SAS, the leader in business analytics, released the latest 11.0 version of its JMP statistical discovery software, unveiling a groundbreaking new way to explore and visualise data.

JMP sets itself apart by linking comprehensive statistics with dynamic graphics on the desktop to reveal context and insight impossible to see in a table of numbers. From data import to analysis to presentation, JMP 11 provides new tools for understanding your data.

JMP 11 highlights:

- Definitive screening designs separate the few factors that have a substantial effect on a response from the many that don’t.
- Consumer research tools help you understand customer preferences.
- New wizard simplifies data import from Microsoft Excel with less cleanup and formatting.
- Transform variables with a single click to quickly display data from different perspectives.
- "Informative missing" option treats missing values as informative categories.
- Interactive HTML output enables JMP users to share interactive graphs and reports.
- Integration with MATLAB supports engineers who use custom MATLAB models, programs or algorithms.
- Improvements to Graph Builder include the ability to plot data on street-level maps.