Select the analysis options for Bootstrapping for 1-sample function

From Type of interval, select the type of confidence interval you want Minitab to calculate. With a confidence level of 95%, you need at least 40 resamples to calculate a confidence interval, and at least 20 resamples to calculate only an upper or lower bound.

In Confidence level, enter the level of confidence for the confidence interval. Usually, a confidence level of 95% works well.

A bootstrapping distribution approximates the sampling distribution of the statistic. Therefore, the middle 95% of values from the bootstrapping distribution provide a 95% confidence interval for the parameter.

For a given set of data, a lower confidence level produces a narrower confidence interval, and a higher confidence level produces a wider confidence interval. The width of the interval also tends to decrease with larger sample sizes.

Select to store the chosen statistic from each resample in the worksheet. Minitab stores the values after the last column of data.

(Optional) In Base for random number generator, you can specify the starting point for the random selection of the bootstrapping sample by entering an integer that is greater than or equal to 1. When you use the same base number, you get the same sample.

For example, a professor generates 50 resamples of the original data for use in a classroom exercise. The professor and students each set the base to 1 to generate the same bootstrapping distribution and thus, the same analysis results.