Stat 1000 Tips for Entering Data into JMP
Published: Fri, 10/08/10
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Tips for Entering Data into JMP
Once you have installed JMP 8 and opened it, you are shown a menu with various buttons to click. You will almost always click "New Data Table" to enter new data. In the unlikely event they have given you a JMP file with the data already entered in it, you will simply open that file which would probably already open JMP for you.
To copy and paste data into JMP: First, of course, select and copy the given data set. Now, open JMP and click "New Data Table". In the toolbar at top select "Edit" then "Paste with Column Names". That pastes all the data in and names the column appropriately.
To enter data into JMP manually: Click "New Data Table" and you are automatically taken to an empty spreadsheet with one column. If you ever need two or more columns, simply double-click the space to the right of "Column 1" to create "Column 2". You can repeat this to create "Column 3", etc. You can then type in the data, using "enter" or "tab" or your arrow buttons on your keyboard to move from one cell to the next.