The following files are the Minitab worksheets and macros available by following this link to the FTP server. Data files are blue and macros are in red. Files in ()'s are given as reference but are not required for student use in that activity. Activities in bold are
In-Class Activities. Datasets that have changed in this edition are indicated
by the icon.
Activity |
Name |
Datafile/Macro |
Activity 1-3 |
Value of Statistics |
Values.mtw (create) |
Activity 1-4 |
Gender of Physicians |
genphys.mtw |
Activity 1-8 |
Hazardousness of Sports |
sporthaz.mtw |
Activity 2-1 |
Student Travels |
travels.mtw (create) |
Activity 2-2 |
Gender of Physicians |
genphys.mtw |
Activity 2-3 |
Tennis Simulations |
tennsim.mtw |
Activity 2-4 |
Students' Travels |
travels.mtw |
Activity 2-6 |
Broadway Shows |
broadway.mtw |
Activity 2-7 |
Value of Statistics |
Values.mtw |
Activity 3-2 |
British Rulers' Reigns |
(brreigns.mtw) |
Activity 3-3 |
Pennsylvania College Tuitions |
(penntuit.mtw) |
Activity 3-4 |
British Rulers' Reigns |
brreigns.mtw |
Activity 3-5 |
Students' Measurements |
measures.mtw (create) |
Activity 3-6 |
Hypothetical Manufacturing Processes |
(hypoproc.mtw) |
Activity 3-7 |
Marriage Ages |
(marriage.mtw) |
Activity 3-8 |
Hitchcock Films |
hitchfil.mtw |
Activity 3-9 |
Jurassic Park Dinosaur Heights |
(jurassic.mtw) |
Activity 3-10 |
Summer Blockbuster Movies |
movies93.mtw |
Activity 3-11 |
Turnpike Distances |
(turnpike.mtw) |
Activity 3-12 |
College Tuition Increases |
(tuitincr.mtw) |
Activity 3-13 |
ATM Withdrawls |
(atm94.mtw) |
Activity 3-14 |
Voting for Perot |
perot92.mtw |
Activity 4-1 |
Supreme Court Service |
(justserv.mtw) |
Activity 4-3 |
Properties of Averages |
hypofeat.mtw, justserv.mtw |
Activity 4-4 |
Readability of Cancer |
(cancer.mtw) |
Activity 4-5 |
Students' Distances from home |
fromhome.mtw (create) |
Activity 4-6 |
Planetary Measurements |
(planets.mtw) |
Activity 4-7 |
Supreme Court Service |
justices.mtw |
Activity 4-8 |
Students' Measurements |
measures.mtw |
Activity 4-9 |
Tennis Simulations |
tennsim.mtw |
Activity 4-10 |
ATM Withdrawals |
(ATM94.mtw) |
Activity 4-11 |
Gender of Physicians |
genphys.mtw |
Activity 5-1 |
Supreme Court Service |
justserv.mtw |
Activity 5-2 |
Properties of Measures of Spread |
hypofeat.mtw, justserv.mtw |
Activity 5-3 |
Placement Exam Scores |
(place92.mtw) |
Activity 5-5 |
Hypo Manufacturing Process |
(hypoproc.mtw) |
Activity 5-6 |
Climatic Conditions |
climate.mtw (c3, c5) |
Activity 5-7 |
Planetary Measurements |
(planets.mtw) |
Activity 5-8 |
Students' Travels |
travels.mtw |
Activity 5-10 |
Tennis Simulations |
tennsim.mtw |
Activity 5-11 |
Students' Distances from Home |
fromhome.mtw |
Activity 5-14 |
Guessing Standard Deviations |
hypostdv.mtw |
Activity 5-15 |
Limitations of Boxplots |
(hypoboxp.mtw) |
Activity 5-18 |
Hypothetical ATM Withdrawals |
hypoatm.mtw |
Activity 6-1 |
Shifting Populations |
(popchang.mtw) |
Activity 6-2 |
Professional Golfers' Winnings |
golfwinn.mtw |
Activity 6-3 |
Ages of Coins |
coinage.mtw (create) |
Activity 6-4 |
Students' Measurements |
measures.mtw |
Activity 6-5 |
Students' Travels |
travels.mtw |
Activity 6-6 |
Tennis Simulations |
tennsim.mtw |
Activity 6-7 |
Automobile Theft Rates |
(autothef.mtw) |
Activity 6-9 |
Hitchcock Films |
(hitchfil.mtw) |
Activity 6-10 |
Value of Statistics |
values.mtw |
Activity 6-11 |
Governors' Salaries |
(govsal.mtw) |
Activity 6-12 |
Voting for Perot |
perot92.mtw |
Activity 6-14 |
Word Lengths |
(wordleng.mtw) |
Activity 6-15 |
Mutual Fund Returns |
mutfunds.mtw |
Activity 6-16 |
Star Trek Episodes |
(startrek.mtw) |
Activity 6-17 |
Shifting Populations |
(popchang.mtw) |
Activity 7-1 |
Cars' Fuel Efficiency |
(cars95.mtw) |
Activity 7-3 |
Marriage Ages |
(marriage.mtw) |
Activity 7-4 |
Space Shuttle O-Rings |
challeng.mtw |
Activity 7-5 |
Fast Food Sandwiches |
arbys.mtw |
Activity 7-6 |
Students' Family Sizes |
famsize.mtw (create) |
Activity 7-7 |
Airfares |
airfare.mtw |
Activity 7-8 |
Broadway Shows |
broadway.mtw |
Activity 7-9 |
Students' Measurements |
measures.mtw |
Activity 7-10 |
Students' Measurements |
measures.mtw |
Activity 7-11 |
College Alumni Donations |
alumni.mtw |
Activity 7-12 |
Peanut Butter |
pbutter.mtw |
Activity 7-13 |
States' SAT averages |
sat96.mtw |
Activity 7-14 |
Governors' Salaries |
(govsal.mtw) |
Activity 7-15 |
Teaching Evaluations |
evaluate.mtw |
Activity 8-1 |
Properties of Correlation |
hypocorr.mtw |
Activity 8-2 |
Televisions and Life Exp |
tvlife.mtw |
Activity 8-3 |
Cars' Fuel Efficiency |
(cars95.mtw) |
Activity 8-4 |
Guess the Correlation |
randcorr.mtb |
Activity 8-6 |
States' SAT Averages |
sat96.mtw |
Activity 8-9 |
Space Shuttle O-ring |
challeng.mtw |
Activity 8-10 |
Climatic Conditions |
climate.mtw |
Activity 8-11 |
Students' Family Sizes |
famsize.mtw |
Activity 8-12 |
Students' Travels |
travels.mtw |
Activity 8-13 |
Students' Measurements |
measures.mtw |
Activity 8-15 |
Star Trek Episodes |
startrek.mtw |
Activity 9-1 |
Airfares |
(airfare.mtw) |
Activity 9-2 |
Airfares |
airfare.mtw, addline.mtb (mac) |
Activity 9-3 |
Students' Measurements |
measures.mtw |
Activity 9-4 |
Students' Measurements |
measures.mtw |
Activity 9-5 |
Cars' Fuel Efficiency |
(cars95.mtw) |
Activity 9-6 |
Governors' Salaries |
govsal.mtw |
Activity 9-7 |
Basketball Rookie Salaries |
rookies.mtw |
Activity 9-8 |
Fast Food Sandwiches |
arbys.mtw |
Activity 9-9 |
Electricity Bills |
elecbill.mtw |
Activity 9-10 |
Turnpike Tolls |
(turnpike.mtw) |
Activity 9-11 |
Broadway Shows |
(broadway.mtw) |
Activity 9-12 |
Climatic Conditions |
climate.mtw |
Activity 10-1 |
Gestation and Longevity |
animals.mtw |
Activity 10-2 |
Planetary Measurements |
planets.mtw |
Activity 10-3 |
Televisions and Life Expectancy |
tvlife.mtw |
Activity 10-4 |
Planetary Measurements |
planets.mtw |
Activity 10-5 |
Summer Blockbuster Movies |
movies93.mtw |
Activity 10-6 |
College Enrollments |
enroll.mtw |
Activity 10-7 |
Gestation and Longevity |
animals.mtw |
Activity 10-8 |
Turnpike Tolls |
(turnpike.mtw) |
Activity 11-2 |
Age and Political Ideology |
bargraph.mtb |
Activity 12-2 |
Sampling U.S. Senators |
(senate97.mtw) |
Activity 12-3 |
Sampling U.S. Senators |
senators.mtb , senate97.mtw |
Activity 13-2 |
Simulating Reese's Pieces |
reeses.mtb |
Activity 13-9 |
Cat Households |
simsamp.mtb |
Activity 13-10 |
Boy and Girl Births |
simsamp.mtb |
Activity 14-1 |
Widget Manufacturing |
widgets.mtb |
Activity 14-6 |
Penny Thoughts |
simsamp.mtb |
Activity 14-8 |
Home Court Advantage |
simsamp.mtb |
Activity 15-7 |
Students' Measurements |
measures.mtw |
Activity 17-5 |
Penny Spinning (cont) |
confsim.mtb |
Activity 17-5 |
Effect of Confidence Level |
pinf.mtb |
Activity 17-6 |
Effect of Sampling Size |
pinf.mtb |
Activity 17-13 |
Marriage Ages (cont.) |
(marriage.mtw) |
Activity 17-15 |
Students' Travels |
(travels.mtw) |
Activity 19-3 |
Effect of Sample Size |
pinf.mtb |
Activity 20-1 |
Penny Spinning |
pinf.mtb |
Activity 20-2 |
American Moral Decline |
pinf.mtb |
Activity 20-3 |
Advertising Strategies |
pinf.mtb |
Activity 20-4 |
Tax Return Errors |
pinf.mtb |
Activity 20-5 |
Elvis and Alf |
pinf.mtb |
Activity 22-1 |
Hypothetical Medical |
2psim.mtb |
Activity 22-3 |
Hypothetical Medical |
2pinf.mtb |
Activity 23-1 |
Pregnancy |
2pinf.mtb |
Activity 23-2 |
Campus Alcohol Habits |
2pinf.mtb |
Activity 23-3 |
Berkeley Graduate |
2pinf.mtb |
Activity 23-6 |
BAP Study |
2pinf.mtb |
Activity 24-2 |
Students' Sleeping Times |
hyposlee.mtw |
Activity 24-5 |
Students' Sleeping Times |
hyposleep.mtw |
Activity 24-10 |
Students' Sleeping Times |
hyposleep.mtw |
Activity 25-1 |
Students' Travels |
travels.mtw |
Activity 25-2 |
Hypothetical ATM |
hypoatm.mtw |
Activity 25-3 |
Marriage Ages |
marriage.mtw (c3,c4) |
Activity 25-4 |
Planetary Measurements |
(planets.mtw) |
Activity 25-5 |
Students' Measurements |
measures.mtw |
Activity 25-7 |
Exam Score Improvements |
exams.mtw |
Activity 25-8 |
Ages of Coins |
coinage.mtw |
Activity 25-9 |
Marriage Ages |
marriage.mtw |
Activity 25-10 |
Word Lengths |
wordleng.mtw, wordlenB (create) |
Activity 25-11 |
ATM Withdrawals |
ATM94.mtw |
Activity 25-12 |
Students' Family Sizes |
famsize.mtw |
Activity 25-13 |
Students' Distances from Home |
fromhome.mtw |
Activity 26-1 |
Hypothetical Commuting Times |
hypocomm.mtw |
Activity 26-3 |
Trading for Run Production |
mcgriff.mtw |
Activity 26-5 |
Lengths and Scores |
baseball.mtw |
Activity 26-7 |
Word Lengths |
wordlenB.mtw |
Activity 26-8 |
Ages of Coins |
coinage.mtw |
Activity 26-11 |
Students' Measurements |
measures.mtw |
Activity 26-12 |
Mutual Fund returns |
mutfunds.mtw |
Activity 26-13 |
Tennis Simulations |
tennsim.mtw |
Activity 26-14 |
Marriage Ages |
(marriage.mtw) |
Activity 26-15 |
Hypothetical ATM |
(ATM94.mtw) |
Activity 26-16 |
Hypothetical Bowlers |
hypobowl.mtw |