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| Minitab | |
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| Original authors | Barbara F. Ryan, Thomas A. Ryan, Jr., and Brian L. Joiner |
| Developers | Minitab, LLC |
| Initial release | 1972 (1972) |
| Stable release | 22.1 / March 20, 2024; 22 months ago (2024-03-20) |
| Operating system | Windows, web app, formerly:Mac[1] |
| Type | Statistical analysis |
| License | Trialware |
| Website | minitab |
Minitab is astatistics package developed at thePennsylvania State University by researchersBarbara 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 byNational Institute of Standards and Technology.
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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 1962–1964 for theIBM 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 inState College, Pennsylvania.[5] As of 2024, Minitab LLC had subsidiaries in the Netherlands, UK, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia.[5][6]
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 aneLearning package that teaches statistical concepts, Minitab Workspace provides project planning and visualization tools, and Minitab Engage[8] is a tool for Idea andInnovation Management, as well as managingSix Sigma andLean 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]
