| | Minitab | QI
Macros |
| Big Differences | | |
| Price | $1,195 | $199 |
| Development
History and User Interface - Minitab - fill-in-a-form interface
using"before mouse" technology
- QI Macros - point-and-click
interface
using "after mouse" technology
| Developed
by Penn State Instructors to teach students everything there is to know about
statistics | Developed
by a Business User to help business people to get immediate results |
| Data Orientation | Columns
Only | Columns
and Rows |
| Data Selection | Menus
of Options | Grab it and Go |
| Statistics
and Charts | Everything
under the sun | Most commonly used |
| Control
Chart Wizard Chooses charts automatically | N | Y |
| Pivot Table
Wizard - Automates analyzing data | N | Y |
| Learning
Curve | Days | Minutes |
| Application | Stand
Alone, which means you have to import data | Excel
Addin, which means you can work on data directly |
| Define, Measure, Analyze,
Improve Control (DMAIC) | | |
| Balanced
Scorecard | | Y |
| SIPOC | | Y |
| Flow chart | | Y |
| Run chart | Y | Y |
| Pareto chart | Y | Y |
| Fishbone
diagram | Y | Y |
| Failure
Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) | | Y |
| Scatter
chart | | Y |
| Action plan,
Gantt charts | | Y |
| | | |
| Control
Chart Wizard: Analyzes your data and selects the correct control chart for
you! | | Y |
| | | |
| Statistical
Process Control (SPC - Control) | | |
| Pre-Control
Chart | | Y |
| Control
Plan (AIAG) | | Y |
| Control
charts: XBar, XBar-S, XmR, CUSUM, p, np, c, u | Y | Y |
| Historical/shift-in-process
charts | Y | Y |
| Process
capability | Y | Y |
| Process
Capability SixpackTM | Y | Fivepack |
| Multi-Vari
charts | Y | Y |
| Symmetry
plot | Y | Y |
| Scatter
plots, boxplots, dotplots, histograms, charts, time series plots | Y | Y |
| Probability
plots, contour plots | Y | Y |
| Matrix plots,
pie charts | Y | Y |
| Control
charts: MA, EWMA, zone | Y | Y |
| Short Run
and Median Control charts | Y | Y |
| Multivariate
control charts: T2, generalized variance, MEWMA | Y | T2 |
| Box-Cox
transformation | Y | Y |
| Johnson
transformation | Y | |
| | | |
| Design
for Six Sigma | | |
| QFD House
of Quality | | Y |
| Pugh Concept
Selection Matrix | | Y |
| | | |
| Measurement
Systems Analysis | | |
| Gage R&R:
ANOVA and XBar-R methods | Y | Y |
| Attribute
Gage Study - AIAG long method | Y | Y |
| Gage linearity
and accuracy | Y | Y |
| Gage run
chart | Y | Y |
| Nested Gage
R&R | Y | |
| Attribute
agreement analysis | Y | |
| | | |
| Basic
Statistics | | |
| Descriptive
statistics | Y | Y |
| Confidence
intervals, one- and two-sample t-tests, paired t-tests | Y | Y |
| Correlation
and covariance | Y | Y |
| Chi-square
test | Y | Y |
| Normality
test | Y | Y |
| Test for
equal variances | Y | Y |
| Analysis
of Variance (ANOVA) | Y | Y |
| | | |
| Regression
Analysis | | |
| Linear regression | Y | Y |
| Residual
plots | Y | Y |
| Polynomial
regression | Y | |
| Logistic
regression | Y | |
| Partial
least squares (PLS) | Y | |
| Stepwise
and best subsets | Y | |
| | | |
| Design
of Experiments | | |
| Two-level
factorial designs | Y | Y |
| General
full factorial designs | Y | Y |
| Plackett-Burman
designs | Y | Y |
| Taguchi
designs | Y | Y |
| Analysis
of variability for factorial designs | Y | Y |
| User-specified
designs | Y | |
| Response
surface designs | Y | |
| Mixture
designs | Y | |
| D-optimal
and distanced-based designs | Y | |
| Response
prediction | Y | |
| Botched
runs | Y | |
| Mixture
plots | Y | Y |
| Overlaid
contour plot | Y | |
| Plots: residual,
main effects, interaction, cube, contour, surface, and wireframe | Y | |
| Response
optimization | Y | |
| | | |
| Reliability/Survival
Analysis | | |
| Parametric
and nonparametric distribution analysis | Y | Y |
| Goodness-of-fit
measures | Y | Y |
| ML and least
squares estimates | Y | |
| Exact failure,
right-, left-, and interval-censored data | Y | |
| Accelerated
life testing | Y | |
| Regression
with life data | Y | |
| Reliability
test plans | Y | |
| Threshold
of parameter distributions | Y | |
| Analysis
of repairable systems | Y | |
| Analysis
of multiple failure modes | Y | |
| Probit analysis | Y | |
| Weibayes
analysis | Y | |
| Hypothesis
tests on distribution parameters | Y | |
| Plots: distribution,
probability, hazard, and survival | Y | |
| Confidence
intervals | Y | |
| | | |
| Power
and Sample Size | | |
| | | |
| One-sample
Z, t, and proportion | Y | Y |
| Two-sample
t and proportion | Y | Y |
| One-way
ANOVA, two-level factorial, and Plackett-Burman | Y | Y |
| Solve for
number of center points | Y | |
| | | |
| Multivariate
Analysis | | |
| Principal
component analysis | Y | |
| Discriminant
analysis | Y | |
| Cluster
analysis | Y | |
| Factor analysis | Y | |
| Correspondence
analysis | Y | |
| | | |
| Time
Series and Forecasting | | |
| Time series
plots | Y | Y |
| Auto-, partial
auto-, and cross correlations | Y | |
| Y ARIMA
analysis | Y | |
| Trend analysis | Y | |
| Decomposition | Y | |
| Exponential
smoothing | Y | Y |
| Winter's
method | Y | |
| Moving average | Y | Y |
| | | |
| Nonparametrics | | |
| Sign test | Y | Y |
| Wilcoxon
test | Y | Y |
| Mann-Whitney
test | Y | Y |
| Kruskal-Wallis
test | Y | Y |
| Friedman
test | Y | Y |
| Runs test | Y | |
| Mood median
test | Y | |
| | | |
| Tables | | |
| Cross-tabulation
interface with new measures of association | Y | Pivot
Table |
| Contingency
tables | Y | |
| Tally | Y | |
| Fisher's
exact test for 2x2 tables | Y | |
| Simulation
and Distributions | Y | |
| Random number
generator | Y | Excel |
| Density,
distribution, and inverse cumulative distribution functions | Y | Excel |
| Random sampling | Y | Excel |
| | | |
| Ease
of Use | | |
| Customizable
menus and toolbars | Y | Y |
| Online tutorials | Y | Y |
| Clear, comprehensive
HTML Help system | Y | Y |
| Project
Manager: logically organizes analysis | Y | |
| Smart dialog
boxes: remember recent settings | Y | |
| Extensive
preferences and user-editable profiles | Y | |
| | Y | |
| Data
and File Management | | |
| Save output
and data as HTML | Y | Excel |
| Unlimited
worksheet size | Y | Excel |
| Import/export:
Excel, text, and other formats | Y | Excel |
| Import individual
Microsoft Excel worksheets | Y | Unnecessary |
| Import currency
formats | Y | Excel |
| ODBC querying | Y | Excel |
| Autofill | Y | Excel |
| Hide and
unhide columns | Y | Excel |
| Data manipulation:
merge, subset, sort, transpose, change data type | Y | Excel |
| Find and
replace in Data window | Y | Excel |
| 4000 columns
per worksheet | Y | 256
x 65,000 |
| Matrix functions | Y | Excel |
| Double-precision
worksheets | Y | Excel |
| New and
updated sample data sets | Y | Y |
| | | |
| Graphics | | |
| New state-of-the-art
graphics engine | Y | Excel |
| Pictorial
gallery and streamlined dialog boxes simplify graph creation | Y | Excel |
| Interactively
edit attributes (axes, scale, etc.) and recreate custom graphs with new data | Y | Excel |
| Intuitive
tool to place multiple graphs on one page | Y | Excel |
| Display
data from different variables or By groups in panels on the same page | Y | Excel |
| Information
display tools: tool tips, crosshairs, plant flags | Y | Excel |
| Set your
own preferences for graph attribute defaults | Y | Excel |
| Graphs can
update as data change | Y | Excel |
| Built-in
graphs: a variety of displays available with a single click | Y | QI
Macro Templates |
| Rotating
3D graphs | Y | Excel |
| Interval
plots, individual value plots, area graphs | Y | Excel |
| Numerous
special-purpose graphs | Y | Excel |
| OLE: edit
MINITAB graphs in other applications | Y | Excel |
| Save as
TIFF, JPEG, PNG, BMP | Y | Excel |
| | | |
| | | |
| Macros | | |
| Complete
command language | Y | Excel |
| Powerful
macro capability for automating tasks or creating new capabilities | Y | Excel |
| | | |
| Price | $1,195 | $199 |
| | | |
Mikel Harry, the guru of Six Sigma, says that the next wave of Six
Sigma benefits will come from white and yellow belts saving $10-20,000 per year.
To do so, these people will need an easy-to-use tool belt for data analysis.
Don't miss this opportunity.