Minitab Statistical Software vs. The Weather Company

Teaching statistics to undergraduate and graduate students non-majors.

Teaching short courses in statistics for people from industry whose backgrounds are not statistics. They usually are not up to speed on coding and wants something that is easy to learn. Less appropriate for statistics majors or those developing statistical tools in a research environment.

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Well suited:

• Forecasting for severe weather events.
• Generating overall seasonal trends in upcoming weather patterns.
• Content is easy to read and understand.
• Great for business decision-makers, c-level executives.

Not well-suited:

• Year ahead forecasts.
• Data that can be trusted as finite days before a weather event. The data and forecasts can change often, so remaining up to date is key.

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• Life cycle product verification and control
• Cpk value calculation and control
• Historical data evaluation and decision making based on that data.

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• Detailed forecasts.
• Hyper-local forecasts.
• Daily updated local and meaningful forecast for our business.

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• This to be make financially affordable
• Direct feeding of data provision need to provided
• It must be update to handle large data.

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• Forecasts are not always accurate.
• Winter weather forecasts are now often now-casted which can be challenging for proactive planning.
• Would love to see more tips on how businesses can prepare for severe weather by the use of the Weather Company’s data.

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All the users at our site required training to be able to utilize Minitab in the different departments. It would be nice to have a user-friendly/basic user version for those who just need to view charts, data, etc

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Whenever I have a technical question, Minitab Statistical Software has been prompt in answering my question and even provided references and examples.

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Support for the Weather Company has not been an issue. The predictive analytics processes that they use allow them to remain a strong force in the world of weather patterns and forecasts. Brand recognition allows them to continue to grow and develop in a world that is not as crowded as other predictive analytics areas.

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Minitab Statistical Software is far easiest to use and also has more functionality than the others.

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Insightful meteorologists that both understands the science of weather and also understands our business needs.

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• We could control our process and its continuous monitoring that reduce process failure chances.
• It helpful in database decision making process like rejection or acceptance of batch.
• Process is improved and productivity increased.

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• Better confidence in the weather forecast.

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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info