These documents highlight the first steps you should take in getting Minitab ready to use this quarter.

• Downloading Minitab 16 for the PC
• written instructions (pdf
)
• demo
• Using Minitab on the Mac
• instructions but note that this is not free, using the campus labs may still be a better option for you

• Using Minitab for the first time (demo with audio)

Additional Resources

• Minitab basics
• Frequently Asked Minitab Questions
• (see also this Minitab appendix in pdf format)

Minitab Help Demos

• Enabling the command (MTB) prompt
• Enabling the MTB prompt permanently

• Creating a simple bar graph from raw data
• Formatting Minitab graphs

• Creating a Two-way Table demo
• Creating a segmented bar graph

• Creating stacked data Demo
• Creating stacked dotplots Demo

• Using Minitab to calculate Normal probabilities

• One Sample Proportion Z Test
• Minitab (Interactive) Demo for One Mean T Test

Other demos

• What is a dotplot?
• How to read the random number table
• Demonstration of resistance (mean vs. median)
• Reading the normal probability table
• Using the Normal Probability Calculator applet
• Using the Test of Significance Calculator applet