With Chris Toy’s help we asked the Interns what they thought of JMP so far. It's great to see them already using the JMP Community, finding files here and setting a good foundation of resources to learn and apply more JMP skills. And of course I thought it was important to hear how new JMP users ramp up and learn the basics so we can adapt and provide targeted resources.
Jason Hallman replied "JMP is very interesting to use and has a lot of cool features that are able to do very complicated things while still making it easy to use. I like the program because it has the capability of performing simple tasks in a quick and simple fashion as well as more complicated things like predictive modeling all wrapped-up in one program.”
I enjoyed how Julia Gong has jumped into learning JMP by using JSL. " JMP is an incredibly powerful statistical software, and I’ve particularly enjoyed learning and using JMP Scripting Language these past two summers. The JMP documentation online is very helpful for getting started with learning JSL and JMP’s statistical models. Personally, I learn best by creating coding projects and learning the required syntax and functions along the way. Thus, I’ve found the JMP User Community—both the Discussions and the File Exchange—to be particularly useful in this regard, as I can see specific use cases of JSL that customers have struggled with and learn from those to improve my programs. Overall, interning at JMP and learning to use the software has been a very rewarding and pleasant experience for me!"
Shaily Shah responded that “Learning JMP has been a great experience. Businesses use statistics for analyzing data, and the use of JMP for this is very powerful. As a first time user of JMP, all the tutorials and welcome kits were very helpful. I wish I had used JMP in my AP Statistics class a few years ago!”
And finally Chris had some good feedback. “I’ll admit, when I realized I was going to use JMP this summer, it seemed like an overwhelming and complex application. The New User Welcome Kit path, the countless amounts of documentation, and the helpful podcasts eliminated this intimidation, and it acquainted me well with the various tools that JMP provides. It is easy to pick up on once you’ve started, and there is seemingly no difference between experimenting with given sample data and experimenting with real world data. My favorite part of the experience so far has been learning about an abstract new tool or function within JMP, and implementing it with real data!”
I'm looking forward to hearing from the College Interns next.
