Minitab is the leading statistical software used in education worldwide.

Thousands of world class companies

use Minitab Statistical Software.

Today’s quality improvement projects are more complex than ever. Leading methodologies such as Six
Sigma™ require that they be rooted in an analysis of hard data and produce measurable results, and as their
size and scope have grown, so too has the amount of work required to manage all the people and
communications involved.

The most effective quality improvement projects are the ones in which a thorough analysis of hard data drives
the conception, execution, and evaluation of each step. Regardless of the process you are trying to improve –
or even the industry in which you are working – you must be able to apply the right statistical methods and
trust that your results are accurate.
To succeed, you need a statistical software package that contains all the methods you might use, makes it easy
to understand and access them, and helps you illustrate and interpret your results.

You need MINITAB.

The software that helps students understands statistics and acquires skills employers want at the same time.

 Powerful, but easy to use

 Complete set of statistical tools in one package
 Real-world business tool
 Ideal for AP Statistics 
 Affordable semester rentals 

Most statistical analyses require a series of steps, often directed by background knowledge or by the subject
area you are investigating.
It illustrates the analysis steps in a typical Minitab session:

Ease of Use
 Intuitive design is simple to learn
 Menus and tools arranged logically, matching textbooks and training materials
 Project Manager organizes analysis
  ReportPad™ for generating reports
 Easily export output to PowerPoint and Word
 Clear, comprehensive Help system
 StatGuide™ explains output

 Tool-specific tutorials
 Glossary of statistical terms
 Methods and formulas used in calculations
 Smart Dialog Boxes™ remember recent settings
 Hundreds of sample data sets
 Available in multiple languages
 Increased speed and improved performance

Data and File Management

 All-in-one project files include entire analysis
 Spreadsheet-like worksheets
 Unlimited worksheets, with up to 4000 columns and unlimited rows in each
 Import/export: Excel, Text, CSV, HTML, etc.
 Query databases with ODBC

 Assign formulas to columns; columns update when data change

 Multiple Undo/Redo
 Numeric, text and date/time formats
 Data manipulation: merge, subset, sort, transpose, code, etc.
 Matrix functions
 Password protection

Assistant
 Menu that easily leads you through your analysis
 Helps you choose the right tool using an interactive decision tree
 Includes guidelines to ensure your analysis is successful

 Uses a simplified interface that is easy to understand

 Provides interpretation of your output
 Creates comprehensive reports for presenting results

Basic Statistics
 Descriptive statistics
 One-sample Z test
 One- and two-sample t-tests, paired t-test
  One and two proportions tests
 One- and two-sample Poisson rate tests

 One and two variances test

 Correlation and covariance
 Normality test
 Goodness-of-fit test for Poisson

Graphics
 State-of-the-art graphics engine
 Pictorial galleries simplify graph creation
 Interactively edit attributes (axes, labels, etc.)
 Recreate custom graphs with new data
 Easily place multiple graphs on one page
 Display data for different variables or groups in panels
 Information display tools: tooltips, crosshairs, plant flags
 Graphs can update as data change
 Built-in graphs available with a single click

 Scatterplots, matrix plots, boxplots, dotplots, histograms, charts, time series plots, etc.
 Line plots
 Contour and rotating 3D plots
 Probability and probability distribution plots
 Numerous special-purpose graphs
 OLE to edit Minitab graphs in other applications
 Graph brushing to explore points of interest
 Export: TIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, EMF

Regression Analysis
 Linear regression
 Nonlinear regression
 Orthogonal regression
 Binary, ordinal and nominal logistic regression

 Partial least squares (PLS)

 Stepwise and best subsets
 Residual plots
 Easily create indicator variables
 Confidence and prediction intervals

Analysis of Variance
  ANOVA
 General linear model (GLM)
 Unbalanced nested designs
 MANOVA

 Fully nested designs

 Analysis of means
 Multiple comparisons
 Residual, main effects, and interaction plots

Design of Experiments
 Two-level factorial designs
 Split-plot designs
 General factorial designs
 Plackett-Burman designs
 Response surface designs
 Mixture designs
 D-optimal and distance-based designs
 Taguchi designs

 User-specified designs
 Analyze variability for factorial designs
 Response prediction
 Botched runs
 Response optimization
 Plots: residual, main effects, interaction, cube, contour, surface, wireframe
 Effects plots: normal, half-normal, Pareto

Statistical Process Control

 Run chart
 Pareto chart
 Cause-and-effect (fishbone) diagram
 Variables control charts: XBar, R, S, XBar-R, XBar-S, I, MR, I-MR, I-MR-R/S, zone, Z-MR
 Attributes control charts: P, NP, C, U
 Time-weighted control charts: MA, EWMA, CUSUM
 Multivariate control charts: T-squared, generalized variance, MEWMA
 Custom tests for special causes
 Historical/shift-in-process charts

 Individual distribution identification

 Box-Cox transformation
  Johnson transformation
 Process capability: normal, non-normal, attribute, batch
 Process capability for multiple variables
 Process Capability Sixpack™
 Multi-Vari chart
 Symmetry plot
 Acceptance sampling and OC curves
 Tolerance intervals

Measurement Systems Analysis

 Data collection worksheet generator
 Gage R&R Crossed: ANOVA and Xbar-R methods
 Gage R&R Nested
 Gage R&R for more than two variables
 Misclassification probabilities

 Gage run chart

 Gage linearity and bias
 Type 1 Gage Study (single part)
 Attribute Gage Study – AIAG analytic method
 Attribute agreement analysis

Reliability/Survival Analysis
 Parametric and nonparametric distribution analysis
 Goodness-of-fit measures
 ML and least squares estimates
 Exact failure, right-, left-, and interval-censored data
 Accelerated life testing
 Regression with life data
 Reliability test plans
 Threshold parameter distributions

 Analysis of repairable systems

 Analysis of multiple failure modes
 Probit analysis
 Weibayes analysis
 Hypothesis tests on distribution parameters
 Plots: distribution, probability, hazard, survival
 Warranty analysis

Multivariate Analysis
  Principal components analysis
 Factor analysis
 Discriminant analysis

 Cluster analysis
 Correspondence analysis
 Item analysis and Cronbach’s alpha

Time Series and Forecasting

 Time series plots
 Trend analysis
 Decomposition
 Moving average

 Exponential smoothing
 Winters’ method
 Auto-, partial auto-, and cross correlation functions
 ARIMA

Nonparametrics
 Sign test
 Wilcoxon test
 Mann-Whitney test
 Kruskal-Wallis test

 Mood’s median test

 Friedman test
 Runs test

Tables
 Chi-square, Fisher’s exact, and other tests
 Chi-square goodness-of-fit test
 Tally and cross tabulation

Power and Sample Size

 Sample size for estimation
 One-sample Z
 One- and two-sample t
  Paired t
 One and two proportions
 One- and two-sample Poisson rates

 One and two variances

 One-Way ANOVA
 Two-level factorial design
 Plackett-Burman and general full factorial designs
 Power curves

Simulation and Distributions

 Random number generator
 Density, cumulative distribution, and inverse cumulative distribution functions
 Random sampling

Macros and Customizability

 Customizable menus and toolbars
 Extensive preferences and user profiles
 DMAIC Toolbar

 Comprehensive command language

 Powerful macro capability
 COM-enabled automation

Statistical Exercises
Using MINITAB
CONTENTS
Task 1 - Opening an existing Minitab for Windows Worksheet
Task 2 - Running some simple statistics
Task 3 - Running a correlation
Task 4 - Creating a new variable (column)
Task 5 - Plotting a histogram
Task 6 - Producing a scatterplot
Task 7 - Performing a regression analysis
Task 8 - Plotting a regression line
Task 9 - Modifying data using ‘Code’
Task 10 - Copying part of data
Task 11 - Sorting data
Task 12 - Creating and storing constants
Task 13 - Erasing columns and constants
Task 14 - Ending a Minitab session

Running a Monte Carlo Simulation

Tumbling Dice and Birthdays: Understanding the Central Limit Theorem
Sweetening Statistics: What M&M's
Exhibit A: Minitab Balances the Scales of Justice
How to Make Statistics Your Friend
Normal Probability Plots and Tests for Normality
One Sample T-Test Using Minitab
The Two-Sample T-Test and Randomization Test
The Paired T-Test Using Minitab
Sample Size Determination for the Test of One Proportion
How To Analyze a Split-Plot Experiment
Modeling Non-Normal Data Using Statistical Software
Capability Analysis Using Minitab
Reduce Inspection Costs with Acceptance Sampling