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How To Create A Histogram In Minitab

What’s A Histogram?

Histograms are frequency charts. In Lean Six Sigma, they show the distribution of values produced by a process. In other words, a histogram is a visual display of how much variation exists in a process.

Learn more about Histograms in Green Belt Training.

How To Create A Histogram In Minitab

Download the GoLeanSixSigma.com Histogram Data Set for Minitab here.

1. Open Histogram Data Set

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2. Go to Graph > Histogram > Simple:

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3. Click “OK”:

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4. Click “OK”:

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To learn more about Histograms, register for Black Belt Training.

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  • Work instructions explaining how to make a histogram with the data given does not work. Some steps or data is missing.

    • Hi @facebook-100003335725011:disqus – I had to get my colleague to test this since I’ve got a Mac so I can’t use Minitab. He downloaded the data and ran it through Minitab 17 with the instructions and it worked (though he said the graph looks slightly different because of a data point at $290). Do you have Minitab 17?