1. Transitioning From Minitab or SPSS to JMP® Software
Jason Brinkley, PhD
Senior Researcher, American Institutes for Research
Figure 3: Minitab Factorial Designs
Figure 4: JMP Factorial Designs
Abstract
Philosophy
There is an increasing multitude of software options for processing and analyzing data. The way each piece of software handles processes and outputs analysis can be quite different.
This can make transitions from one software program to another quite difficult.
Sometimes novice and infrequent users struggle with changes in the same program or transitions in analytic programs. Many such users remember the way to perform specific analysis or how to interpret output only by the means they are used to performing such functions in their originally chosen software.
This poster will discuss two free to download white papers that transition Minitab and SPSS users to start using JMP® Software.
SPSS is a code based software and developed a point and click shell that generates and executes code for individuals unable or unwilling to code.
Minitab has easy to navigate headings designed for the applied mathematician or engineer. Features are designed to match up with common STEM jargon.
JMP has a dynamic focus designed to link data and output in an easy to use manner to bring data analysis to a wide audience.
Transition Example - Design of Experiments
Transition Example – Custom Visuals
SPSS has Chartbuilder for custom visuals that creates code and output from user specified content.
JMP has Graphbuilder which allows users to create visuals in real time from user specified content.
The Commonalities
Minitab and JMP are both popular software for DOE. With easy menus for creating randomized data templates that allow researchers to implement a variety of designs with embedded options to analyze the collected data.
JMP, Minitab, and SPSS are all well known with a long standing history of data manipulation, visualization, and statistical analysis.
All three software programs import a variety of data into the ‘spreadsheet’ type format.
All three software programs perform the standard battery of statistical tests and visualizations that can be exported to external software such as Microsoft Office.
White Papers
Moving from SPSS to JMP®: A Transition Guide
Moving From Minitab to JMP®: A Transition Guide
Figure 1: SPSS Chartbuilder
Figure 2: JMP Graphbuilder

2. X-Bar and R Chart – Minitab and JMP Descriptives – SPSS and JMP
Analysis of Factorial Design – Minitab and JMP
Two Sample t-Test – SPSS and JMP