Features Include:

• Easy to Use - Minitab's logical interface makes it simple to use, and its outstanding support features make it easy to get results.
• Data and File Management - Minitab accepts data in many file formats and keeps your work tidy in a single, automatically organised project file.
• State of the Art Graphs and Graph Editing - Clear, bold graphs are simple to create for any application, with intuitive point and click editing.
• General Statistics - A broad range of simple yet powerful tools to help you to make quick assessments and comparisons.
• Regression Analyses - Linear, polynomial, logistic, PLS and more detect and define relationships.
• Analysis of Variance - A comprehensive set of tools including ANOVA, GLM, Analysis of Means, and more.
• Statistical Process Control - Take control of your processes with this suite of control charts and more.
• Quality Tools - Ensure your processes meet your expectations with Process Capability analyses, Pareto charts, and other powerful tools.
• Measurement Systems Analysis - Gage analyses and related tools to ensure the quality of your data.
• Design of Experiments - A wide variety of available designs - now including D-optimal and distance based designs.
• Reliability/Survival Analysis - Calculate the lifespan of the products you use or sell, predict failure rates, establish warranty parameters, and more.
• Power and Sample Size - Collect the right amount of data for your situation - use power curves to visualize the relationship between the sample size and power.
• Multivariate Analysis - Principal component analysis, cluster analysis, and other multidimensional tools.
• Time Series and Forecasting - Large collection of time-related analyses, like trend analysis and decomposition. Now with auto, partial, and cross correlations.
• Nonparametrics - Perform critical analyses even without normally distributed data.
• Tables - Chi-square, Fisher's exact, and other table-based tools.
• Simulations and Distributions - Generate random numbers, pick random samples, and more.
• Macros and Customizability - Automate the analyses you perform regularly, customize menus and settings, even integrate with Minitab COM objects.

What's New in Minitab 15:

• Assign formulas to a column or stored constant; columns update when data in the worksheets change
  
• Multiple Undo/Redo in Data window
  
• Enhanced calculations capabilities
  
• New Currency and Percentage formats for data
  
• Password protection for project files
  
• Power (OC) curves for power and sample size
  
• Easily generate your Gage R&R worksheet
  
• Type 1 Gage Study
  
• Gage R&R: Probability of a False Answer
  
• Acceptance Sampling
  
• Optimal general factorial designs
  
• Probability Distribution Plot
  
• Warranty Analysis
  
• Powerful customization capabilities
  
• Improved Glossary

Minimum System Requirements:

Windows

• Operating System - Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP.
  
• Hard Disk Space - 125 MB free space available
  
• Processor - Pentium II or equivalent processor
  
• RAM - 256 MB or more
  
• Screen Resolution - 1024 x 768 or higher
  
• Adobe Acrobat Reader - Version 5.0 or higher required for Meet Minitab

Educational Pricing:

Perpetual Use License - Includes a Perpetual licence to use Minitab, full set of on-line documentation and one copy of software media.

Annual Use License - Includes an Annual licence to use Minitab (renewable), technical support to registered users at no charge, upgrades to new releases at no charge, one copy of software media and set of on-line documentation.

Perpetual License - Perpetual license to use Minitab. One copy of software on CD, online documentation and free technical support.

Site License - Annual license to use Minitab (renewable). Unlimited Users. Free upgrades to new releases and technical support. Full set of online documentation. One copy of software.

Secondary School Pack License - One time payment. It can be accessed via a network, or permanently installed on a PC.