What’s New in Minitab Statistical Software:

The Next Generation of Solutions Analytics

Cheryl Pammer
April 24, 2024

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Agenda

 Artificial Intelligence and Minitab

 What’s New
o Quality Analytics
o Visualizations
o Predictive Analytics
o Training
 What Else is New?
 Q&A

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POLL: Which of these tools do you believe uses AI?

Check all that apply:

[ ] Chat GPT
[ ] Alexa, Siri
[ ] Least Squares Regression
[ ] Self-Driving Cars
[ ] Website chat bots
[ ] Minitab Statistical Software
[ ] None of the above.

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The AI Effect

 Once a task can be accomplished by artificial intelligence, it is no longer

perceived as AI.
 As AI systems become more capable and common, tasks once considered
complex, and indicative of human intelligence are now seen as routine.
 Leads to a shifting definition of "intelligent," as AI continues to advance and
take on increasingly sophisticated tasks.

"Every time we figure out a piece of it, it stops being magical; we say, 'Oh, that's just
a computation.’” – Rodney Brooks, CTO and Founder of Robust.AI

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General Definition of AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the simulation of

human intelligence in machines that are designed
to think, learn, and make decisions or actions that
would typically require human intelligence.

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Minitab and AI

Minitab’s objective is to help people confidently and efficiently make data-

driven decisions.
 We leverage AI techniques that facilitate achieving that objective in a way
that supports our brand values of quality, trust, and accuracy.
 We use reliable and proven techniques like rule-based AI, expert systems,
and machine learning in our solutions.
 Our methods are rigorously tested and are therefore immune to “AI
hallucinations.” Minitab develops and stands behind its own AI.
 We are actively researching ways to incorporate new technologies into our
solutions, if we can deliver them in a reliable way that reflects our brand
values.
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POLL: What would benefit your organization?

Check all that apply

A) An AI Literacy Course
B) A Data Literacy Course
C) A Data-Driven Problem-Solving Course
D) More Minitab-Specific Training

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What’s New in Quality Analytics

 EMP Method for Gage Studies

 Nonparametric Capability
Analysis
 Improved One Proportions Test
 Automated Capability Analysis

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Business Problem: Reliability of Surgical Screws

Engineers need to demonstrate the

reliability of a new surgical screw, but
first need to make sure their
measurement system itself is valid.

Measurement system for testing

strength of surgical screws is
evaluated using Gage R&R crossed:
 10 screws
 3 operators
 Each operator measures each part
twice
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Background: Gage R&R
Overall Variation

Part-to-Part Variation Measurement System Variation

Repeatability Variation due to operator

Reproducibility

Operator Operator*Part

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Solution: Evaluate Measurement Process

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Solution: Evaluate Measurement Process

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Key Results: Evaluate Measurement Process

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Key Results: Evaluate Measurement Process

Intraclass correlation
coefficient compares total
variation to part variation.

Values closer to 1 indicate

less measurement system
variation.

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Business Problem: Online Retail Delivery Process

An online retailer provides

fast, same day, delivery.

They want to see whether

their process is capable of
meeting a specification of
delivery within one hour of
leaving the warehouse.

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Background: Capability Analysis

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Background: Capability Analysis and Nonnormal Data

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Background: Capability Analysis and Nonnormal Data

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Background: Solutions for Nonnormality

Alternative Distribution Nonparametric

Transformation

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Solution: Automatic Capability Analysis

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Solution: Automatic Capability Analysis

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Results: Automated Capability Analysis

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Key Results: Automated Capability Analysis

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Key Results: Select an Alternative Method

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What’s New in Visualizations

 Interactive Pareto Chart

 Table Builder
 Enhanced Graph Editing and
Interactivity

Added in Releases 19-21

 Graph Builder
 Heat Map
 Correlogram
 Binned Scatterplot
 Parallel Coordinates Plot
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Business Problem: Cost to Manufacture

Use data to:

 Visualize relationships among
variables.
 Determine what increases per
unit cost of manufacture.
 Predict the per unit cost of
manufacture of custom orders
to determine pricing.

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Solution: Graph > Graph Builder

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Results: Interactive Pareto Chart

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Solution: Table Builder

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What’s New in Predictive Analytics
Minitab Statistical Software
 Specify Training/Test Sets and
K-Fold Validation
 CART
 Forecast with Best ARIMA
Model (Automated)

Predictive Analytics Module

 Automated Machine Learning
 Random Forests
 TreeNet
 MARS
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Background: Training and Test Sets

Data is split into a training

set and a test set:
• Training (or learn) =
creates model
• Test = assesses model
performance

The ability to separate data

into training and test data is
now in our most popular
modeling procedures.
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Solution: CART Regression Tree

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Solution: CART Regression Tree

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Results: CART Regression Tree

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Solution: Automated Machine Learning

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Solution: Automated Machine Learning

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Results: Automated Machine Learning

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Results: Select an Alternative Model

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Results: TreeNet

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Results: TreeNet

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Results TreeNet

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Learn More: What’s New in Minitab Statistical Software Training

Customer (On-Site & Public Training Self-Paced Learning

Virtual) Training

• Graph builder
• Predictive Analytics Learning Track
• Nonparametric and Automatic Capability Analysis
• Add a Workshops to Bring Your Own Data!
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Poll: Which of the things you saw today are you most excited about?

Graph Builder
Gage R&R EMP Method
Nonparametric Capability Analysis
Automatic Capability Analysis
CART
Automated Machine Learning
New Training Offerings
Learning More About AI
Other

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 What Else is New: Minitab Continuous Improvement Ecosystem

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