Supplementary Exercise 1.10 of IPS7e ------------------------------------ MTB > WOpen "H:\VHM\VHM801\Datasets\Minitab\Chapter 1\ex01_010.mtw". Retrieving worksheet from file: ‘H:\VHM\VHM801\Datasets\Minitab\Chapter 1\ex01_010.mtw’ Worksheet was saved on 28/08/2014 (a) Of course it's totally ok to add up the 6 numbers on a calculator, or using the Windows Calculator. In Minitab, compute the sum using the Stat-Basic Statistics-Display Descriptive Statistics menu, by adding the Sum to the statistics to be calculated and displayed (using the Statistics button): MTB > Describe 'Count'; SUBC> Mean; SUBC> StDeviation; SUBC> QOne; SUBC> Median; SUBC> QThree; SUBC> Sums; SUBC> Minimum; SUBC> Maximum; SUBC> N. Descriptive Statistics: Count Variable N Mean StDev Sum Minimum Q1 Median Q3 Maximum Count 6 2049833 3284138 12299000 127000 230500 922500 3205500 8682000 You could also use the Calc-Column Statistics menu: MTB > Sum 'Count'. Sum of Count Sum of Count = 12299000 A (relatively) small round-off errors is seen for the counts, because the problem states there were 12,298,000 undergraduate students in U.S. colleges. (b) Use the Graph-Bar Chart menu (Values from a table) to produce a bar graph. Note that the bars can be ordered by size using the Chart options. MTB > Chart ( 'Count' ) * 'Ethnicity'; SUBC> Summarized; SUBC> Bar. Chart of Count MTB > Chart ( 'Count' ) * 'Ethnicity'; SUBC> Summarized; SUBC> Decreasing; SUBC> Bar. Chart of Count Alternatively, use the Graph-Pie Chart menu (Values from a table) to produce a pie graph. Note that category names and percentages can be added using the Labels - Slice labels options. MTB > PieChart ( 'Count' ) * 'Ethnicity'; SUBC> Combine 0.02; SUBC> SLabel; SUBC> PCategory; SUBC> Percent; SUBC> Panel. Pie Chart of Ethnicity Both graphical displays show that students of white ethnic background constituted by far the largest group of U.S. undergraduate students.