Graphical Summaries For Qualitative Data Bar Graph Worksheets
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2Math 236: Graphical Summaries for Qualitative Data
(Section 2.1)
Input Data into Minitab columns:
Example: Section 2.1, CYU Problem #2
Type the name of each category at
the top of the column
Type of Vehicle
Frequency
Small car
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You can highlight the columns, copy,
Midsize car
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then paste them into a Word
Luxury car
98414
document.
Minivan
81355
SUV
112328
Pickup truck
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Cross-over truck
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Construct a Frequency Bar Chart:
(a) Construct a Bar Graph
Click “Graph” then “Bar Chart”
Chart of Frequency
In the dialogue box,
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click the dropdown menu titled “Bars
represent”
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Select “Values from a table”
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Under “One column of values”,
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highlight “Simple” then click “Ok”
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In the next dialogue box,
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Click in the box titled “Graph
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variables”, highlight the “C2
Small car
Midsize car
Luxury car
Minivan
SUV
Pickup truck
Cross-over truck
Type of Vehicle
Frequency” variable in the left box,
then click “Select”.
Now click in the box titled
Pareto Chart (optional) (Highest to Lowest Frequency)
“Categorical variable”, highlight the
“C1 Type of Vehicle” variable in the
Chart of Frequency
left box, then click “Select”
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If you click “Chart Options” then you
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can decide between a graph in the
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given order of categories or a Pareto
chart (choose “Decreasing Y” to
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make the chart a Pareto chart).
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Midsize car
Cross-over truck
Small car
Pickup truck
SUV
Luxury car
Minivan
Type of Vehicle
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