JMP Essentials: An Illustrated Guide for New Users, Third Edition

Grasp the essentials of JMP to generate rapid results.

JMP® Essentials: An Illustrated Guide for New Users, Third Edition, is designed for new or novice JMP users who need to generate meaningful analysis quickly. The book focuses on the most commonly used platforms and typical workflow of the user, from data importing, exploring, and visualizing to modeling and sharing results with others. Throughout the book, the authors emphasize results over theory, providing just the essential steps with corresponding screenshots. In most cases, each section completes a JMP task, which maximizes the book’s utility as a reference.

This edition has new instructions and screenshots reflecting the features added to the latest release of JMP software, including updated sections on JMP Dashboard Builder, Query Builder, the Fit Model platform, JMP Public and JMP Live, and a more detailed look at the JMP website. Each chapter contains a family of features that are carefully crafted to first introduce you to basic features and then move on to more advanced topics. JMP® Essentials: An Illustrated Guide for New Users, Third Edition, is the quickest and most accessible reference book available.

Curt Hinrichs joined SAS in 2006 to develop and launch the JMP Academic Program that provides faculty, researchers, and students with easy access to JMP software and learning resources. Curt and his team are charged with developing JMP users among the next generation of data analytics professionals. They work directly with faculty, authors, and administrators and partner with leading academic societies, publishers, and service providers to support the effective use of JMP software in the classroom. Prior to joining SAS, Curt worked as an editor and publisher for Thomson Learning, and its Mathematics and Statistics Publishing Group. He holds a degree in economics from San Diego State University.

Chuck Boiler is a US Systems Engineer Manager for JMP, a business unit of SAS. Since joining SAS, Chuck has held management roles with JMP and helped develop solutions for conducting many types of analysis, including design of experiments for the semiconductor industry, quality control for pharmaceutical manufacturing, and marketing applications for survey analysis using JMP software. He now works with field engineering staff and customers to help them solve problems and discover hidden opportunities in the data. Prior to joining SAS, Chuck worked as technical services manager and software quality assurance manager for Abacus Concepts. A member of the American Society of Quality, Chuck received a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Oregon and has done graduate work in ancient philosophy at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He is a graduate of Gallup University's Great Manager Program.

Susan Walsh worked for 10 years as a SAS Technical Support Statistician supporting JMP. Prior to working in Technical Support, she worked at SAS as a Statistical Training Specialist, teaching both SAS and JMP to users, and as an Analytic Consultant, supporting the use of SAS in colleges and universities across the country. Sue has over 10 years experience teaching mathematics and statistics at community colleges. She was the first woman commissioned from the Air Force ROTC program at Manhattan College. She retired with a total of 23 years of service in the US Air Force and Reserve. Sue holds a master of business administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and a master of science in applied statistics from Wright State University in Dayton, OH.