JMP Start Statistics: A Guide to Statistics and Data Analysis Using JMP, Fifth Edition, is the perfect mix of software manual and statistics text. Authors John Sall, Ann Lehman, Mia Stephens, and Lee Creighton provide hands-on tutorials with just the right amount of conceptual and motivational material to illustrate how to use the intuitive interface for data analysis in JMP. Each chapter features concept-specific tutorials, examples, brief reviews of concepts, step-by-step illustrations, and exercises.
JMP Start Statistics, Fifth Edition, includes many new features of JMP 10, including an enhanced ability to manage a JMP session by easily tracking open and recently opened JMP tables; scripts, analyses, JMP projects, and other files; vastly expanded tools for instructors to demonstrate statistical concepts and interactive scripts to help students grasp difficult topics; Split-Plot designs with examples; examples of Graph Builder and Control Chart Builder; and new features that make the software easier to use.
John Sall is a co-founder of SAS Institute Inc., where he currently serves as the Executive Vice President and the head of the JMP Business Division. He received a bachelor's degree from Beloit College and a master's degree from Northern Illinois University. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from North Carolina State University in 2003. John has held several positions in the Statistical Computing Section of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and was named an ASA Fellow in 1998.
Ann Lehman, Ph.D., joined SAS Institute in 1979 and is a senior statistical writer, working with JMP since its inception in 1988. A co-author of JMP for Basic Univariate and Multivariate Statistics: A Step-by-Step Guide and many other JMP user's manuals, Ann has a diverse background that includes editing and coauthoring SAS user's guides, writing and teaching SAS courses, and serving as technical editor of the JMPer Cable, JMP's technical newsletter.
Mia Stephens is an Academic Ambassador with JMP, a division of SAS. Prior to joining SAS, she split her time between industrial consulting and teaching statistics at the University of New Hampshire. In her industrial work, she has engaged in training, consulting, and curriculum development. She has fifteen years of experience in the application of statistical methods, project management, organizational development, organizational dynamics, and team process. Her expertise includes Lean Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma program deployment, training, and support. She has worked with a variety of industries and with the federal government, in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing environments. Stephens holds an M.S. in Applied Statistics. She is currently located in York Harbor, Maine.
Lee Creighton received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from North Carolina State University. He is currently interested in methods of teaching statistics, user interface design, and issues in localization. Lee taught high school and college mathematics in North Carolina. He is the coauthor of several books on statistical methods, including Introduction to Design of Experiments with JMP Examples, Third Edition, and Regression Using JMP. Lee contributed to the revision of JMP Start Statistics while on staff at SAS.
