Doing Data Analysis with Minitab 12

This lab manual provides clearly-written and comprehensive tutorials that allow introductory students of statistics to learn how to use Minitab "RM" 's software to their full advantage.

The manual's tutorials and exercises demonstrate Minitab' "RM"'s use in the context of understanding statistical concepts as well as understanding the reasoning behind the computation.

All data sets are real and reflect a variety of disciplines, including business; social, physical, and life sciences; humanities; health/medicine; engineering; and general interest. -- Instructions for Minitab "RM", Release 12 for Windows "RM". -- Thought-provoking questions in the "Moving On..". section at the end of each half-hour lab session. These questions challenge students to apply the statistical techniques involved. -- Statistical concepts -- not software features -- are the foundation for each lab (students learn the software skills in the context of correct application of statistical concepts). -- Real data sets from a variety of areas, available through the Internet, that motivate students to learn statistical concepts (go to www.duxbury.com and click on "Data Library"). -- A flexible organization that is compatible with most principal texts on the market today.