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Tables of Contents for The Minitab Guide for Use With Practical Business Statistics
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction and Sample Minitab Session
1
8
Entering Data into the Worksheet
2
2
Basic Arithmetic
4
1
Hints and Tips
4
2
Summary of Introductory Commands
6
3
Histograms (Chapter 3)
9
10
Hospital Costs (Histogram, Stem-and-Leaf, and Dotplot)
9
2
Research and Development Expenses (Outlier Deletion)
11
2
Assets of Commercial Banks (Transformation)
13
2
Summary of Commands Used in Histogram Examples
15
4
Landmark Summaries (Chapter 4)
19
6
How Many Defective Parts? (Average, Mean, Median, Describe)
19
1
Your Grade Point Average (Weighted Average)
20
1
CEO Compensation (Describe, 5-Number Summary, Boxplot, CDF)
20
2
Summary of Commands Used in Landmark Summaries Examples
22
3
Variability (Chapter 5)
25
4
The Advertising Budget (Standard Deviation, Range, Coefficient of Variation, Variance)
25
1
Summary of Commands Used in Variability Examples
26
3
Probability (Chapter 6)
29
4
The Law of Large Numbers
29
1
Summary of Commands Used in Probability Examples
30
3
Random Variables (Chapter 7)
33
8
Profit and Economic Scenarios (Mean, Standard Deviation of a Discrete Distribution)
33
1
How Many Customers Will Call Tomorrow? (Binomial Probabilities)
34
1
Standard Normal Probabilities (CDF)
35
1
Sales Forecasting (Normal Probabilities with CDF)
35
1
How Many Warranty Returns (Poisson Probabilities with CDF and PDF)
36
1
Length of Telephone Calls (Exponential Probabilities with CDF and PDF)
36
2
Summary of Commands Used in Random Variable Examples
38
3
Random Sampling (Chapter 8)
41
6
A Pilot Study of Large Paper and Forest Products Firms (Random Sampling)
41
1
Central Limit Theorem (Random Numbers, Row Average, Dotplot)
42
1
The Advertising Budget (Standard Error of the Average)
43
1
Summary of Commands Used in Random Sampling Examples
43
4
Confidence Intervals (Chapter 9)
47
2
Controlling the Average Thickness of Paper (Confidence Intervals with Tinterval)
47
1
Controlling the Average Thickness of Paper (One-sided Confidence Intervals)
47
1
Summary of Commands Used in Confidence Interval Examples
48
1
Hypothesis Testing (Chapter 10)
49
6
Controlling Paper Thickness (t test, Two-sided and One-sided Testing)
49
1
Reactions to Advertising (Paired t Test)
50
1
Gender Discrimination and Salaries (Unpaired t Test)
51
1
Summary of Commands Used in Hypothesis Testing Examples
52
3
Correlation and Regression (Chapter 11)
55
6
Nielsen Ratings and People Meters (Plot, Correlation)
55
1
Fixed and Variable Costs (Plot, Regress, a New Observation)
56
2
Summary of Commands Used in Correlation and Regression Examples
58
3
Multiple Regression (Chapter 12)
61
8
Magazine Ads (Regress)
61
1
Magazine Ads (Variable Selection by Stepwise Regression)
62
1
Magazine Ads (Diagnostic Plot, Transformation)
63
3
Summary of Commands Used in Multiple Regression Examples
66
3
Time Series (Chapter 14)
69
12
Washington Water Power Company (Trend-Seasonal Analysis)
69
6
Unemployment Rates (Box-Jenkins Analysis)
75
3
Summary of Commands Used in Time-Series Examples
78
3
Anova (Chapter 15)
81
8
Supplier Quality Scores (One-way ANOVA Using Separate Columns of Data)
81
1
Supplier Quality Scores (One-way ANOVA with Least-Significant-Difference Test)
82
2
Production Quality by Shift and Supplier (Two-way ANOVA)
84
3
Summary of Commands Used in ANOVA Examples
87
2
Nonparametrics (Chapter 16)
89
4
Local and National Family Income (Sign Test)
89
1
Rating Two Advertisements (Sign Test for Differences in Paired Data)
89
1
Incomes of Mortgage Applicants (Unpaired Two-Sample Test)
90
1
Summary of Commands Used in Nonparametrics Examples
91
2
Chi-Squared Analysis (Chapter 17)
93
6
Causes of Quality Problems (Chi-squared Test for Known Percentages)
93
1
Is Your Market Segmented? (Chi-squared Test for Independence)
94
2
Summary of Commands Used in Chi-Squared Analysis Examples
96
3
Quality Control (Chapter 18)
99
8
Weights of Boxes of Detergent (X and R Charts)
99
1
The Number of Defective Items (Percentage Chart)
100
2
Errors in Purchase Orders (Percentage Chart Indicating Out of Control)
102
1
Summary of Commands Used in Quality Control Examples
102
5
Appendix A (Data Files and Variable Names)
107
12
Appendix B (Minitab Quick Reference)
119
28
Index
147