Minitab Instructions

Installing and Starting Minitab

Entering Data

Basic Descriptive Statistics version 12/13 version 14

Graphical Displays of Data

Stem and Leaf Displays version 12/13 version 14

Dot plots version 12/13 version 14

Two Dotplots on the same scale version 12/13 version 14

Boxplots version 12/13 version 14

Single Set of data version 12/13 version 14

Multiple Sets of data in the same column version 12/13 version 14

Multiple Sets of data in separate columns version 12/13 version 14

Histograms version 12/13 version 14

Probability Plots version 12/13 version 14

Probability Distributions

Binomial version12/13 version14

Poisson version12/13 version14

Normal all versions

Exponential all versions

Confidence Intervals for One Sample Cases

Confidence Intervals for the mean where sigma is known version 12/13 version 14

Confidence Intervals for the mean where sigma is unknown and n>30 version 12/13 version 14

Confidence Intervals for the mean where sigma is unknown and n<30 version 12/13 version 14

Confidence Intervals for the population proportion version 12/13 version 14

Hypothesis Test for One Sample Cases

Hypothesis Test for the mean where sigma is known version 12/13 version 14

Hypothesis Test for the mean where sigma is unknown and n>30 version 12/13 version 14

Hypothesis Test for the mean where sigma is unknown and n<30 version 12/13 version 14

Hypothesis Test for the population proportion version 12/13 version 14

Two Sample Case

Paired Test version 12/13 version 14

Two Independent Means version 12/13 version 14

Two Independent Proportions version 12/13 version 14

Quality Control Charts

X-bar with S and R version 12/13 version 14

S Chart version 12/13 version 14

R Chart version 12/13 version 14

p  Chart version 12/13 version 14

c  Chart version 12/13

u chart version 14

Regression

Scatterplots version 12/13 version 14

Simple Linear Regression version 12/13 version 14

Getting Slope, Y-intercept and Model Utility Test version 12/13 version 14

Predicting new y version 12/13 version 14

Making Residual Plots version 12/13 version 14

Transforming Data version 12/13 version 14

Polynomial Regression version 12/13 version 14

Creating the x-squared terms version 12/13 version 14

Getting Slope, Y-intercept and Model Utility Test version 12/13 version 14

Predicting new y and confidence interval for the average y version 12/13 version 14

Multinomial Regression version 12/13 version 14

Includes

Getting Slope, Y-intercept and Model Utility Test

Residuals

Creating squared terms

Predicting new y and confidence interval for the average y

Best Subsets

ANOVA

ANOVA-One Factor version 12/13 version 14

Two Way ANOVA version 12/13 version 14

Three Way ANOVA version 12/13 version 14

Checking Assumptions version 12/13 version 14

Interaction Plots version 12/13 version 14

Main Effects Plots version 12/13 version 14