Minitab Offers Free Online Statistical Training on Hypothesis Testing and How ...

State College, PA (PRWEB) August 08, 2011

Hypothesis testing. P-values. Confidence intervals. Statistical significance. They're concepts that people need to understand and apply if they want to make good decisions based on data.

Now Minitab Inc., the world's leading provider of software for quality improvement and statistics education, is offering a free, hour-long online training session to help people learn more about statistics and preview the company's training opportunities.

Minitab Inc. has long offered both public and company-specific training, delivered by expert statisticians with real-world deployment experience. "Our technical training specialists help people learn how to use Minitab to analyze their data and improve quality," says Michelle Paret, product marketing manager and a former Minitab trainer herself.

"We're really excited to give people the chance to preview Minitab's instructor-led training without leaving their office."

The session will cover important statistical concepts, including hypothesis testing and confidence intervals. Participants will learn how to analyze a dataset using a 1-sample t-test and interpret the results to determine if a process is on target.

This training will be offered in English on August 9, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. EDT (GMT -4:00). It will be offered in Spanish on August 16, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. EDT (GMT -4:00). Participants can register for either session at www.minitab.com/training/web-events /

Minitab plans to offer additional preview training opportunities on other topics in coming months.

Thousands of companies worldwide use Minitab Statistical Software to analyze data for quality improvement programs. More than 4,000 colleges and universities use Minitab for teaching and research.

Because it has been adopted by companies around the globe, Minitab 16 is available in English, French, German, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Documentation is available in several other languages.

A free, fully functional, 30-day trial version of Minitab 16 is available at www.minitab16.com

The company also offers two other products. Quality Trainer by Minitab® is an e-learning course that teaches statistics and serves as an ongoing resource for professionals who use statistics to implement quality improvement. Quality Companion by Minitab® is process improvement software designed specifically to help professionals manage and execute quality improvement projects.

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