Minitab

Minitab is a statistics software package used at St. Olaf College. It is published by Minitab.

Versions and Availability

St. Olaf has a 75 user license for Minitab. 70 of these licenses are available for use by computers on campus. 5 licenses are reserved for faculty with laptops. St. Olaf is currently running Minitab version 15. Minitab is available for Windows PCs only.

Minitab is available on all college-owned Windows PCs. It can be launched by clicking Start > St. Olaf Apps > Statistics > Minitab 15. Minitab can also be installed on student-owned computers.

Installation

Minitab's software license allows St. Olaf students to install Minitab on their personally-owned computers. To use Minitab, the computers need to be connected to the St. Olaf network and use the Minitab license server. Note: If you install Minitab on your computer, please make sure you exit it when not in use as keeping it running may prevent other users from using Minitab. Thanks!

To install fathom on a faculty- or student-owned computer:

  1. Download the Minitab 15 installer. When prompted, enter your St. Olaf username and password.
  2. Save the installer (.exe file) to your computer. (The installer is a self-extracting zip file.)
  3. Double-click the installer to expand the files.
  4. Open the resulting folder and double-click on setup.exe.
  5. Follow the prompts to install Minitab.
  6. Launch Minitab.
  7. When prompted for license server information, enter "27001@trak.stolaf.edu".

Additional Information

Minitab is published by Minitab.

Minitab documentation is located here.