Chapter 3. Basic Statistical Tools

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • 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 a 2-Sample t-test
  • Finding critical t-statistics using the probability distribution plots
  • Finding 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 target
  • Calculating the sample size for a 1-Sample equivalence test

Introduction

In this chapter, we will explore how to use inferential statistical tools in Minitab. The emphasis of this chapter is on discovering population parameters and comparisons of these parameters to targets or between two groups of data. The majority of the tools used in this chapter can be found by navigating to the Stat | Basic Statistics menu within Minitab. This is shown in the following screenshot:

Introduction
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