• select a rectangle of text in the session window
  Alt + left mouse button
  
  
• switch to next window
Ctrl+F6

• tile displayed graphs
Window>Manage Graphs>Tile

• to select several columns
  use Shift + left mouse button and then click on the select button
  
  
• to stack data
Editor>Insert Columns
add 2 columns
Manip>Stack/Unstack>Stack Colums
indicate the columns to stack, the column recording the stacked data and the column receiving the indices
 
• if Minitab believes that a column is text instead of numeric
  Manip > Change data type > Text to Numeric and replace the column by itself
  
  
• display statistics
Stat>Basic Statistics>Display Descriptive Statistics>Graph...>Graphical summary

• display a dotplot
Graph>Dotplot
 
• display a histogram
Graph>Histogram
 
• display a multi-vari chart
Stat>Quality Tools>Multi-Vari Chart
 
• display a boxplot (impact of a variable on another one)
Graph>Boxplot
to transpose
...>Options>Transpose X and Y
 
• compute the defect opportunities
Stat>Quality tools>Capability Analysis (Normal)
and see Observed Performance values

• display a run chart (to see measurement stability)
Stat>Quality Tools>Run Chart
 
• display a Pareto chart
Stat>Quality>Pareto Chart
 
• compute the Z given number of units, number of opportunities and number of defects
Six Sigma>Product Report
 
• perform linear regression
  Stat > Regression > Regression
  
  
• quick visual way to see if the data is normal
Graph>Normality Plot
if necessary, use By Variable to differentiate several populations
 
• perform a Chi Square test
  Stat>Tables>Chi Square test
  
  
• to compute the between, within and total sum of squares
Stat>ANOVA>One-Way
 
• to compare two continuous distribution
Stat>ANOVA>Homogeneity of Variance
look at F-test is data is normal
look at Levene's test if data is not normal


• display the effect of variables
Stats > ANOVA > Main Effects Plot
 
• ANOVA study (gage R&R)
Stat>Quality Tools>Gage R&R Study
check that the method is ANOVA
define the tolerance in Options
DF degree of freedom
SS square sum
MS mean square
F F-test
P pi value
total variation = gage R&R + part-to-part variation
Gage R&R = repeatability + reproducibility
first graph = Xbar chart for the 4th rule of thumb
Range chart by operator: the max range for each operator and each part
Components of variation

Last update: November 25^th, 2003 - Laurent