Chapter 6
Minitab Recipe Cards
The binomial distribution
• Select the
Probability
Distributions option
from the Calc menu
and choose Binomial
from the sub-menu.
• For the probability of
picking one female in a
team of three in Example
6.1 select Probability,
make the Number of
trials 3 and the Event
probability 0.5.
• Choose Input constant
and type 1 in the adjacent
space.
• Click OK.
• The probability
appears in the
session window.
The Poisson distribution
• Select the
Probability
Distributions option
from the Calc menu
and choose Poisson
from the sub-menu.
• For the probability that
three or fewer require
treatment in an hour in
Example 6.7 choose
Cumulative probability
and type 2 beside Mean.
• Choose Input constant:
and type 3 into the
adjacent space.
• Click OK.
• The probability
appears in the
session window.