You can save statistics from your analysis to the worksheet so that you can use the statistics in other analyses, graphs, and macros. Minitab stores the statistics after the last column of data. The names of the storage columns end with a number that increases as you store the same statistic multiple times.
Store these estimates for each chart
If your control chart includes stages, Minitab stores a separate value for each stage.
- Means
- Store the estimated or historical process mean. Minitab stores these values in the column MEAN.
- Covariance matrices
- Store the estimated covariance matrices. Minitab stores the values in the matrix COVA. If your control chart includes stages, Minitab stores a separate matrix for each stage.
Store these values for each point
- Point plotted
- Store the value of each plotted point. Minitab stores these values in the column PPOI.
- Control limit values
- Store the control limit values. Minitab stores these values in the column CONL, CONL_1, and so on.
- Stage
- Store the name or the number of each stage. Minitab stores these values in the column STAG.
- Subgroup size
- Store the size of each subgroup. Minitab stores these values in the column SSIZ.
- Test results
- Store the results of the test for special causes. Minitab stores a 1 if the point fails a test and a 0 if the point does not fail the test. Minitab stores these values in the column TRES.
