Statistics Teaching Resources
Plan your classes with lessons and supplemental materials that bring statistics to life.
Lesson Plans
Instructional packages for teaching statistical concepts and tools. Lesson plans include instructor notes, exercises, answer keys, and data sets.
Describing Data Graphically
Explore data using important graphical summaries, including dotplots, histograms, and stem-and-leafplots. Details
Boxplot
Generate and interpret the five-number summary statistics and boxplots to assess skewness and outliers. Details
Normal Distribution
Explore properties of the normal distribution, and calculate z-scores and probabilities using a normal probability table and Minitab. Details
Mean Confidence Intervals for Large Samples
Construct confidence intervals and learn how to correctly interpret them using simulated samples. Details
Describing Data Numerically
Describe a data set using measures of center and spread, including the mean, median, mode, range, variance, and standard deviation. Details
Sampling
Consider attributes of populations versus samples and sampling bias, and learn how to create simple random samples and stratified samples. Details
Sampling Distribution of Xbar
Describe a data set using measures of center and spread, including the mean, median, mode, range, variance, and standard deviation. Details
Mean Hypothesis Testing for Large Samples
Discuss the fundamentals of hypothesis testing, and learn how to conduct and interpret the results of hypothesis tests, including p-values. Details
Instructional Videos
Supplement instruction with short videos that provide an overview of Minitab and show you how to use the software to analyze data. Topics include manipulating and graphing data, performing hypothesis tests, and more.
Additional Teaching Resources
Classrom Applications
Articles that describe creative applications of important statistical tools
Minitab Help Examples
Step-by-step instructions for the most common analyses your students perform.
Minitab Blog
Novel examples of important statistical concepts and how to apply them with Minitab.
Getting Started Guides
Concise overviews that introduce students to our software and how to use it.
Textbooks
Hundreds of textbooks that reference Minitab products across various disciplines.
Minitab Quick Start
Use this free resource to learn how to navigate Minitab Statistical Software's interface and quickly start analyzing your data.