New in Minitab 21.1

Short Overview of new features in Minitab 21.1

• New Statistical Method: Cox Regression
• Graph Builder Enhancement: Interactive Probability Plot
• Enhanced Visualisations: Additional Graph Editing
• Predictive Analytics Module enhancement: Automated Machine Learning
• Healthcare Module enhancement: Localisation for all languages (Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese)

New Statistical Method: Cox Regression

• Cox regression is a method for investigating the effect of several variables upon the time a specified event takes to happen.
• The Cox Regression command is in the Reliability menu.
• Cox Regression is also known as Proportional Hazards Regression.

Visualisations: Interactive Probability Plot added to the Graph Builder

• An interactive probability plot is now available in the Graph Builder.
• Select fits from 14 distributions.

Enhanced Visualisations: Additional Graph Editing

You can now add and customize text annotations like titles and axis labels, modify graph-specific scale and distribution types, and access certain display options like transposing axes for categorical graphs and other data representation options.

Predictive Analytics Module: Automated Machine Learning

• It is common for researchers to try a few different machine learning models when evaluating their data. The new AutoML feature will evaluate the following models:
  • Classification and Regression Trees
  • TreeNet
  • Random Forests
  • Regression
• Minitab Statistical Software will pick the best model based on criteria and display the model fit.
• Users have the flexibility to easily select one of the other models.

This feature is only available in the Predictive Analytics Module.

Healthcare Module: Localisation

• The Healthcare module is now available in all Minitab supported languages.
• Localisation for all languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Portuguese
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Simplified Chinese