Assigned Minitab Case Problems
Minitab Case Problem Set #1
Case 2.1: Server Downtime
Case 3.4: AJ’s Fitness Center
Minitab Case Problem Set #2
Case 8.2: Federal Aviation Administration
Case 9.2: Wings of Fire
Minitab Case Problem Set #3
Case 13.1 American Oil Company
Housing Market Case Study (see attached)
Minitab Case “Second Chance” Problem Set
Case 6.2: Credit Data, Inc
Case 16.2: The St. Louis Companies
Students are to hand in the following items for each MINITAB case problem:
1. Excel or Minitab worksheet
2. Excel or Minitab session window and graphs
3. Managerial report (in MS Word Format) with the following sections:
Problem Statement
Statistical Results
Conclusion
Email case problem sets to cassa@msudenver.edu. Use screenshots (using Print Screen and copied into a word document) or PDF functionality to send statistical results out of Minitab or Excel.
Managerial Report Example
TO: Instructor
FROM: Student
DATE: January 18, 2011
SUBJECT: Case Problem Number XYZ
Problem Statement
This section will summarize the business problem. Write the statement of the business problem in your own words.
Statistical Results
The “statistical results” from the statistical analysis are presented here--the answers to the questions for the case problem.
You must describe the data in sentences. A table of data to summarize the select set of statistics is informative, but it is not sufficient. A well-written summary will allow the user to easily digest the information. This is the place to point out interesting insights, facts, and relationships.
Conclusion
This section summarizes the previous sections. No new material is presented in the conclusion section.
Notes:
Managerial reports are an important part of the class and a useful tool for the practical task of communicating with others the results of statistical analysis.
The purpose