Minitab Instructions: Boxplot
To open Minitab with the data in the worksheet, right-click here and choose "Save Target As" to download the file to your computer. Then find the downloaded file and double-click it to open it in Minitab. Note: you will likely see a dialog box appear that says "A copy of the content of this file will be added to the current project"—just click OK.
- Side by Side Boxplots:
- Choose Graph -> Boxplot.
- Under "One Y," choose "With groups" (top right) and click OK.
- Under "Graph variables", type "%_grad_on_time" under Y (or double click on this variable in the panel on the left).
- Under "Categorical variable for grouping" type "College" (or double click on this variable in the panel on the left).
- Click OK.
- Descriptive Statistics:
- Choose Stat -> Basic Statistics -> Display Descriptive Statistics.
- Type "%_grad_on_time" in the "Variables" box.
- Under "By variable," type "College."
- Click OK.