Contents
Book Conventions
The following conventions help you relate written material to information that you see on your screen.
• Sample data table names, column names, path names, file names, file extensions, and folders appear in Helvetica font.
• Code appears in Lucida Sans Typewriter font.
• Code output appears in Lucida Sans Typewriter italic font and is indented further than the preceding code.
• The following items appear in Helvetica bold:
– buttons
– check boxes
– commands
– list names that are selectable
– menus
– options
– tab names
– text boxes
• The following items appear in italics:
– words or phrases that are important or have definitions specific to JMP
– book titles
– variables
• Features that are for JMP Pro only are noted with the JMP Pro icon 
.
.Note: Special information and limitations appear within a Note.
Tip: Helpful information appears within a Tip.
JMP Documentation
The JMP documentation suite is available by selecting Help > Books. You can also request printed documentation through the JMP Web site:
JMP Help is context-sensitive and searchable.
JMP Documentation Suite
The following table describes the documents in the JMP documentation suite and the purpose of each document.
|
Document Title
|
Document Purpose
|
Document Content
|
|
Discovering JMP
|
If you are not familiar with JMP, start here.
|
Introduces you to JMP and gets you started using JMP
|
|
Using JMP
|
Learn about JMP data tables and how to perform basic operations.
|
• general JMP concepts and features that span across all of JMP
• material in these JMP Starter categories: File, Tables, and SAS
|
|
Basic Analysis and Graphing
|
Perform basic analysis and graphing functions using this document.
|
• these Analyze platforms:
– Distribution
– Fit Y by X
– Matched Pairs
• these Graph platforms:
– Graph Builder
– Chart
– Overlay Plot
– Scatterplot 3D
– Contour Plot
– Bubble Plot
– Parallel Plot
– Cell Plot
– Tree Map
– Scatterplot Matrix
– Ternary Plot
• material in these JMP Starter categories: Basic and Graph
|
|
Modeling and Multivariate Methods
|
Perform advanced modeling or multivariate methods using this document.
|
• these Analyze platforms:
– Fit Model
– Screening
– Nonlinear
– Neural
– Gaussian Process
– Partition
– Time Series
– Categorical
– Choice
– Model Comparison
– Multivariate
– Cluster
– Principal Components
– Discriminant
– Partial Least Squares
– Item Analysis
• these Graph platforms:
– Profilers
– Surface Plot
• material in these JMP Starter categories: Model, Multivariate, and Surface
|
|
Quality and Reliability Methods
|
Perform quality control or reliability engineering using this document.
|
• these Analyze platforms:
– Control Chart Builder
– Measurement Systems Analysis
– Variability / Attribute Gauge Chart
– Capability
– Control Charts
– Pareto Plot
– Diagram (Ishikawa)
– Life Distribution
– Fit Life by X
– Recurrence Analysis
– Degradation
– Reliability Forecast
– Reliability Growth
– Survival
– Fit Parametric Survival
– Fit Proportional Hazards
• material in these JMP Starter window categories: Reliability, Measure, and Control
|
|
Design of Experiments
|
Design experiments using this document.
|
• everything related to the DOE menu
• material in this JMP Starter window category: DOE
|
|
Scripting Guide
|
Learn about the JMP Scripting Language (JSL) using this document.
|
reference guide for using JSL commands
|
In addition, the New Features document is available at http://www.jmp.com/support/downloads/documentation.shtml.
Note: The Books menu also contains two reference cards that can be printed: The Menu Card describes JMP menus, and the Quick Reference describes JMP keyboard shortcuts.
JMP Help
JMP Help is an abbreviated version of the documentation suite providing targeted information. You can access the full-length PDF files from within the Help.
You can access JMP Help in several ways:
• Press the F1 key.
• Get help on a specific part of a data table or report window. Select the Help tool 
from the Tools menu and then click anywhere in a data table or report window to see the Help for that area.
from the Tools menu and then click anywhere in a data table or report window to see the Help for that area.• Within a window, click a Help button.
• Search and view JMP Help on Windows using the Help > Contents, Search, and Index options. On Mac, select Help > JMP Help.
JMP Books by Users
Additional books about using JMP that are written by JMP users are available on the JMP Web site:
JMPer Cable
The JMPer Cable is a yearly technical publication targeted to users of JMP. The JMPer Cable is available on the JMP Web site:
Additional Resources for Learning JMP
In addition to JMP documentation and JMP Help, you can also learn about JMP using the following resources:
• Tutorials (see Tutorials)
• JMP Starter (see The JMP Starter Window)
• Sample data tables (see Sample Data Tables)
• Indexes (see Learn about Statistical and JSL Terms)
• Tip of the Day (see Learn JMP Tips and Tricks)
• Web resources (see Access Resources on the Web)
Tutorials
You can access JMP tutorials by selecting Help > Tutorials. The first item on the Tutorials menu is Tutorials Directory. This opens a new window with all the tutorials grouped by category.
If you are not familiar with JMP, then start with the Beginners Tutorial. It steps you through the JMP interface and explains the basics of using JMP.
The rest of the tutorials help you with specific aspects of JMP, such as creating a pie chart, using Graph Builder, and so on.
The JMP Starter Window
The JMP Starter window is a good place to begin if you are not familiar with JMP or data analysis. Options are categorized and described, and you launch them by clicking a button. The JMP Starter window covers many of the options found in the Analyze, Graph, Tables, and File menus.
• To open the JMP Starter window, select View (Window on the Macintosh) > JMP Starter.
• To display the JMP Starter automatically when you open JMP, select File > Preferences > General, and then select JMP Starter from the Initial JMP Window list.
Sample Data Tables
All of the examples in the JMP documentation suite use sample data. Select Help > Sample Data to do the following actions:
• Open the sample data directory.
• Open an alphabetized list of all sample data tables.
• Open sample scripts.
• Find a sample data table within a category.
Sample data tables are installed in the following directory:
On Windows: C:Program FilesSASJMP<version_number>SamplesData
On Macintosh: LibraryApplication SupportJMP<version_number>SamplesData
Learn about Statistical and JSL Terms
The Help menu contains the following indexes:
Statistics Index
Provides definitions of statistical terms.
Scripting Index
Lets you search for information about JSL functions, objects, and display boxes. You can also run sample scripts from the Scripting Index.
Learn JMP Tips and Tricks
When you first start JMP, you see the Tip of the Day window. This window provides tips for using JMP.
To turn off the Tip of the Day, clear the Show tips at startup check box. To view it again, select Help > Tip of the Day. Or, you can turn it off using the Preferences window. See the Using JMP book for details.
Tooltips
JMP provides descriptive tooltips when you place your cursor over items, such as the following:
• Menu or toolbar options
• Labels in graphs
• Text results in the report window (move your cursor in a circle to reveal)
• Files or windows in the Home Window
• Code in the Script Editor
Tip: You can hide tooltips in the JMP Preferences. Select File > Preferences > General (or JMP > Preferences > General on Macintosh) and then deselect Show menu tips.
Access Resources on the Web
To access JMP resources on the Web, select Help > JMP.com or Help > JMP User Community.
The JMP.com option takes you to the JMP Web site, and the JMP User Community option takes you to JMP online user forums, file exchange, learning library, and more.
..................Content has been hidden....................
You can't read the all page of ebook, please click here login for view all page.