The Assistant:

Analyze Data with Confidence

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 Making Data Analysis Even Easier
► Over the years, customers have told us:

“I don’t “The dialogs

know which are too
tool to use” technical”

“Minitab has “I need help

too many interpreting
options” my results”

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 Assistant Overview

►Ideal for:
• Green/Black Belts
• Occasional Minitab users
• New to statistics or Minitab

►Includes the most commonly used

tools

►Makes data analysis easier and

safer

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 Example
Top Enhancements
1: Hypothesis Tests

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 Example 1: Hypothesis Tests

► Suppose you work for a food manufacturer

and you need to test if the weight of a
product is equal to 140 grams.

► You randomly sample 90 items

and measure the weight of each.

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 Example 1: Hypothesis Tests
► Find the right tool using interactive
decision trees

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 Example 1: Hypothesis Tests
► Ensure your analysis is successful using
guidelines for:
• Collecting the data
• Evaluating the results
• Etc.

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 Example
Top Enhancements
2: Control Charts

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 Example 2: Control Charts
► Suppose you want to evaluate if the amount
of time it takes airline passengers to
pass through security is consistent over
time.

► There are 5 inspection lanes, so you

randomly select 1 passenger per lane
per hour.

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 Example 2: Control Charts
► Assistant > Control Charts

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 Example 2: Control Charts
► Run your analysis using dialogs that are:
• Simplified
• Easy to understand
• Dynamic

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 Example
Top3:
Enhancements
Process Capability

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 Example 3: Capability Analysis
► Suppose you work for a call center and
want to evaluate the amount of time
customers are put on hold.

► Customers should not wait longer than 10

minutes (upper specification limit)

► You randomly sample 125 calls and measure

the hold time for each call.

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 Example 3: Capability Analysis
► Assistant > Capability Analysis

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 Making data analysis easier & safer
► It interprets your results
► It alerts you when your analysis may be
suspect
► It even checks for normality and
transforms your data if possible

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 Making data analysis easier & safer
► It interprets your results
► It alerts you when your analysis may be
suspect
► It even checks for normality and
transforms your data if possible

© 2014 Minitab, Inc.

 Making data analysis easier & safer
► It interprets your results
► It alerts you when your analysis may be
suspect
► It even checks for normality and
transforms your data if possible

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 Example
Top Enhancements
4: Regression

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 Example 4: Regression
► Height can often be used to predict
weight.
weight Given that height is typically
easier to measure than weight, you want to
explore the relationship between these two
variables.

► You also record gender and age.

age

► Can you use height, gender or age to

predict weight?

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 Example 4: Regression
► Assistant > Regression

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 The Assistant
► Find the right tool
► Review guidelines
► Easily run your analysis
► Interpret the output
► Present your results

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