[Blindmath] MiniTab

[Michael Whapples]

The R package I used for producing the graphs for SPC is called QCC and 
can be found in the R package system Cran.

Here is a paper which was published on the QCC package: 
http://stat.unipg.it/~luca/Rnews_2004-1-pag11-17.pdf 
<http://stat.unipg.it/%7Eluca/Rnews_2004-1-pag11-17.pdf>

QCC was sufficient for what I needed, there may be other packages for R 
which might do similar things, but I did not look further as my needs 
were met.

Michael Whapples
On 02/06/2013 19:12, Justin Young wrote:
> I think we might talk about that at some point.  Thanks for your help!:)
>
> On 6/2/13, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> wrote:
>> The plugin I referred to is a plugin for the statistics package called R
>> http://www.r-project.org and was to produce the graphs for statistical
>> process control (SPC). Other than minitab can do SPC and so can the
>> plugin, there is no relationship between the two (IE. the one does not
>> provide an interface for the other, they are purely alternative software
>> for doing SPC).
>>
>> If SPC is a topic you will be covering then I can look back at my work
>> to remind myself what the R plugin is called and where it can be
>> obtained from.
>>
>> Michael Whapples
>> On 02/06/2013 00:23, Justin Young wrote:
>>> Thanks for the feedback.  Where/how do you get this "plug-in"?  Thanks so
>>> much!
>>>
>>> On 6/1/13, Michael Whapples <mwhapples at aim.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> It was about a year ago, or 18 months, I was on a course where minitab
>>>> was used as part of the course. You are correct about the accessibility
>>>> (I think it was version 12 which was the last accessible version).
>>>> However my university was unable to get hold of version 12, however they
>>>> were agreeable for me to use other software for the tasks. May be
>>>> something similar could be done in your case.
>>>>
>>>> You probably can find other software for the tasks you would need to
>>>> undertake. What the alternative software is might depend a bit on what
>>>> precisely needs to be done. In my case I ended up using R and a plugin,
>>>> however R may not be the best option for everything. Sometimes for
>>>> simpler things even excel can be enough.
>>>>
>>>>    From what I have heard, minitab 12 was usable with a screen reader but
>>>> I have not had any practical experience and only know what others have
>>>> told me.
>>>>
>>>> I feel this has not been too specific, but I would imagine if you went
>>>> down the route of using other tools then there would be people who would
>>>> be willing to help you learn how to use it for the tasks you need to
>>>> perform. Feel free to ask questions on what accessible tools may be good
>>>> for certain tasks.
>>>>
>>>> Michael Whapples
>>>> On 01/06/2013 20:50, Justin Young wrote:
>>>>> Hello:
>>>>>
>>>>> My name is Justin Young and I'm a blind student currently taking an
>>>>> intro stats course which is a prerequesit for a master's program that
>>>>> I'll be starting in the Fall.  I just subscribed officially to this
>>>>> list today, but before I did I tried sending a message so not sure if
>>>>> that message will be sent as well.  If it is, I apologize for the
>>>>> double posting.  My course is using a program called MiniTab 16 and
>>>>> I've never used it before.  I tried playing with the program that I
>>>>> installed on my computer and its not really fun to play with, haha!  I
>>>>> came across a thread via google from this list on this subject and
>>>>> wanted to ask a few questions.  I believe the last version accessible
>>>>> to screen readers was version 12 or 13?  How many on this list have
>>>>> heard of it or have used this program?  Any suggestions, advice,
>>>>> comments you have are greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Justin Young
>>>>>
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