JMP

JMP, short for John's Macintosh Project, is a statistical software package produced by SAS Institute. It began in the late 1980s as a Mac-only application designed to support interactive data visualization and exploratory statistics, led by John Sall, a cofounder of SAS Institute. The product was later ported to Windows and integrated with SAS analytics while maintaining its emphasis on visual data exploration and immediate feedback.

JMP is known for its interactive graphics and linked visualization capabilities, allowing users to filter, brush, and manipulate data and see results update in real time. It also includes a scripting language, JMP Scripting Language (JSL), for automating tasks, building reusable workflows, and extending functionality. The software provides a broad range of statistical procedures, including regression, ANOVA, nonparametric methods, design of experiments (DOE), survival analysis, time series, multivariate analysis, clustering, and data mining. It supports common data formats and data exchange with SAS, Excel, CSV, and databases, promoting interoperability within analytic workflows.

JMP Pro represents the higher-end edition with extended analytics for large data sets, enhanced DOE capabilities, bootstrap methods, and performance improvements in graphics and modeling. The software is widely used across manufacturing, engineering, life sciences, quality control, and academia for data exploration, decision support, and teaching statistics. As a commercial product, JMP is licensed to individuals, teams, and organizations seeking an integrated environment for visual analytics and statistical analysis.