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Basic Commands and Data Entry

Graphical Tools

Descriptive Statistics

Outline

Minitab Basics Basic Commands, Data Entry, and Organization

Minitab Project Files (*.mpj) vs. Worksheet Files (*.mtw) Data Entry (entering data, copying/pasting from Excel) Numerical Data vs. Categorical (Text) vs. Time/Date Data

Statistical Analysis (‘STAT MENU’) Tally Individual Values Pareto Chart Descriptive Statistics/Graphical Summary

Graphical Analysis (‘GRAPH’ MENU)

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Time Series Plot Edit Graphical Output

Data Set Manipulation Subset and stratify data (Descriptive statistics by group)

Other Useful Tools: See Appendix



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Minitab Project(Example: Loan)

Session Window ‘Analysis Output’

MainTools:

STAT

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Worksheet ‘Data’

GRAPH

Loan Data Set

Key Output Variable:

Total Loan Time

Selected Input (X) Variables:

UW-Staff (Underwriter Staff)

Loan Value (Amount of Loan)

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Process Steps (See Excel File)

Issues by Defect Categories (See Excel)



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Quick and Easy

Functions of Minitab

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Run LastTool

ProjectManager

Worksheet Window

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T =Text

D =Date

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Data Direction



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Last Dialog Box

Hit Ctrl + E and ou will et our last Dialo Box o en

Or Click on icon located on the top bar

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Save time!

Top Icons

Scroll = Session Window

Worksheet

Information

Report Pad

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Graphs



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Information on Data

Click onInformation icon

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Calculator

Write the title “Loan Time *2” under column C3 Go to Calc / Calculator

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Calculator

Minitab hascalculated theLoan Time X 2 andhas put it on C3Column

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Session Folder

Window/ProjectManager

Right click on theoutput

Select Append to

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Report Pad

Click onepor

Pad icon

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Report Pad Export

To ex ort thereport pad toWord

Right click on the leftmenu onReport Pad”

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Select “Copyto WordProcessor”



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Tile Tool – Graph Folder

Suppose you want to seetwo or more graphs at thesame time

Go to Graph Folder

Select the graphs you wantto use

Ri ht click on them

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Select “Tile”

Tile Tool

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Tile Tool

Let’s do it again but select “Tile with Worksheet”

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Layout Tool

or 3 or 4 graphs on justone image?

Select the graphs youwant to have together

Right Click on them

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Layout Tool

ou may a so:

Re-arrange theorder of the graphs

Take graphs out

Put graphs in

Select how manycolumns or rows

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Once you have

what you wantclick Finish

Change

Data Type

Go to Data / Chan e DataType / Numeric to Text

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Try typing “DC” on thenext row



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Brush Tool

data point they represent

Confirm that your graph has the green symbol on the top

On the top icon section, select icon Brush

Select the outliers

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Brush Tool

On the Data Worksheetyou will see themhighlighted with a Dot

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Minitab Assistant

For many tools,ma use theMinitab Assistant

for pre-formatted Analysis

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Assistant

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Scatter PlotExample

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