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Summary Table of Contents

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

(47)

Welcome to Minitab

(15)

Using Windows

... MORE

(3)

Working with the Minitab Program Window

(4)

Working with Menus

(1)

Working with Dialog Boxes

(2)

Getting Help

(3)

Scrolling

(1)

Understanding Minitab Windows

(1)

Working with Data

(8)

Missing Data

(1)

Data Types

(1)

Entering Data

(3)

Editing Cell Contents

(2)

Naming Columns

(1)

Naming Worksheets

(1)

Working with Minitab Windows

(9)

Choosing Variables

(1)

Performing Calculations in the Data Window

(2)

Generating Statistics in the Session Window

(1)

Creating a Graph in a Graph Window

(1)

Opening the History Window

(3)

Opening the Info Window

(1)

Printing a Window

(2)

Working with Minitab Projects

(15)

Saving a Project

(2)

Closing a Project and Exiting Minitab

(1)

Opening a Project

(2)

Saving Pieces of a Project

(2)

Saving a Worksheet

(1)

Saving Session, History, and Info Windows

(1)

Saving a Graph

(1)

Adding an Empty Worksheet to a Project

(1)

Creating a New Project

(1)

Opening a Worksheet

(2)

Opening a Portable Worksheet

(1)

Exercises

(3)

Session Commands

(36)

Enabling the Minitab Command Language

(9)

Command Language

(1)

Enabling the Command Language

(2)

Executing a Command

(1)

Command Syntax

(3)

Minitab Command Box Format

(1)

Subcommands

(1)

Getting Session Command Help

(2)

Useful Session Commands

(16)

Entering Data

(4)

Naming Columns

(1)

Displaying Data in the Session Window

(1)

Performing Calculations

(4)

Saving and Retrieving Data

(1)

Getting Worksheet Information

(1)

Subsetting Data

(4)

Working with the Contents of the Session Window

(11)

Editing the Session Window

(1)

Copying and Pasting Commands

(3)

Copying Commands from the History Window

(1)

Using the Command Line Editor

(1)

Disabling the Command Language

(1)

Exiting Minitab

(1)

Exercises

(5)

Worksheet Operations

(32)

Editing the Worksheet

(10)

Selecting Blocks of Data

(1)

Inserting Data

(2)

Clearing or Deleting Data

(1)

Copying and Pasting Data

(2)

Moving Columns

(1)

Resizing Columns

(1)

Formatting Columns

(1)

Documenting Columns

(2)

Manipulating Data

(9)

Subsetting the Worksheet

(2)

Stacking and Unstacking Columns

(1)

Generating Patterned Data

(1)

Reusing a Dialog Box

(2)

Sorting Data

100

(1)

Ranking Data

100

(2)

Coding Data

102

(1)

Importing and Exporting Data

103

(6)

Portable Files

104

(1)

Exchanging Data with Minitab-Compatible Applications

105

(2)

Saving Data in a Text File

107

(1)

Importing Files in Custom Formats

108

(1)

Importing from a Database

108

(1)

Working with Matrices

109

(7)

Entering Data into a Matrix

109

(1)

Viewing the Contents of a Matrix

110

(1)

Performing Matrix Calculations

111

(1)

Printing Matrices and Constants

112

(1)

Exercises

113

(3)

Summaries and Graphs

116

(42)

Understanding Data Types

116

(1)

Categorical Data

116

(1)

Ordinal Data

117

(1)

Interval Data

117

(1)

Exploring Graphs in Minitab

117

(9)

Changing Data Display

119

(2)

Working with Multiple Graphs

121

(1)

Annotating Graphs

121

(1)

Modifying Graph Frames

122

(1)

Modifying Graph Regions

122

(2)

Exploring Unique Graph Features

124

(1)

Editing Graphs

124

(2)

Creating Single-Variable Graphs

126

(10)

Creating a Histogram

126

(5)

Creating a Dotplot

131

(1)

Creating a Stem-and-Leaf Plot

132

(2)

Creating a Pie Chart

134

(2)

Generating One-Number Statistics

136

(4)

Displaying Descriptive Statistics

136

(2)

Displaying Column Statistics

138

(1)

Displaying Row Statistics

139

(1)

Creating a Boxplot

140

(2)

Summarizing Categorical and Ordinal Data

142

(3)

Tables

145

(13)

Tables of Counts and Percents

146

(2)

Tables of Summary Statistics

148

(2)

Exercises

150

(8)

Single-Variable Summaries and Graphs

158

(21)

Creating Scatterplots

158

(5)

Furnace Example

158

(2)

Jittering Points

160

(1)

Cartoon Example

161

(2)

Creating Plots with Groups

163

(1)

Creating Plots with Several Variables

164

(4)

Creating Time Series Plots

168

(11)

Indicating a Time Scale

170

(1)

Using Time Series Plots to Find Problems

171

(1)

Exercises

172

(7)

Statistical Distributions

179

(27)

The Normal Distribution

179

(7)

Probability Density Function

179

(3)

Cumulative Distribution Functions

182

(3)

Inverse of the CDF

185

(1)

The Binomial Distribution

186

(4)

Calculating Binomial Probabilities with PDF

187

(1)

Cumulative Distribution Function

188

(1)

Inverse of the CDF

189

(1)

Normal Approximation to the Binomial

190

(3)

The Poisson Distribution

193

(2)

Calculating Poisson Probabilities with PDF

193

(1)

Cumulative Distribution Function

194

(1)

Inverse of the CDF

195

(1)

A Summary of Distributions in Minitab

195

(11)

Continuous Distributions

195

(3)

Discrete Distributions

198

(1)

Exercises

199

(7)

Statistical Distributions and Simulation

206

(21)

Using Simulation to Learn about Randomness

206

(1)

Bernoulli Trials

207

(2)

Random Sequences

209

(1)

Simulating Data from a Normal Distribution

209

(6)

A Useful Trick for Simulating Data

213

(2)

Simulating Data from the Binomial Distribution

215

(2)

Simulating Data from the Poisson Distribution

217

(2)

Sampling Finite Populations

219

(1)

Simulation Data from Other Distribution

219

(1)

The Base for the Random Number Generator

220

(7)

Exercises

220

(7)

One-Sample Confidence Intervals and Tests for Population Means

227

(24)

How Sample Means Vary

228

(2)

Confidence Interval for μ When σ Is Known

230

(2)

Confidence Interval for μ When σ Is Not Known

232

(2)

Test of Hypothesis for μ When σ Is Known

234

(2)

Test of Hypothesis for μ When σ Is Not Known

236

(2)

Practical Significance versus Statistical Significance

237

(1)

Departures from Assumptions

238

(13)

Nonrandomness

238

(1)

Nonnormality

238

(4)

Exercises

242

(9)

Comparing Two Means: Confidence Intervals and Tests

251

(18)

Paired and Independent Data

251

(2)

Difference between Two Means: Paired Data

253

(4)

Confidence Intervals

255

(1)

Paired t-Test

256

(1)

Difference between Two Means: Independent Samples

257

(12)

Data in a Different Format

261

(3)

Exercises

264

(5)

Analysis of Variance

269

(26)

Analysis of Variance with One Factor

269

(5)

The One-Way Analysis of Variance Procedure

271

(3)

Analysis of Variance with Two Factors

274

(7)

Additive Models

275

(2)

Models with Interactions

277

(4)

Randomized Block Designs

281

(3)

Residuals and Fitted Values

284

(11)

One-Way Designs

284

(1)

Two-Way Designs with an Interaction Term

285

(1)

Additive Models and Randomized Block Designs

285

(1)

Exercises

286

(9)

Correlation and Regression

295

(41)

Correlation

296

(1)

Simple Regression: Fitting a Straight Line

297

(4)

R-Squared (Coefficient of Determination)

301

(1)

Making Inferences from Straight-Line Fits

301

(5)

Conditions for Inference

302

(1)

Interpreting the Output

303

(3)

Multiple Regression

306

(5)

Interpreting the Output

307

(2)

Notation and Assumptions in Multiple Regression

309

(1)

Confidence Intervals and Tests

309

(2)

Fitting Polynomials

311

(2)

Interpreting Residuals in Simple and Polynomial Regression

313

(3)

Using Transformations

316

(4)

Effect of Transformations on Assumptions

320

(1)

Plotting Regression Lines

320

(16)

Exercises

322

(14)

Chi-Square Tests and Contingency Tables

336

(16)

Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test

336

(2)

Contingency Tables

338

(2)

Making the Table and Computing Chi-Square

340

(2)

Tables with Small Expected Counts

342

(10)

Exercises

344

(8)

Nonparametric Statistics

352

(26)

Sign Procedures

353

(4)

Sign Tests

354

(1)

Sign Confidence Intervals

355

(1)

Paired Data

356

(1)

Wilcoxon Signed Rank Procedures

357

(4)

Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test

358

(2)

Wilcoxon Confidence Interval

360

(1)

Two-Sample Rank Procedures

361

(2)

An Example

361

(2)

Kruskal-Wallis Test

363

(2)

Technical Details (Optional)

365

(13)

Sign Confidence Interval

365

(1)

Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and Confidence Interval

366

(2)

Mann-Whitney Test and Confidence Interval

368

(2)

Exercises

370

(8)

Control Charts

378

(16)

Control Charts and Process Variation

378

(1)

Control Charts for Measurement Data

379

(9)

Charts for Means

379

(5)

Charts for Dispersion

384

(3)

Unequal Subgroup Sizes

387

(1)

Control Charts for Attribute Data

388

(6)

Exercises

391

(3)

Additional Topics in Regression

394

(12)

Variable Selection in Regression

394

(6)

Stepwise Regression

395

(2)

Best Subsets Regression

397

(3)

Diagnostics in Regression

400

(3)

Diagnostics for Individual Observations

400

(1)

Regression Options

401

(2)

Additional Regression Features

403

(3)

Storage of Some Results

403

(1)

Weighted Regression

403

(1)

Ill-Conditioned Data

404

(1)

Exercises

405

(1)

Additional Topics in Analysis of Variance

406

(32)

Multiple Comparisons with One-Way

406

(4)

Fisher's Least Significant Difference (LSD)

407

(1)

Tukey's Honestly Significant Difference (HSD)

407

(1)

Dunnett's Procedure

408

(1)

Example Using Fabric Data

408

(2)

Multifactor Balanced Designs

410

(3)

Example Using the Potato Rot Data

411

(2)

Unbalanced Designs

413

(6)

Models in GLM

415

(1)

Regression Approach to Analysis of Variance

416

(3)

Analysis of Covariance

419

(5)

Regression Approach to Analysis of Covariance

421

(3)

Random Effects and Mixed Models

424

(14)

Mixed Models, Expected Mean Squares, and Variance Components

427

(2)

Three-Factor Mixed Model

429

(3)

Exercises

432

(6)

Macros

438

(6)

Minitab Macros

438

(1)

Storing Commands

438

(3)

Invoking a Macro

441

(1)

Looping through Commands

442

(2)

Exercises

443

(1)

Appendix

444

(9)

Index

453

(8)

Credits

461

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