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Minitab StatGuide |
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Minitab's StatGuide provides statistical guidance for interpreting statistical
tables and graphs in a practical, easy-to-understand way.
You can access statistical guidance for the following commands in the
Stat menu:
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· Basic
statistics
· Regression
· Analysis
of variance
· DOE
(factorial, response surface, mixture, and Taguchi designs)
· Control
charts
· Quality
tools (including planning tools, process capability, acceptance sampling,
and gage study) |
· Reliability/survival
(including distribution analysis, regression with life data, accelerated
life testing,
probit analysis, warranty prediction, test plans,
and growth curves)
· Multivariate
analysis
· Time
series
· Tables
· Nonparametrics
· Power
and sample size |
You can also access guidance for the following graphs in the Graph
menu:
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· Scatterplot
· Matrix
plot
· Marginal
plot
· Histogram
· Dotplot
· Stem-and-leaf
plot
· Probability
plot
· Empirical
CDF
· Probability
distribution plot
· Boxplot |
· Interval
plot
· Individual
value plot
· Line
plot
· Bar
chart
· Pie
chart
· Time
series plot
· Area
graph
· Contour
plot
· 3D
scatterplot
· 3D
surface plot |
The data sets used in the StatGuide are included with Minitab. To open
a data set, choose File > Open Worksheet
and click 
Look
in Minitab Sample Data folder. (Sample
Data is located in the language subfolder of the main Minitab program
folder.)
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To cite Minitab as a reference:
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