Minitab Instructions: Linear Relationships

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: a dialog box will likely appear that says "A copy of the content of this file will be added to the current project"—just click OK.

Our dataset contains the following variables:

animal: the name of the animal species.

gestation: the average gestation period of the species, in days.

longevity: the average longevity of the species, in years.