Minitab cookbook : over 110 practical recipes to explore the vast array of statistics in Minitab 17 / / Isaac Newton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823162103321
• Autore: Newton Isaac
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Birmingham, England : , : Packt Publishing Ltd, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-78217-093-6
• Edizione: [1st edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Collana: Quick answers to common problems
• Disciplina: 519.502855369
• Soggetti: Statistics - Data processing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Quick answers to common problems"--Cover.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Worksheet, Data Management, and the Calculator; Introduction; Opening an Excel file in Minitab; Opening data from Access using ODBC; Stacking several columns together; Stacking blocks of columns at the same time; Transposing the columns of a worksheet; Splitting a worksheet by categorical column; Creating a subset of data in a new worksheet; Extracting values from a date/time column; Calculator - basic functions; Calculator - using an if statement; Coding a numeric column to text valuesCleaning up a text column with the calculator; Chapter 2: Tables and Graphs; Introduction; Finding the Tally of a categorical column; Building a table of descriptive statistics; Creating Pareto charts; Creating bar charts of categorical data; Creating a bar chart with a numeric response; Creating a scatterplot of two variables; Generating a paneled boxplot; Finding the mean to a 95 percent confidence on interval plots; Using probability plots to check the distribution of two sets of data; Creating a layout of graphs; Creating a time series plot; Adding a secondary axis to a time series plotChapter 3: Basic Statistical Tools; Introduction; Producing a graphical summary of data; Checking if data follows a normal distribution; Comparing the population mean to a target with a 1-Sample t-test; Using the Power and Sample Size ; tool for a 1-Sample t-test; Using the Assistant menu for a 1-Sample t-test; Looking for differences in the population means between two samples with a 2-Sample t-test; Using the Power and Sample Size tool for a 2-Sample t-test; Using the Assistant menu to run the 2-Sample t-test; Finding critical t-statistics using the probability distribution plotFinding correlation between multiple variables; Using the 1 Proportion test; Graphically presenting the 1 Proportion test; Using the Power and Sample Size tool for a 1 Proportion test; Testing two population proportions with the 2 Proportions test; Using the Power and Sample Size tool for a 2 Proportions test; Using the Assistant menu to run a 2 Proportions test; Finding the sample size to estimate a mean to a given margin of error; Using Cross tabulation and Chi-Square; Using equivalence tests to prove zero difference between the mean and a targetCalculating the sample size for a 1-Sample equivalence test; Chapter 4: Using Analysis of Variance; Introduction; Using a one-way ANOVA with unstacked columns; Calculating power for the one-way ANOVA; Using Assistant to run a one-way ANOVA; Testing for equal variances; Analyzing a balanced design; Entering random effects model; Using GLM for unbalanced designs; Analyzing covariance; Analyzing a fully nested design; The repeated measures ANOVA - using a mixed effects model; Finding the critical F-statistic; Chapter 5: Regression and Modeling the Relationship between X and Y
• Sommario/riassunto: This practical cookbook covers a broad range of topics in an easy-to-understand manner. Step-by-step instructions guide you through even the most complicated of tools in Minitab.This book is great for anyone who is familiar with statistics and who wants to learn how Minitab works. Whilst you do not need to be an expert in all areas of statistics, you should understand the basics of the chapters you are interested in.