subsets of the data
• Data management tools for sorting and combining tables
• A formula editor for each table column to compute values
• A way to group data and compute summary statistics
• Special plots, charts, and communication capabilities for quality improvement techniques
• Tools for moving analysis results between applications
• A scripting language for saving frequently used routines
• Interfaces to SAS
JMP is easy to learn. Statistics are organized into logical areas with appropriate graphs and tables, which
help you find patterns in data, identify outlying points, or fit models. Appropriate analyses are defined
and performed for you, based on the types of variables you have and the roles they play.
JMP offers descriptive statistics and simple analyses for beginning statisticians and complex model
fitting for advanced researchers. Standard statistical analysis and specialty platforms for design of
experiments, statistical quality control, ternary and contour plotting, and survival analysis provide the
tools you need to analyze data and see results quickly.