MINITAB Handbook Updated for Release 14

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

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ISBN: 9780534496005 | 0534496008
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/29/2004

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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.

Introduction to Minitab

(40)

Welcome to Minitab

(11)

Minitab Overview

(1)

The Session Window

(1)

Data Windows

(1)

Working with Minitab Menus

(2)

Working with Dialog Boxes

(1)

Getting Help

(4)

Understanding Minitab Windows and Folders

(1)

Working with Data

(7)

Missing Data

(1)

Data Types

(4)

Editing Cell Contents

(1)

Naming Columns

(1)

Saving Worksheets

(1)

Working with Minitab Windows

(6)

Choosing Variables

(1)

Performing Calculations in the Data Window

(1)

Generating Statistics in the Session Window

(2)

Creating a Graph in a Graph Window

(1)

Printing a Window

(1)

Working with Minitab Projects

(9)

Saving a Project

(3)

Closing a Project and Exiting Minitab

(1)

Opening a Project

(2)

Saving Components of a Project

(1)

Saving Worksheets

(1)

Saving Graphs

(1)

Adding an Empty Worksheet to a Project

(1)

Opening a Worksheet

(1)

The Project Manager

(7)

Session Folder

(1)

Worksheets Folder

(1)

Graphs Folder

(1)

History Folder

(1)

Exercises

(3)

Session Commands

(25)

Enabling the Minitab Command Language

(7)

Command Language

(1)

Enabling Commands

(1)

Executing a Command

(1)

Command Syntax

(1)

Minitab Command Box Format

(1)

Subcommands

(1)

Getting Session Command Help

(2)

Useful Session Commands

(10)

Entering Data

(2)

Using Set to Enter Data from a File

(1)

Using Set to Enter Patterned Data

(1)

Naming Columns

(1)

Displaying Data in the Session Window

(1)

Performing Calculations

(2)

Saving and Retrieving Data

(2)

Getting Worksheet Information

(1)

Working with the Contents of the Session Window

(8)

Editing the Session Window

(2)

Copying Commands from the History Folder

(1)

Using the Command Line Editor

(1)

Exiting Minitab

(1)

Exercises

(4)

Worksheet Operations

(31)

Editing the Worksheet

(8)

Selecting Blocks of Data

(1)

Inserting Data

(1)

Clearing or Deleting Data

(1)

Copying and Pasting Data

(2)

Moving Columns

(1)

Resizing Columns

(1)

Formatting Columns

(2)

Documenting Columns

(1)

Manipulating Data

(15)

Subsetting the Worksheet

(4)

Stacking and Unstacking Columns

(3)

Generating Patterned Data

(1)

Reusing a Dialog Box

(2)

Autofill

(1)

Sorting Data

(1)

Ranking Data

(2)

Coding Data

(1)

Importing and Exporting Data

(8)

Portable Files

(1)

Exchanging Data with Minitab-Compatible Applications

(2)

Saving Data in a Text File

(1)

Importing Files in Custom Formats

(1)

Importing from a Database

(1)

Exercises

(3)

One-Variable Graphs and Summaries

(47)

Understanding Variable Types

(1)

Categorical Variables

(1)

Nominal and Ordinal Categorical Variables

(1)

Quantitative Variables

(1)

Exploring Graphs in Minitab

(1)

Creating Distribution Plots

(9)

Creating a Dotplot

(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

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MINITAB Handbook Updated for Release 14

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