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Barbara F. Ryan (Author), Brian L. Joiner (Author)
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January 1994 0534212409 978-0534212407 3rd
Minitab is a software in undergraduate statistics education. This text shows by example and instruction how to use Minitab to explore and analyze data. All topics of the first course in statistics and many of the second course topics are covered. The text is fully modularized, allowing the user to choose the order of topics. The third edition is based on Minitab Release 7, with coverage of Release 8 and 9.


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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Duxbury Pr; 3rd edition (January 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0534212409
  • ISBN-13: 978-0534212407
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,457,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book for Reference, November 14, 2005
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This is a good book for reference. I use minitab at work and this has proved useful, better than Rath & Strong's "Guide to Minitab" which I also have.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A very rudimentary "Handbook" that has a specific target audience, October 25, 2008
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Note, this review refers to the edition that covers up to version 13 of Minitab. But unless the authors have radically re-tooled, then there is no reason to believe there is any major change between my edition and the next one. This assumption is based on reading other reviews of the most recent edition of this handbook.

If you know nothing about Minitab, and you are overwhelmed by the Minitab help files, then this book may be for you. Unfortunately, if you are like me and have a decent understanding of Minitab, then this book will add little or nothing to your existing knowledge base.

I would imagine the target audience is a group of people who have been tasked with analysis at work, and take some sort of workshop/class that covers Minitab with this book used as a "textbook." Further, I would imagine folks taking such a class have never before used Minitab. The book is laid out with chapters/exercises that cover the most rudimentary level of statistics and how to get them with Minitab. There is also some narrative to help interpret findings contained within each chapter. Not bad if these are new concepts for folks, but not appropriate for people who already have even a basic understanding of minitab or other statistical packages.

The book is written by the founders of Minitab, and as I suggest earlier, is really designed to be a primer to get people up and running with Minitab as quickly as possible, without a great deal of breadth or depth. The Minitab help files are insanely extensive (and some of the best I've seen), but as a result are sometimes complicated to navigate. Plus, some of the application help is predicated on a an existing knowledge of Minitab, so you have to know what to search for.

To sum up, if you have no previous knowledge or experience with Minitab, or any other stat packages (e.g. spss, sas, etc...), then this handbook is a decent resource. On the other hand, if you already have a baseline knowledge of Minitab or other packages, I would look elsewhere. Either rely on the Minitab help files themselves, or try to snag the most recent version you can find of the "Minitab Reference Manual." At least the reference manual goes into much greater depth regarding command structure, available commands, and a decent treatment of macros.
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3.0 out of 5 stars OK for introductory Level Info, August 23, 2008
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The book doesn't leave the basic info. out.

For those individuals who are familar with PC or window's basic functions, the introductory pages may be tedious and annoying.

It's an OK book for an introductory level material.
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