Minitab enables this check box when you enter a value for both Lower spec and Upper spec, but do not enter a value for Historical standard deviation. Select this option to use the approximation procedure proposed by Wallis to calculate the maximum standard deviation. For more information on the Wallis procedure, go to Methods and formulas for Variables Acceptance Sampling (Create/Compare), select Sample size and critical distance, and scroll to the section titled "Double specification limits and unknown standard deviation (Wallis procedure)".
You can make this option the default choice by going to Calculate the maximum standard deviation with the Wallis procedure (for double spec limits with unknown standard deviation case only).
and selecting