MINITAB Handbook Updated for Release 14

by Ryan, Barbara F.; Joiner, Brian L.; Cryer, Jonathan D.

• ISBN13: 9780534496005
• ISBN10: 0534496008
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-29
• Publisher: Duxbury Press

Summary

Master MINITAB, the leading software package used in industry for quality and process improvement with the MINITAB HANDBOOK: UPDATED FOR RELEASE 14. This book illustrates by example and step-by-step instruction how to use MINITAB 14 to explore and analyze data and uses examples to illustrates how statistical concepts apply to data analysis. More than 4,000 colleges, universities, and high schools rely on MINITAB, making this software the educational standard.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Minitab	1	(40)
Welcome to Minitab	1	(11)
Minitab Overview	2	(1)
The Session Window	3	(1)
Data Windows	3	(1)
Working with Minitab Menus	4	(2)
Working with Dialog Boxes	6	(1)
Getting Help	7	(4)
Understanding Minitab Windows and Folders	11	(1)
Working with Data	12	(7)
Missing Data	13	(1)
Data Types	13	(4)
Editing Cell Contents	17	(1)
Naming Columns	18	(1)
Saving Worksheets	19	(1)
Working with Minitab Windows	19	(6)
Choosing Variables	19	(1)
Performing Calculations in the Data Window	20	(1)
Generating Statistics in the Session Window	21	(2)
Creating a Graph in a Graph Window	23	(1)
Printing a Window	24	(1)
Working with Minitab Projects	25	(9)
Saving a Project	25	(3)
Closing a Project and Exiting Minitab	28	(1)
Opening a Project	29	(2)
Saving Components of a Project	31	(1)
Saving Worksheets	32	(1)
Saving Graphs	32	(1)
Adding an Empty Worksheet to a Project	33	(1)
Opening a Worksheet	34	(1)
The Project Manager	34	(7)
Session Folder	35	(1)
Worksheets Folder	36	(1)
Graphs Folder	37	(1)
History Folder	38	(1)
Exercises	38	(3)
Session Commands	41	(25)
Enabling the Minitab Command Language	41	(7)
Command Language	41	(1)
Enabling Commands	41	(1)
Executing a Command	42	(1)
Command Syntax	43	(1)
Minitab Command Box Format	44	(1)
Subcommands	45	(1)
Getting Session Command Help	46	(2)
Useful Session Commands	48	(10)
Entering Data	49	(2)
Using Set to Enter Data from a File	51	(1)
Using Set to Enter Patterned Data	52	(1)
Naming Columns	53	(1)
Displaying Data in the Session Window	53	(1)
Performing Calculations	54	(2)
Saving and Retrieving Data	56	(2)
Getting Worksheet Information	58	(1)
Working with the Contents of the Session Window	58	(8)
Editing the Session Window	58	(2)
Copying Commands from the History Folder	60	(1)
Using the Command Line Editor	60	(1)
Exiting Minitab	61	(1)
Exercises	62	(4)
Worksheet Operations	66	(31)
Editing the Worksheet	66	(8)
Selecting Blocks of Data	67	(1)
Inserting Data	68	(1)
Clearing or Deleting Data	69	(1)
Copying and Pasting Data	69	(2)
Moving Columns	71	(1)
Resizing Columns	71	(1)
Formatting Columns	71	(2)
Documenting Columns	73	(1)
Manipulating Data	74	(15)
Subsetting the Worksheet	74	(4)
Stacking and Unstacking Columns	78	(3)
Generating Patterned Data	81	(1)
Reusing a Dialog Box	82	(2)
Autofill	84	(1)
Sorting Data	85	(1)
Ranking Data	86	(2)
Coding Data	88	(1)
Importing and Exporting Data	89	(8)
Portable Files	90	(1)
Exchanging Data with Minitab-Compatible Applications	90	(2)
Saving Data in a Text File	92	(1)
Importing Files in Custom Formats	93	(1)
Importing from a Database	93	(1)
Exercises	94	(3)
One-Variable Graphs and Summaries	97	(47)
Understanding Variable Types	97	(1)
Categorical Variables	97	(1)
Nominal and Ordinal Categorical Variables	98	(1)
Quantitative Variables	98	(1)
Exploring Graphs in Minitab	98	(1)
Creating Distribution Plots	99	(9)
Creating a Dotplot	99	(3)
Editing a Graph	102	(2)
Brushing a Dotplot	104	(2)
Creating a Stem-and-Leaf Plot	106	(2)
Histograms	108	(10)
Creating a Histogram	108	(4)
Histograms from Frequency Tables	112	(1)
Relative Frequency Histograms	113	(1)
Density Histograms	114	(3)
Histograms for Positive Data	117	(1)
Descriptive Statistics	118	(3)
Displaying Descriptive Statistics	118	(3)
Calculating Column and Row Statistics	121	(1)
Creating a Boxplot	121	(3)
Summarizing and Displaying Categorical Data	124	(20)
Value Order for Text Data	124	(1)
Tallies	124	(1)
Bar Charts	125	(2)
Two-Way Tables	127	(1)
Tables of Counts and Percents	128	(5)
Tables of Summary Statistics	133	(3)
Exercises	136	(8)
Two- and Three-Variable Graphs	144	(39)
Creating Scatterplots	144	(9)
Furnace Example	144	(3)
Jittering Points	147	(1)
Using The Graph Editing Tools	148	(1)
Cartoon Example	149	(4)
Creating Plots with Groups	153	(2)
Creating Plots with Several Variables	155	(4)
Graph Editing and Annotation	159	(3)
Graph Editing	159	(1)
Selecting Points to Edit	160	(1)
Annotating Graphs	161	(1)
Graphs with Three or More Variables	162	(5)
Matrix Plot	162	(3)
3D Scatterplots	165	(2)
Rotating a 3D Graph	167	(1)
Creating Time Series Plots	167	(16)
Indicating a Time or Date Scale	170	(1)
Seasonal Time Series Plots	171	(1)
Using Time Series Plots to Find Problems	172	(1)
Exercises	173	(10)
Statistical Distributions	183	(31)
The Normal Distribution	183	(7)
Probability Density Function	183	(2)
Cumulative Distribution Functions	185	(3)
Inverse of the CDF	188	(2)
The Binomial Distribution	190	(5)
Calculating Binomial Probabilities with PDF	190	(2)
Graphical Display of the Binomial	192	(1)
Cumulative Distribution Function	193	(1)
Inverse of the CDF	193	(2)
Normal Approximation to the Binomial	195	(3)
The Poisson Distribution	198	(6)
Calculating Poisson Probabilities with PDF	198	(2)
Cumulative Distribution Function	200	(1)
Inverse of the CDF	201	(1)
Normal Approximation to the Poisson	202	(2)
A Summary of the Theoretical Distributions in Minitab	204	(10)
Continuous Distributions	204	(2)
Discrete Distributions	206	(1)
Exercises	207	(7)
Simulation	214	(26)
Learning about Randomness	214	(1)
Bernoulli Trials	215	(2)
Random Sequences	217	(1)
Simulating Data from a Normal Distribution	217	(5)
A Useful Technique for Simulation Studies	220	(2)
Simulating Data from the Binomial Distribution	222	(2)
Sampling from Other Distributions	224	(1)
Sampling Actual Populations	224	(4)
The Base for the Random Number Generator	228	(1)
The Central Limit Theorem	228	(12)
Exercises	231	(9)
One-Sample Confidence Intervals and Tests for Means	240	(26)
How Sample Means Vary	241	(2)
Confidence Interval for μ	243	(5)
Simulated Confidence Intervals for the Mean	246	(2)
Test of Hypothesis for μ	248	(2)
Practical Significance versus Statistical Significance	250	(1)
Confidence Intervals and Tests for Proportions	250	(2)
Departures from Assumptions	252	(14)
Nonrandomness	253	(1)
Nonnormality	254	(2)
Normal Probability plots	256	(1)
Exercises	257	(9)
Comparing Two Means: Confidence Intervals and Tests	266	(19)
Paired and Independent Data	266	(2)
Difference Between Two Means: Paired Data	268	(4)
Confidence Intervals	269	(1)
Paired t Test	270	(2)
Difference Between Two Means: Independent Samples	272	(13)
Data in a Different Format	276	(3)
Exercises	279	(6)
Analysis of Variance	285	(28)
Analysis of Variance with One Factor	285	(5)
The One-Way Analysis of Variance Procedure	287	(3)
Analysis of Variance with Two Factors	290	(9)
Additive Models	293	(1)
Models with Interactions	294	(5)
Randomized Block Designs	299	(3)
Residuals and Fitted Values	302	(11)
One-Way Designs	303	(1)
Two-Way Designs with an Interaction Term	303	(1)
Additive Models and Randomized Block Designs	304	(1)
Exercises	305	(8)
Regression and Correlation	313	(50)
Correlation	313	(3)
Simple Regression: Fitting a Straight Line	316	(4)
R-Squared (Coefficient of Determination)	320	(1)
Making Inferences from Straight-Line Fits	320	(6)
Conditions for Inference	321	(1)
Interpreting the Output	322	(4)
Multiple Regression	326	(5)
Interpreting the Output	327	(2)
Notation and Assumptions in Multiple Regression	329	(1)
Confidence Intervals and Tests	330	(1)
Fitting Polynomials	331	(4)
Interpreting Residuals in Simple and Polynomial Regression	335	(4)
Using Transformations	339	(4)
Effect of Transformations on Assumptions	343	(1)
Plotting Regression Lines and Planes	343	(20)
Straight Lines, Quadratics, and Cubics	343	(1)
Regression Planes	344	(2)
Regression Surfaces	346	(3)
Exercises	349	(14)
Chi-Square Tests and Contingency Tables	363	(16)
Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test	363	(2)
Contingency Tables	365	(3)
Making the Table and Computing Chi-Square	368	(1)
Tables with Small Expected Counts	369	(10)
Exercises	372	(7)
Nonparametric Statistics	379	(23)
Sign Procedures	380	(5)
Sign Tests	381	(2)
Sign Confidence Intervals	383	(1)
Paired Data	384	(1)
Wilcoxon Signed Rank Procedures	385	(4)
Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test	386	(2)
Wilcoxon Confidence Interval	388	(1)
Two-Sample Rank Procedures	389	(2)
An Example	389	(2)
Kruskal-Wallis Test	391	(11)
Exercises	394	(8)
Control Charts	402	(17)
Control Charts and Process Variation	402	(1)
Control Charts for Measurement Data	403	(9)
Charts for Means	403	(4)
Important!	407	(1)
Charts for Dispersion	408	(3)
Unequal Subgroup Sizes	411	(1)
Control Charts for Attribute Data	412	(7)
Exercises	415	(4)
Additional Topics in Regression	419	(13)
Variable Selection in Regression	419	(7)
Stepwise Regression	420	(3)
Best Subsets Regression	423	(3)
Diagnostics in Regression	426	(3)
Diagnostics for Individual Observations	426	(1)
Regression Options	427	(2)
Additional Regression Features	429	(3)
Storage of Some Results	429	(1)
Weighted Regression	429	(1)
III-Conditioned Data	430	(1)
Exercises	431	(1)
Additional Topics in Analysis of Variance	432	(36)
Multiple Comparisons with One-Way	432	(4)
Fisher's Least Significant Difference (LSD)	433	(1)
Tukey's Honestly Significant Difference (HSD)	433	(1)
Dunnett's Procedure	433	(1)
Example Using Fabric Data	434	(2)
Multifactor Balanced Designs	436	(3)
Example Using the Potato Rot Data	437	(2)
Unbalanced Designs	439	(8)
Models in GLM	442	(1)
Regression Approach to Analysis of Variance	443	(4)
Analysis of Covariance	447	(5)
Regression Approach to Analysis of Covariance	449	(3)
Random Effects and Mixed Models	452	(16)
Mixed Models, Expected Mean Squares, and Variance Components	457	(2)
Three-Factor Mixed Model	459	(3)
Exercises	462	(6)
Creating a Report	468	(10)
Adding Session Output to the ReportPad	468	(2)
Adding a Graph to the ReportPad	470	(2)
Graph Size	471	(1)
Editing in ReportPad	472	(3)
Text Editing	472	(1)
Graph Editing	473	(2)
Saving a Report	475	(1)
Copying a Report to a Word Processor	475	(3)
Exercises	476	(2)
Minitab Macros	478	(10)
Global Macros	479	(1)
Writing a Macro	480	(3)
Invoking a Macro	483	(1)
Variable Column and Row Numbers	483	(1)
Column Numbers	483	(1)
Row Numbers	484	(1)
Control Statements	484	(2)
Available Macros	486	(2)
Exercises	486	(2)
Appendix A: Data Sets Used in this Handbook	488	(10)
Credits	498	(4)
Index	502