Three Ways to Get More Out of
Minitab Software
in 2012
Keeping your skills up-to-date is
more important now than ever. Here are three ways you
can hone your abilities this year—and learn to make
the most effective use of Minitab software!
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Trainer You can learn statistics
and Minitab anytime using Quality Trainer, our
e-learning course. Interactive lessons based on
real-world quality improvement scenarios cover topics
including descriptive statistics, graphical analysis,
ANOVA, correlation and regression, measurement systems
analysis, design of experiments and more.
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View Free Minitab Webinars and
Webcasts Want to see how the
Minitab Assistant helps you easily analyze data like an
expert statistician? Or how Quality Companion makes Lean
Six Sigma projects easier? Our free Webinars cover these
and other topics, and they fill up fast—so register now!
You can also view our prerecorded webcasts.
3. New Resources for
Instructors Our academic site
showcases tools to help students learn statistics,
including the Lessons from Minitab Help
series of step-by-step instructions for common
analyses.
Smith
& Nephew: Making a Smooth Operation Even
Smoother
Surgical
device maker Smith & Nephew offers a wide range of
innovative joint replacement systems for the knees,
hips, and shoulders. With the help of its equipment,
surgeons can perform minimally invasive procedures that
decrease side effects, minimize pain, and speed
recovery.
When the company moved a critical
manufacturing process in-house, they needed
to attain maximum efficiency and exceed stringent
quality standards. Quality engineer Prashanth Gopal and
his project team used Minitab Statistical Software and
DOE to help optimize the process—and prove its
effectiveness.
Quality
practitioners in the medical device and
pharmaceutical industries can learn how to
apply Minitab tools to the different stages of the
FDA 2011 Process Validation Guideline by attending
Minitab’s Statistical Tools for Process
Validation 3-day training course.
Sessions are scheduled in Los Angeles, CA; Raleigh, NC; Puerto Rico; Edison, NJ; Boston, MA; and other
locations throughout 2012.
How Random Is the NBA
Season Going to Be? This
year's NBA season will be only 66 games long,
instead of 82. A recent article says that having a
sample size that's 16 games fewer than normal
means there's a lot of uncertainty about how the
season will play out. But just how much more
uncertainty will there be?
Surgical
device maker Smith & Nephew offers a wide range of
innovative joint replacement systems for the knees,
hips, and shoulders. With the help of its equipment,
surgeons can perform minimally invasive procedures that
decrease side effects, minimize pain, and speed
recovery. 
This
year's NBA season will be only 66 games long,
instead of 82. A recent article says that having a
sample size that's 16 games fewer than normal
means there's a lot of uncertainty about how the
season will play out. But just how much more
uncertainty will there be?