Session 2

- Minitab Menu Bar

Agenda

File Menu
Edit Menu
Data Menu
Calc Menu
Stat Menu
Graph Menu
Editor Menu
Tools Menu
Window Menu
Help Menu
Assistant Menu

File Menu

File Menu is manly used for

File Management functions
and importing data into
Minitab.
Main Functions include:
1. Project/Worksheet File
Management

New, Open, Save, Print

You can save the worksheet
and graphs as Minitab
Project files. These are
saved as .mpj files.

2. Import Data from other

files

Edit Menu

Edit Menu is used for editing

existing data in Minitab.
Common functions include :
Select
Delete
Copy
Paste
Dynamic Links

Data Menu

The Data Menu is used for

creating and managing data
in the data worksheet.
You can combine worksheets,
stack columns, change data
types for columns and more.

Data Menu Common Functions

Subset Worksheet - copies specified rows from the active worksheet to the new
worksheet
Split Worksheet - splits or unstacks the active worksheet into two or more new
worksheets based on one or more "By" variables
Merge Worksheets - combines two worksheets into one new worksheet
Sort - sorts one or more columns of data
Rank - assigns rank scores to values in a column
Delete Rows - deletes specified rows from columns in the worksheet
Erase Variables - erases any combination of columns, stored constants and
matrices
Stack - stacks columns on top of each other to make longer columns
Transpose Columns - switches columns to rows
Concatenate - combines two or more text columns side by side into one new
column
Code - recode values in columns
Change Data Type - changes columns from one data type (such as numeric, text, or
date/time) to another

Calc Menu
This Menu provides advanced
functions for statistical
calculations.
It also enables both row and
column calculations
Data Standardization
Data Extraction
Data Generation

Calc Menu Common Functions

Column Statistics - calculates various statistics based on a column you select

Row Statistics - calculates various statistics for each row of the columns you select
Standardize - centers and scales columns of data
Make Patterned Data - provides an easy way to fill a column with numbers or date/time
values that follow a pattern. See also Generating Patterned Data Overview for related
information.
Make Mesh Data - creates a regular (x,y) mesh to use for drawing contour, 3D surface and
wireframe plots, with the option to create the z-variable as well
Make Indicator Variables - creates indicator (dummy) variables that you can use in
regression analysis. See also Generating Patterned Data Overview for related information.
Set Base - fixes a starting point for Minitab's random number generator
Random Data - displays commands for generating a random sample of numbers, sampled
either from columns of the worksheet or from a variety of distributions
Probability Distributions - displays commands that allow you to compute probabilities,
probability densities, cumulative probabilities, and inverse cumulative probabilities for
continuous and discrete distributions
Matrices - displays commands for doing matrix operations

Stat Menu
The Statistics Menu is the most
commonly used Menu for
statistical analysis. This
includes advanced Statistical
Tools and Graphs like Hypothesis Tests
Regression
Design for Experiments
Control Charts
Reliability Testing
We will study some specific graph tools in
session 4 and 5.

Graph Menu

The Graph Menu helps to

create the common Graphs
required for analysis of
data.
Some of the common graphs
include:
Scatter Plot
Trend Plot
Box Plot
Contour/3 D plotting
Dot Plots
Probability Plots
Stem & Leaf Plots
We will study some specific graph tools in
session 4 and 5.

Editor Menu

Worksheet
Window Editor
helps to insert
rows, columns
and format the
columns. You can
also assign a
Formula to a
column and
define custom
lists using this
Menu.

Editor Menu commands are

dynamic and change depending
on which window is active.

Session Window Editor helps to find move

between commands, find and replace
information in the session window.
Output Editable helps control changes that can
be made to the text in the session window.

Editor Menu
Graph Editor
helps to select,
edit, brush, copy,
duplicate,
update the
Graphs created

Graph Window while Editor helps to select,

brush, hair, set and create id variable for the
graphs

Tool Menu

The Tools menu provides

access to common tools like Microsoft Calculator
Notepad
Windows Explorer
You can add more tools in this
list using Customize function.

Define which Toolbars to view

in your Minitab Toolbar and
customize shortcut keys using
Customize
Define password for your
Minitab files using File
Security

Use the Options feature to

change the advanced settings
of Minitab

Window Menu
The Window menu helps
adjust the windows that you
see on your Minitab screen.

You can arrange the windows

as a cascade, tiles or
minimized form.
You can also Toggle between
different Windows

Help Menu

Meet Minitab - provides an overview of Minitab

functionality.
StatGuide - provides statistical guidance for interpreting
statistical tables and graphs in a practical, easy-tounderstand way.
Tutorials - provide concrete examples of how to apply, set
up, and perform a broad range of analyses.
Glossary - opens Minitab's Statistical Glossary, which covers
all areas of Minitab statistics.
Methods and Formulas Help - which provides information
on the methods and formulas used in Minitab.
Knowledgebase/FAQ - links to Minitab's
Knowledgebase/FAQ on the web, which contains an
extensive collection of customer support questions and
their answers.
Keyboard Map - displays lists of assigned keyboard
shortcuts for commands.
Licensing - opens the licensing utility for single-user
versions of Minitab, which allows you to activate Minitab
or move Minitab and its license to another computer. For
multi-user versions of Minitab, this option only displays
licensing status information.

Assistant Menu

The Assistant menu provides

helpful wizards to conduct
the following analysis:
Measurement System
Analysis
Capability Analysis
Graphical Analysis
Hypothesis Tests
Regression
Control Charts

Follow the steps as prompted

by the Wizard to complete
the analysis.

Test Questions

1. The main functions of Calculator menu includes

a) Data Standardization

b) Data Extraction
c) Data Generation
d) Matrices
e) All the above

Answer: e) All the above

Test Questions

2. Project/Worksheet File Management functions are included in

which menu?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

File menu
Stat menu
Graph menu
Editor menu
None

Answer: a) File menu

Test Questions

3. Which Menu helps to create the common Graphs required for

analysis of data?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Edit menu
Graph menu
Stat menu
Help menu
All the above

Answer: b) Graph menu

Test Questions

4. Which menu convention we are using for

hypothesis tests in Minitab?
a) File menu
b) Stat menu
c) Tool menu
d) Edit menu
e) None
Answer: b) Stat menu

Test Questions

5. Which menu convention is used to arrange the

windows as a cascade, tiles or minimized form?
a) window menu
b) tool menu
c) help menu
d) assistant menu
e) all the above
Answer: a) window menu

Summary:
In this lesson we covered different function included within the Menu Bar.
In the next lesson we will see how to work using Menu Bar conventions.

End Of Session - 2