The User Manual is accessible as a PDF file under Help on the main STATGRAPHICS Centurion menu. A bound copy is provided to all purchasers except for students with 6 or 12-month licenses.   To review the manual prior to downloading the software, you may download the User Manual here. Note: the file is 8 MB.   The Table of Contents for the User Manual is shown below:

Preface
Getting Started
   1.1 Installation
   1.2 Running the Program
   1.3 Entering Data
   1.4 Reading a Saved Data File
   1.5 Analyzing the Data
   1.6 Using the Analysis Toolbar
   1.7 Disseminating the Results
   1.8 Saving Your Work
Data Management
   2.1 The DataBook
   2.2 Accessing Data
          2.2.1 Reading Data from a STATGRAPHICS Centurion Data File
          2.2.2 Reading Data from an Excel, ASCII, XML, or Other External Data File
          2.2.3 Transferring Data Using Copy and Paste
          2.2.4 Querying an ODBC Database
   2.3 Manipulating Data
          2.3.1 Copying and Pasting Data
          2.3.2 Creating New Variables from Existing Columns
          2.3.3 Transforming Data
          2.3.4 Sorting Data
          2.3.5 Recoding Data
          2.3.6 Combining Multiple Columns
   2.4 Generating Data
          2.4.1 Generating Patterned Data
          2.4.2 Generating Random Numbers
   2.5 DataBook Properties
Running Statistical Analyses
   3.1 Data Input Dialog Boxes
   3.2 Analysis Windows
         3.2.1 Input Dialog Button
         3.2.2 Tables Button
         3.2.3 Graphs Button
         3.2.4 Save Results Button
         3.2.5 Analysis Options Button
         3.2.6 Pane Options Button
         3.2.7 Graphics Buttons
         3.2.8 Exclude Button
   3.3 Printing the Results
   3.4 Publishing the Results
Graphics
   4.1 Modifying Graphs
         4.1.1 Layout Options
         4.1.2 Grid Options
         4.1.3 Lines Options
         4.1.4 Points Options
         4.1.5 Top Title Options
         4.1.6 Axis Scaling Options
         4.1.7 Fill Options
         4.1.8 Text, Labels and Legends Options
         4.1.9 Adding New Text
   4.2 Jittering a Scatterplot
   4.3 Brushing a Scatterplot
   4.4 Smoothing a Scatterplot
   4.5 Identifying Points
   4.6 Copying Graphs to Other Applications
   4.7 Saving Graphs in Image Files
StatFolios
   5.1 Saving Your Session
   5.2 StatFolio Scripts
   5.3 Polling Data Sources
   5.4 Publishing Data in HTML Format
Using the StatGallery
   6.1 Configuring a StatGallery Page
   6.2 Copying Graphs to the StatGallery
   6.3 Overlaying Graphs
   6.4 Modifying a Graph in the StatGallery
         6.4.1 Adding Items
         6.4.2 Modifying Items
         6.4.3 Deleting Items
   6.5 Printing the StatGallery
Using the StatReporter
   7.1 The StatReporter Window
   7.2 Copying Output to the StatReporter
   7.3 Modifying StatReporter Output
   7.4 Saving the StatReporter
Using the StatWizard
   8.1 Accessing Data or Creating a New Study
   8.2 Selecting Analyses for Your Data
   8.3 Searching for Desired Statistics or Tests
System Preferences
   9.1 General System Behavior
   9.2 Printing
   9.3 Graphics
Tutorial #1: Analyzing a Single Sample
   10.1 Running the One-Variable Analysis Procedure
   10.2 Summary Statistics
   10.3 Box-and-Whisker Plot
   10.4 Testing for Outliers
   10.5 Histogram
   10.6 Quantile Plot and Percentiles
   10.7 Confidence Intervals
   10.8 Hypothesis Tests
   10.9 Tolerance Limits
Tutorial #2: Comparing Two Samples
   11.1 Running the Two Sample Comparison Procedure
   11.2 Summary Statistics
   11.3 Dual Histogram
   11.4 Dual Box-and-Whisker Plot
   11.5 Comparing Standard Deviations
   11.6 Comparing Means
   11.7 Comparing Medians
   11.8 Quantile Plot
   11.9 Two-Sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test
   11.10 Quantile-Quantile Plot
Tutorial #3: Comparing More than Two Samples
   12.1 Running the Multiple Sample Comparison Procedure
   12.2 Analysis of Variance
   12.3 Comparing Means
   12.4 Comparing Medians
   12.5 Comparing Standard Deviations
   12.6 Residual Plots
   12.7 Analysis of Means Plot (ANOM)
Tutorial #4: Regression Analysis
   13.1 Correlation Analysis
   13.2 Simple Regression
   13.3 Fitting a Nonlinear Model
   13.4 Examining the Residuals
   13.5 Multiple Regression
Tutorial #5: Analyzing Attribute Data
   14.1 Summarizing Attribute Data
   14.2 Pareto Analysis
   14.3 Crosstabulation
   14.4 Comparing Two or More Samples
   14.5 Contingency Tables
Tutorial #6: Process Capability Analysis
   15.1 Plotting the Data
   15.2 Capability Analysis Procedure
   15.3 Dealing with Non-Normal Data
   15.4 Capability Indices
   15.5 Six Sigma Calculator
Tutorial #7: Design of Experiments
   16.1 Selecting a Screening Experiment
   16.2 Creating the Design
   16.3 Analyzing the Results
   16.4 Plotting the Fitted Model
   16.5 Optimizing the Response
   16.6 Further Experimentation
Suggested Reading
Data Sets
Index