Case Study Library
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We offer a wide selection of real-world scenarios with practical multistep solution paths, supplemented with objectives, data, illustrations, insights, and exercises. Exercise solutions are available to qualified instructors only; request access to them by completing this form.
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Case Study: JMP062
Monitoring Fish Abundance in the Mesoamerican ReefApply exploratory data analysis in the context of wildlife monitoring and nature conservation.
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Case Study: JMP061*
Quantifying Sentiment in Economic ReportsApply Sentiment analysis to quantify the emotion in unstructured text.
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Case Study: JMP060*
Nonlinear Regression Modeling for Cell Growth OptimizationApply nonlinear models to understand the impact of factors on a cell growth.
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Case Study: JMP059*
Functional Data Analysis for HPLC OptimizationApply functional data analysis and functional design of experiments (FDOE) for the optimization of an analytical method to allow for the accurate quantification of two biological components.
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Case Study: JMP058*
Modeling Online Shopping PerceptionsApply measurement and structural models to survey responses from online shoppers to build and evaluate competing models.
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Case Study: JMP057
Exploratory Factor Analysis of Trust in Online SellersApply exploratory factor analysis to uncover latent factor structure in an online shopping questionnaire.
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Case Study: JMP056*
Where Have All the Butterflies Gone?Apply time series forecasting and Generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) to evaluate butterfly populations being impacted by climate and land-use changes.
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Case Study: JMP055
Increasing Bioavailability of a Drug using SMEDDSUse Mixture/formulation design to optimize multiple responses related to bioavailability of a drug.
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Case Study: JMP054
Forecasting Copper PricesLearn various exponential smoothing techniques to build various forecasting models and compare them.
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Case Study: JMP053
Cluster Analysis in the Public SectorUse PCA and Clustering techniques to segment the demographic data.
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Case Study: JMP052
Optimization of Microbial Cultivation ProcessUse Design of Experiments (DOE) to optimize the microbial cultivation process.
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Case Study: JMP051*
Polymerization at Lohmann - Part 2Use Functional Data Analysis to understand the intrinsic structure of the data.
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Case Study: JMP050
Polymerization at Lohmann - Part 1 Application of statistical methods to understand the process and enhance its performance through Design of Experiments and regression techniques.
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Case Study: JMP049
Manufacturing Excellence at Pharma Company - Part 3Use Design of Experiments (DOE) to advance knowledge about the process.
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Case Study: JMP048
Manufacturing Excellence at Pharma Company - Part 2Use Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA) to assess the precision, consistency and bias of a measurement system.
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Case Study: JMP047
Manufacturing Excellence at Pharma Company - Part 1Use control charts to understand process stability and analyze the patterns of process variation.
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Case Study: JMP046
EndangeredExplore statistical evidence demonstrating an association between Saguro size and the amount of flowers it produces.
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Case Study: JMP045
Modeling Gold PricesLearn univariate time series modeling using US Gold Prices. Build AR, MA, ARMA and ARMA models to analyze the characteristics of the time series data and forecast.
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Case Study: JMP044
Pricing SpectaclesDesign and analyze discrete choice experiments (also called conjoint analysis) to discover which product or service attributes are preferred by potential customers.
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Case Study: JMP043
Pricing Musical InstrumentStudy the application of regression and concepts related to choice modeling (also called conjoint analysis) to understand and analyze the importance of the product attributes and their levels influencing the preferences.
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Case Study: JMP042
US Stock IndicesUnderstand the basic concepts related to time series data analysis and explore the ways to practically understand the risks and rate of return related to the financial indices data.
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Case Study: JMP041*
Text Exploration of PatentsThis study requires the use of unstructured data analysis to understand and analyze the text related to patents filed by different companies.
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Case Study: JMP040
Manufacturing Systems VariationStudy the use of Nested Variability chart to understand and analyze the different components of variances. Also explore the ways to minimize the variability by applying various rules of operation related to variance.
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Case Study: JMP039
Detergent Cleaning EffectivenessAnalyze the results of an experiment to determine if there is statistical evidence demonstrating an improvement in a new laundry detergent formulation. Explore and describe the affect that multiple factors have on a response, as well as identify conditions with the most and least impact.
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Case Study: JMP038
Performance of Food Manufacturing Process - Part 2Evaluate the performance to specifications of a food manufacturing process using confidence intervals and hypothesis testing.
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Case Study: JMP037
Performance of Food Manufacturing Process - Part 1Evaluate the performance to specifications of a food manufacturing process using graphical analyses and numerical summarizations of the data.
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Case Study: JMP036
Online Mortgage ApplicationEvaluate the potential improvement to the UI design of an online mortgage application process by examining the usability rating from a sample of 50 customers and comparing their performance using the new design vs. a large collection of historic data on customer’s performance with the current design.
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Case Study: JMP035
Durability of Mobile Phone Screen - Part 4Evaluate the durability of mobile phone screens in a drop test across various heights by building a single multiple logistic regression model. Use the model to estimate the probability of a screen being damaged across any drop height.
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Case Study: JMP034
Durability of Mobile Phone Screen - Part 3Evaluate the durability of mobile phone screens in a drop test across various heights by building individual simple logistic regression models. Use the models to estimate the probability of a screen being damaged across any drop height.
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Case Study: JMP033
Durability of Mobile Phone Screen - Part 2Evaluate the durability of mobile phone screens in a drop test at various drop heights. Determine if a desired level of durability is achieved for each of three types of screens and compare performance.
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Case Study: JMP032
Durability of Mobile Phone Screen - Part 1Evaluate the durability of mobile phone screens in a drop test. Determine if a desired level of durability is achieved for each of two types of screens and compare.
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Case Study: JMP031*
Boston HousingBuild a variety of prediction models (multiple regression, partition tree, and a neural network) to determine the one that performs the best at predicting house prices based upon various characteristics of the house and its location.
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Case Study: JMP030
Customer ChurnAnalyze the factors related to customer churn of a mobile phone service provider. The company would like to build a model to predict which customers are most likely to move their service to a competitor. This knowledge will be used to identify customers for targeted interventions, with the ultimate goal of reducing churn.
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Case Study: JMP029
Call Center ImprovementThe scenario relates to the handling of customer queries via an IT call center. The call center performance is well below best in class. Identify potential process changes to allow the call center to achieve best in class performance.
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Case Study: JMP028*
Credit Card MarketingA bank would like to understand the demographics and other characteristics associated with whether a customer accepts a credit card offer. Build a Classification model that will provide insight into why some bank customers accept credit card offers.
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Case Study: JMP027
Titanic PassengersUse the passenger data related to the sinking of the RMS Titanic ship to explore some questions of interest about survival rates for the Titanic. For example, were there some key characteristics of the survivors? Were some passenger groups more likely to survive than others? Can we accurately predict survival?
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Case Study: JMP026
Lost SalesDetermine whether certain conditions make it more likely that a customer order will be won or lost.
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Case Study: JMP025
Bank RevenueA bank wants to understand how customer banking habits contribute to revenues and profitability. Build a model that allows the bank to predict profitability for a given customer. The resulting model will be used to forecast bank revenues and guide the bank in future marketing campaigns.
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Case Study: JMP024
Housing PricesAfter determining which factors relate to the selling prices of homes located in and around a ski resort, develop a model to predict housing prices.
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Case Study: JMP023
Cell Phone ServiceDetermine whether wind speed and barometric pressure are related to phone call performance (percentage of dropped or failed calls) and use the resulting model to predict the percentage of bad calls based upon the weather conditions.
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Case Study: JMP022
ArchosaurAnalyze data on the brain and body weight of different dinosaur species to determine if a proposed statistical model performs well at describing the relationship and use the model to predict brain weight based on body weight.
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Case Study: JMP021
Cost LeadershipAssess the effectiveness of a cost leadership strategy in increasing market share, and assess the potential for additional gains in market share under the current strategy.
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Case Study: JMP020
Direct MailEvaluate different regression models to determine if sales at small retail shop are influence by direct mail campaign and using the resulting models to predict sales based upon the amount of marketing.
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Case Study: JMP019
ContributionsPredict year-end contributions in an employee fund-raising drive.
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Case Study: JMP018
Mendel's Law of InheritanceUse the data sets provided to explore Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance for dominant and recessive traits.
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Case Study: JMP017
Smoking and Lung CancerUse the results of a retrospective study to determine if there is a positive association between smoking and lung cancer, and estimate the risk of lung cancer for smokers relative to non-smokers.
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Case Study: JMP016
Salk VaccineUsing data from a 1950’s study, determine whether the polio vaccine was effective in a cohort study, and, if it was, quantify the degree of effectiveness.
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Case Study: JMP015
Lister and Germ TheoryUse results from a 1860’s sterilization study to determine if there is evidence that the sterilization process reduces deaths when amputations are performed.
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Case Study: JMP014
Kerrich : Is a Coin Fair?Using outcomes for 10,000 flips of a coin, use descriptive statistics, confidence intervals and hypothesis tests to determine whether the coin is fair.
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Case Study: JMP013
Per Capita IncomeUse data from the World Factbook to explore wealth disparities between different regions of the world and identify those with the highest and lowest wealth.
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Case Study: JMP012
BackgammonDetermine if a backgammon program has been upgraded by comparing the performance of a player against the computer across different time periods.
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Case Study: JMP011
Priority AssessmentDetermine whether a software development project prioritization system was effective in speeding the time to completion for high priority jobs.
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Case Study: JMP010
Subliminal MessagesDetermine whether subliminal messages were effective in increasing math test scores, and if so, by how much.
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Case Study: JMP009
Fish StoryUse the DASL Fish Prices data to investigate whether there is evidence that overfishing occurred from 1970 to 1980.
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Case Study: JMP008
SiblingsUse data from a survey of students to perform exploratory data analysis and to evaluate the performance of different approaches to a statistical analysis.
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Case Study: JMP007
Treatment FacilityDetermine what effect a reengineering effort had on the incidence of behavioral problems and turnover at a treatment facility for teenagers.
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Case Study: JMP006
Price QuotesEvaluate the price quoting process of two different sales associate to determine if there is inconsistency between them to decide if a new more consistent pricing process should be developed.
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Case Study: JMP005
Improving Patient SatisfactionAnalyze patient complaint data at a medical clinic to identify the issues resulting in customer dissatisfaction and determine potential causes of decreased patient volume.
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Case Study: JMP004
Film on the RocksUse survey results from a summer movie series to answer questions regarding customer satisfaction, demographic profiles of patrons, and the use of media outlets in advertising.
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Case Study: JMP003
Defect SamplingExplore the effectiveness of different sampling plans in detecting changes in the occurrence of manufacturing defects.
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Case Study: JMP002
Baggage ComplaintsMarlene Smith explores differences between the airlines, whether complaints are getting better or worse over time, and if there are other factors, such as destinations, seasonal effects or the volume of travelers that might affect baggage performance.
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Case Study: JMP001
Medical MalpracticeExplore claim payment amounts for medical malpractice lawsuits and identify factors that appear to influence the amount of the payment using descriptive statistics and data visualizations.
* This case study requires JMP Pro or JMP Student Edition.