Summary of Minitab Commands

Graphical Displays

Bar Graphs - Graph > Chart
Pie Charts - Graph > Pie Chart
Dotplot - Graph > Dotplot
Histograms - Graph > Histogram
Stemplots - Graph > Stem-and-leaf
Normal Probability Plot - Graph > Probability Plot
Boxplots - Graph > Boxplot

Describing and Summarizing Data

Mean, trimmed mean, median, standard deviation, quartiles, 5 number summary

Stat > Basic Statistics > Display Descriptive Statistics

Sorting - Data > Sort
Ranking - Data > Rank
Stacking - Data > Stack
Unstacking - Data > Unstack
Creating New Variables - Calc > Calculator

z-Scores - Calc > Standardize

Binomial Distributions - Calc > Probability Distributions Binomial

Probability - P(B=b)
Cumulative Probability - P(B<=b)
Inverse Cumulative Probability - Find percentiles
Visual Approach - Graph > Probability Distribution Plot

Normal Distributions - Calc > Probability Distributions Normal

Probability Density - height of probability density curve
Cumulative Probability - P(Z<=z)
Inverse Cumulative Probability - Find percentiles
Visual Approach - Graph > Probability Distribution Plot

Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests for a Population Proportion

Stat > Basic Statistics > 1 Proportion

Confidence Intervals for a Population Mean

Stat > Basic Statistics > 1-Sample t

Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests for a Population Median

Stat > Nonparametrics > 1-Sample Sign

Stat > Nonparametrics > 1-Sample Wilcoxon

Stat > Nonparametrics > Pairwise Averages

Power and sample size calculations with Minitab

Stat > Power and Sample Size

Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests for Two Means

Stat > Basic Statistics > 2-Sample t

Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests for Two Medians

Stat > Nonparametrics > Mann-Whitney

Stat > Nonparametrics > Pairwise Differences

Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests for Paired Data

Stat > Basic Stats > Paired t

OR

Form differences (post-pre, before-after, second-first, etc.) and then use the one sample procedures on the differences.

Stat > Basic Statistics > 1-Sample t

OR

Stat > Nonparametrics > 1-Sample Sign

OR

Stat > Nonparametrics > 1-Sample Wilcoxon