MINITAB Release 13 Session Command Quick Reference

Session Command Quick Reference

Using Session Commands
You can use session commands for submitting commands interactively in MINITAB,
or you can use session and macro commands for building macros (See Global and
Local Macros (%macros)). Submitting session
commands directly into MINITAB requires typing Blue text denotes
the commands one of two places: commands, subcommands,
■ The Session window and arguments new to
MINITAB Release 13.
■ The Command Line Editor
Session Window
■ Type commands at the MTB> prompt, subcommands at the SUBC> prompt,
and data at the DATA> prompt.
■ By default, press e to execute a command and c+e to insert a blank
line (these preferences can be changed).
■ If you are unable to type commands in the Session window, command
language may be disabled. See Using Session Commands and Macros in MINITAB
User’s Guide 1.

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Command Line Editor
■ Open the Editor with c+L or Edit ➤ Command Line Editor.
■ Type commands at the cursor, then click Submit Commands to execute
them.
■ You can also use, by default, c+e to execute a command and e to
insert a blank line (these preferences can be changed).
■ Use the Command Line Editor to execute commands used previously in your
session:
– Highlight commands in the Session window or History folder, then open the
Command Line Editor. The highlighted commands appear in the editing
window.
– Or, while the Session window or History folder is active, choose Edit ➤ Select
All (c+A). When you open the Editor, all commands used in your current
session will appear in the editing window. Since it is so easy to delete and
edit commands in the editing window, this is a quick way to re-execute
commands.
■ Press 3 to clear all commands.
■ You can cut, copy, and paste to and from the Command Line Editor, word
processors, spreadsheets, and MINITAB windows—including the Data window.

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Notation
In this Quick Reference, commands are left justified, subcommands are indented.
K denotes a constant such as 8.3 or K14
C denotes a column such as C12 or 'Height'
E denotes either a constant or column, and sometimes a matrix
M denotes a matrix such as M5
[ ] denotes an optional argument
C…C means you can list one or more columns

Rules for Typing Commands

■ You need only type the first four letters of any command. For %macros, type
% followed by the full macro name.
■ Start each command and subcommand on a new line.
■ To use a subcommand, end the line before it with a semi-colon (;). End the last
subcommand with a period.
For example: RANDOM 10 C1;
BINOMIAL 20 0.3.
■ Type the subcommand ABORT to cancel a multi-line session command.
For example: RANDOM 10 C1;
BINOMIAL 20 0.3;
ABORT.
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■ Abbreviate lists of consecutive variables with a dash.
For example: RANDOM 10 C1-C5
■ Enclose file names with double quotation marks.
For example: SAVE "SALESQ1"
■ Enclose variable names with single quotation marks.
For example: PLOT 'Sales'∗'Advertis'
■ Only type the commands and their arguments (K, C, E, or M as defined
above). Text is for explanation only. For example, the syntax for the MEDIAN
command is
MEDIAN of the values in C [put into K]
This means that you could type either:
MEDIAN C1 to display the median of C1, or
MEDIAN C1 K1 to display the median of C1 and store it in the constant K1

Interrupting Commands
To stop the display of a command, press c+k.

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Symbols
∗ Missing Value Symbol. An ∗ can be used as data in READ, SET, and INSERT,
and in data files. Enclose the ∗ in single quotes in commands and
subcommands.
# Comment Symbol. The symbol # anywhere on a line tells MINITAB to ignore
the rest of the line.
& Continuation Symbol. To continue a command onto another line, end the first
line with the symbol &.

Miscellaneous Commands
HELP explains MINITAB session commands, can be Help on a command
or a subcommand with its own subcommands
ABORT cancels a multi-line command without executing it
INFO [C…C] summarizes the worksheet (the same information can be
found in the Worksheets subfolders)
RESTART begin fresh MINITAB session
STOP ends the current session and exits MINITAB
TYPE "[PATH] FILENAME.EXT" display contents of a file
CD [PATH] change working directory
DIR [PATH] list files
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OH = K number of lines for height of output
OW = K number of spaces for width of output
IW = K number of spaces for width of input
BRIEF = K controls amount of output from ARIMA, BBDESIGN,
CCDESIGN, CLUOBS, CLUVARS, DISCRIMINANT, FACTOR,
FFDESIGN, GLM, KMEANS, MIXREG, REGRESS, RLINE, RSREG,
SCDESIGN, and SLDESIGN. BRIEF 2 is the default; BRIEF 0
suppresses all output for all commands.
TSHARE operate interactively
BATCH operate in batch mode

Files, Data, and Output Commands

NAME for E is 'name' … for E is 'name'
NEW open a new MINITAB worksheet
WORKSHEET K (worksheet name)
CLOSE close a worksheet
NOPROMPT do not prompt to save
CURRENT make the named worksheet the current worksheet

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RENAME to K or "text"
WOPEN 'filename' – provides functionality of File ➤ Open dialog boxes
FTYPE
MINITAB [K]
EXCEL
PORTABLE
QUATTRO
LOTUS
TEXT
DBASE
SYMPHONY
MERGE
VARIABLE K
NAME K
TEXT
NUMERIC
DATETIME
COLUMN K
DECSEP
COMMA
PERIOD
VNAMES
NONE

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ROW K
FIELD
TAB
COMMA
SEMICOLON
PERIOD
SPACE
NONE
CUSTOM K
TDELIMITER
DOUBLEQUOTE
SINGLEQUOTE
NONE
CUSTOM K
DECSEP
PERIOD
COMMA
MISSING
TEXT KK
NUMERIC KK
DATA
FIRST K
NROWS K
IGNOREBLANKROWS
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WSAVE 'filename' – provides functionality of the File ➤ Save (As) dialog box(es)
FTYPE
MINITAB [K]
EXCEL
PORTABLE
QUATTRO
LOTUS
TEXT
DBASE
SYMPHONY
NONAMES
DECSEP
COMMA
PERIOD
FIELD
TAB
COMMA
SEMICOLON
PERIOD
SPACE
NONE
CUSTOM K
TDELIMITER
DOUBLEQUOTE
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SINGLEQUOTE
NONE
CUSTOM K
MISSING
TEXT KK
NUMERIC KK
RETRIEVE the MINITAB saved worksheet [in "filename"]
PORTABLE retrieve a MINITAB portable worksheet
GVIEW open a MINITAB graph (MGF) file
GPAUSE [K] controls pausing of Graph windows
GSAVE [in "filename"] save a high-resolution graph or graphs
REPLACE replace existing file
NOREPLACE do not replace existing file

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JPEG save in JPEG format
PNGB save in PNG black-and-white format
PNGC save in PNG color format
PNGH save in PNG high color format
TIFB save in TIF black-and-white format
TIFC save in TIF color format
BMPB save in BMP black-and-white format
BMPC save in BMP color format
BMPH save in BMP high color format
SAVE [in "filename"] a copy of the worksheet
PORTABLE save a MINITAB portable worksheet
REPLACE replace existing file
NOREPLACE do not replace existing file
SINGLE save in Release 10 (single precision) format
READ data into C…C
FILE "filename"
FORMAT (format statement)
NOBS =K
SKIP K lines
DECIMAL "." or ","
With READ; FILE only:
TAB columns are separated with tabs
NONAMES columns are not named
ALPHA columns are in K…K
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SET data into C
FILE "filename"
FORMAT (format statement)
NOBS =K
SKIP K lines
DECIMAL "." or ","
TSET text data into C
FILE "filename"
list-of-text-constants-and-repeat-factors
DSET date/time data into C
LIST date/time values K…K or "text" … "text"
INSERT data [between rows K and K] of C…C
FILE "filename"
FORMAT (format statement)
NOBS =K
SKIP K lines
DECIMAL "." or ","
END of data (with READ, SET, TSET, DSET, and INSERT)
PRINT the data in E…E
FORMAT (format statement)
WRITE [to "filename"] the data in C…C
FORMAT (format statement)
TAB separate columns with tabs
NONAMES omit column names
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DECIMAL "." or ","
REPLACE replace existing file
NOREPLACE do not replace existing file
OUTFILE "filename" put all input and output in file
OW = K output width of file
OH = K output height of file
NOTERM no output to terminal
NOECHO display no commands in outfile
NOOUTFILE output to terminal only; ends OUTFILE
NEWPAGE start next output on a new page
JOURNAL ["filename"] record MINITAB commands in this file
NOJOURNAL cancels JOURNAL
MTITLE K or "title" (display custom title above output in Session window)

ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)

ODBC
CONNECT "connection string"
SQLSTRING "SQL string"
COLUMNS C…C

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Editing and Manipulating Data
LET C(K) = K (changes the number in row K of C)
DELETE rows K…K of C…C or C…C
ERASE all data in E…E
INSERT data [between rows K and K] of C…C
FILE "filename"
FORMAT (format statement)
NOBS =K
SKIP K lines
DECIMAL "." or ","
COPY C…C into C…C
COPY C into K…K
USE rows K…K
USE rows where C = K…K
OMIT rows K…K
OMIT rows where C = K…K
COPY K…K into K…K
COPY K…K into C

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MERGE creates a new worksheet using columns of data from two worksheets
NAME new worksheet K or "text string"
WORKSHEET to be merged is K or "worksheet name" (must be used twice)
BY use C…C to match rows in worksheet
NOMULTIPLES
NOUNMATCHED
INCLUDE C…C
MISSINGS
VORDER C…C
VALUES K…K or C
WORKSHEET
ALPHABETICAL
SUBSET creates a new worksheet using specified rows of the current worksheet
NAME K
INCLUDE
EXCLUDE
BRUSHED
WHERE expression
ROWS K…K
COLUMNS C…C
MATRICES M…M
NOMATRICES
NOCONSTANTS
SPLIT splits a worksheet into multiple new worksheets,
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one for each combination of a set of by variables
BY C…C
COLUMNS C…C
MATRICES M…M
NOMATRICES
NOCONSTANTS
MISSINGS
CODE (K…K) to K… (K…K) to K for C…C, put in C…C
TEXT of input column C and output text column into C
Input Data Type: Date/Time
Extract the component from the date/time value:
WKDAY (Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat)
DAY (01, 02, …, 31)
WEEK (Wk01–Wk53)
MONTH (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, …, Dec)
QUARTER (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4)
YEAR (00, 01, …, 99)
HOUR (00, 01, …, 23)
MINUTE (00, 01, …, 59)
SECOND (00, 01, …, 59)
HUNDREDTH (00, 01, …, 99)

Input Data Type: Numeric1

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WIDTH K characters
MAXWIDTH K characters
SIGNIFICANT K digits
DECIMALS K decimal places
MISSING (value converted to) "text"
Input Data Type: Text
WIDTH K characters
MAXWIDTH K characters
DATE of input column C and output date column into C
Input Data Type: Text
FORMAT (date/time format statement)
Input Data Type: Numeric – no subcommands available
NUMERIC of input column C and output numeric column into C
Input Data Type: Date/Time
Extract the component from the date/time value:
YEAR (…, 1995, 1996, …)
QUARTER (1, 2, 3, 4)
MONTH (1, 2, 3, 4, …, 12)

1. Alternatively, NTOA can be use with these subcommands to provide the same results;
see NTOA on page 18.

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WEEK (1, 2, …, 53)
DAY (1, 2, …, 31)
WKDAY (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
HOUR (0, 1, …, 23)
MINUTE (0, 1, …, 59)
SECOND (0, 1, …, 59)
HUNDREDTH (0, 1, …, 99)
Input Data Type: Text – no subcommands available (alternatively, you can use
ATON, below)
ATON input text column in C, output numeric column in C
NTOA input numeric column in C, output text column in C
WIDTH K characters
MAXWIDTH K characters
SIGNIFICANT K digits
DECIMALS K decimal places
MISSING (value converted to) "text"
STACK (E…E)… on (E…E), put in (C…C)
SUBSCRIPTS into C

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USENAMES create subscripts based on variable names
NEW put results in new worksheet
USENAMES create subscripts based on variable names
NAME new worksheet K or "text string"
USENAMES create subscripts based on variable names
UNSTACK (C…C) into (E…E)… (E…E)
SUBSCRIPTS are in C…C
MISSINGS include missing as a subscript value
VARNAMES name unstacked columns based on subscripts
NEW put results in new worksheet
NAME new worksheet K or "text string"
AFTER put results after last column in use
TRANSPOSE C to M or M to C or M to M (no new subcommands supported)
TRANSPOSE C…C or M (new arguments and subcommands)
VARNAMES are in C
STORE in C…C or M
LABELS store in C
NEW put results in new worksheet
NAME new worksheet K or "text string"
AFTER put results after last column in use
%ROWTOC stack rows in C…C, put in C
EXPAND values in C…C
EXSTORE put in C…C
SUBSCRIPTS put in C
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CONVERT using table in C C, the data in C, and put in C
CONCATENATE C…C put in C
SORT C [carry along C…C] put into C [and C…C]
BY C…C
DESCENDING C…C
RANK the values in C, put ranks into C
CENTER the data in C…C put into C…C
LOCATION [subtracting K…K]
SCALE [dividing by K…K]
MINMAX [with K as minimum and K as maximum]

Arithmetic
LET E = expression
Expressions may use
– Arithmetic operators + – ∗ / ∗∗ (exponentiation)
– Comparison operators = ~= or <> > < <= >=
– Logical operators & | ~
and any of the following functions and column operations:
ABSOLUTE SQRT LOGTEN LOGE EXPONENTIATE
ANTILOG ROUND SIN COS TAN
ASIN ACOS ATAN SIGNS NSCORES
PARSUMS PARPRODUCTS COUNT N NMISS
SUM MEAN STDEV MEDIAN MINIMUM
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MAXIMUM SSQ SORT RANK LAG
EQ NE LT GT LE
GE AND OR NOT CTIME
NOW TODAY WHEN DATE TIME
PI (constant pi) E (constant E) MISS (constant ∗) CEILING FLOOR
GAMMA LNGAMMA IGAMMA DEGREES RADIANS
RCOUNT RN RNMISS RSUM RMEAN
RSTDEV RMEDIAN RMINIMUM RMAXIMUM RRANGE
RSSQ
Examples: LET C2 = SQRT(C1 - MIN(C1))
LET C3(5) = 4.5
Simple Arithmetic Operations
ADD E to E, …, to E, put into E
SUBTRACT E from E put into E
MULTIPLY E by E, …, by E put into E
DIVIDE E by E put into E
RAISE E to the power E put into E
Columnwise Functions
ABSOLUTE value of E put into E
SQRT of E put into E
LOGE of E put into E
LOGTEN of E put into E
EXPONENTIATE E put into E

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ANTILOG of E put into E
ROUND to integer E put into E
SIN of E put into E
COS of E put into E
TAN of E put into E
ASIN of E put into E
ACOS of E put into E
ATAN of E put into E
SIGNS of E [put into E]
PARSUMS of C put into C
PARPRODUCTS of C put into C
Normal Scores
NSCORES of C put into C
Columnwise Statistics
COUNT the number of values in C [put into K]
N (number of nonmissing values) in C [put into K]
NMISS (number of missing values) in C [put into K]
SUM of the values in C [put into K]
MEAN of the values in C [put into K]
STDEV of the values in C [put into K]
MEDIAN of the values in C [put into K]
MINIMUM of the values in C [put into K]

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MAXIMUM of the values in C [put into K]
RANGE of the values in C [put into K]
SSQ (uncorrected sum of sq.) for C [put into K]
Rowwise Statistics
RCOUNT of E…E put into C
RN of E…E put into C
RNMISS of E…E put into C
RSUM of E…E put into C
RMEAN of E…E put into C
RSTDEV of E…E put into C
RMEDIAN of E…E put into C
RMINIMUM of E…E put into C
RMAXIMUM of E…E put into C
RRANGE of E…E put into C
RSSQ of E…E put into C
Indicator Variables
INDICATOR variables for subscripts in C, put into C…C

Matrices
READ [from "filename"] into a K by K matrix M
PRINT M…M

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TRANSPOSE C to M or M to C or M to M (no new subcommands supported)
TRANSPOSE C…C or M (new arguments and subcommands)
VARNAMES are in C
STORE in C…C or M
LABELS store in C
NEW put results in new worksheet
NAME new worksheet K or "text string"
AFTER put results after last column in use
INVERT M into M
DEFINE K into K by K matrix M
DIAGONAL is C, put into M
DIAGONAL of M, put into C
COPY C…C into M
COPY M into C…C
COPY M into M
USE rows K…K
OMIT rows K…K
ERASE M…M
EIGEN analysis for M put values into C [vectors into M]
In the following commands E can be either C, K, or M:
ADD E to E, put into E
SUBTRACT E from E, put into E

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MULTIPLY E by E, put into E

Distributions and Random Data

RANDOM K observations into C…C
BERNOULLI trials p = K
T degrees of freedom = K
F df numerator = K, df denominator = K
CHISQUARE df = K
PDF for values in E…E [put results in E…E]
T degrees of freedom = K
F df numerator = K, df denominator = K
CHISQUARE df = K
CDF for values in E…E [put results in E…E]
F df numerator = K, df denominator = K [K noncentrality param.]
T degrees of freedom = K [K noncentrality parameter]
CHISQUARE df = K [K noncentrality parameter]
INVCDF for values in E…E [put results in E…E]
F df numerator = K, df denominator = K [K noncentrality param.]
T degrees of freedom = K [K noncentrality parameter]
CHISQUARE df = K [K noncentrality parameter]
RANDOM, PDF, CDF, and INVCDF have the subcommands:

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BINOMIAL no. of trials = K, probability of success = K
POISSON µ=K
INTEGER discrete uniform on integers K to K
DISCRETE values in C and probabilities in C
NORMAL [µ = K [σ = K]]
UNIFORM [continuous on the interval K to K]
CAUCHY [location = K [scale = K]]
LAPLACE [location = K [scale = K]]
LOGISTIC [location = K [scale = K]]
LOGNORMAL [µ = K [σ = K]]
EXPONENTIAL [mean = K]
GAMMA first shape parameter = K second shape parameter = K
WEIBULL first shape parameter = K second shape parameter = K
BETA first shape parameter = K second shape parameter = K
HYPERGEOMETRIC population size=K, number of successes=K, sample size=K
SAMPLE K rows from C…C put into C…C
REPLACE sample with replacement
BASE for random number generator = K

Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)

XDADD "application" "topic" "item"
APPEND [C]

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REPLACE [C]
ACTIVE
INACTIVE
PERFORM K
COMMAND "command"
PRIORITY K
XDREMOVE "application" "topic" "item"
XDACTIVATE "application" "topic" "item"
XDDEACTIVATE "application" "topic" "item"
XDGET "application" "topic" "item"
APPEND [C]
REPLACE [C]
XDEXEC "application" "command"

Core Graphs
PLOT C∗C or C∗C…C∗C
JITTER [K K]
NOJITTER
LOGSCALE K
Data Display Subcommands for PLOT:

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SYMBOL [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
CONNECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
PROJECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
AREA [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
LOWESS [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
Annotation Subcommands for PLOT:
TITLE "title"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
FOOTNOTE "footnote"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
TEXT K K "text"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
LINE K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
POLYGON K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
MARKER K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)

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Frame Customization Subcommands for PLOT:
XYSAME
XYMIN K
XYMAX K
AXIS K [K K] or C [K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
TICK K [K…K or C] or C [K…K or C]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
GRID K or C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
REFERENCE K K…K or K C or C K…K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
MARGIN KK KK
MINIMUM KK
MAXIMUM KK
SCFRAME include ticks and reference lines in scale calculation
SCANNOTATION include markers, lines, and polygons in scale calculation
TRANSPOSE axes
FRAME (default)
NOFRAME [K]
Regions Subcommands for PLOT:
FIGURE [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
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DATA [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
LEGEND [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
NOLEGEND
OVERLAY
SAME K [K]
ASPECT K K
Layouts Commands and Subcommands for PLOT:
LAYOUT
all of its subcommands (see page 49)
ENDLAYOUT
File I/O Commands and Subcommands for PLOT:
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
REPLACE
NOREPLACE
GVIEW "filename.mgf"
GPAUSE [K]

TSPLOT C
TIME stamp in C
INDEX [K…K]

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SECOND [K…K]
MINUTE [K…K]
HOUR [K…K]
DAY [K…K]
MONTH [K…K]
QUARTER [K…K]
YEAR [K…K]
START K [K…K]
TDISPLAY K [K [K]]
LOGSCALE 2
Data Display Subcommands for TSPLOT:
SYMBOL [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
CONNECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
PROJECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
AREA [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
LOWESS [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
Annotation Subcommands for TSPLOT:

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TITLE "title"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
FOOTNOTE "footnote"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
TEXT K K "text"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
LINE K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
POLYGON K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
MARKER K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
Frame Customization Subcommands for TSPLOT:
AXIS K [K K] or C [K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
TICK K [K…K or C] or C [K…K or C]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
GRID K or C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
REFERENCE K K…K or K C or C K…K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
MARGIN KK KK
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MAXIMUM KK
SCFRAME include ticks and reference lines in scale calculation
SCANNOTATION include markers, lines, and polygons in scale calculation
TRANSPOSE axes
FRAME (default)
NOFRAME [K]
Regions Subcommands for TSPLOT:
FIGURE [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
DATA [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
LEGEND [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
NOLEGEND
OVERLAY
SAME K [K]
ASPECT K K
Layouts Commands and Subcommands for TSPLOT:
LAYOUT
all of its subcommands (see page 49)
ENDLAYOUT
File I/O Commands and Subcommands for TSPLOT:
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GSAVE save graph in "filename"
REPLACE
NOREPLACE
GVIEW "filename.mgf"
GPAUSE [K]

BOXPLOT C or C∗C or C∗C…C∗C or C…C

Data Display Subcommands for BOXPLOT:
BOX [C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
SYMBOL [C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
CONNECT [C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
Annotation Subcommands for BOXPLOT:
TITLE "title"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
FOOTNOTE "footnote"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
TEXT K K "text"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
LINE K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
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POLYGON K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
MARKER K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
Frame Customization Subcommands for BOXPLOT:
AXIS K [K K] or C [K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
TICK K [K…K or C] or C [K…K or C]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
GRID K or C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
REFERENCE K K…K or K C or C K…K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
MARGIN KK KK
MINIMUM KK
MAXIMUM KK
SCFRAME include ticks and reference lines in scale calculation
SCANNOTATION include markers, lines, and polygons in scale calculation
TRANSPOSE axes
FRAME (default)
NOFRAME [K]
Regions Subcommands for BOXPLOT:

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FIGURE [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
DATA [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
LEGEND [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
NOLEGEND
OVERLAY
SAME K [K]
ASPECT K K
Layouts Commands and Subcommands for BOXPLOT:
LAYOUT
all of its subcommands (see page 49)
ENDLAYOUT
File I/O Commands and Subcommands for BOXPLOT:
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
REPLACE
NOREPLACE
GVIEW "filename.mgf"
GPAUSE [K]

CONTOURPLOT C∗C∗C or C∗C∗C…C∗C∗C

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LEVELS K…K or C
NLEVELS K
NMESH KK
MESH K K…K or K C
REGULAR
IRREGULAR [K]
Data Display Subcommands for CONTOURPLOT:
CONNECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
AREA [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
Annotation Subcommands for CONTOURPLOT:
TITLE "title"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
FOOTNOTE "footnote"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
TEXT K K "text"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
LINE K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
POLYGON K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)

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MARKER K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
Frame Customization Subcommands for CONTOURPLOT:
AXIS K [K K] or C [K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
TICK K [K…K or C] or C [K…K or C]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
GRID K or C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
REFERENCE K K…K or K C or C K…K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
MARGIN KK KK
MINIMUM KK
MAXIMUM KK
SCFRAME include ticks and reference lines in scale calculation
SCANNOTATION include markers, lines, and polygons in scale calculation
TRANSPOSE axes
FRAME (default)
NOFRAME [K]
Regions Subcommands for CONTOURPLOT:
FIGURE [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)

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DATA [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
LEGEND [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
NOLEGEND
OVERLAY
SAME K [K]
ASPECT K K
Layouts Commands and Subcommands for CONTOURPLOT:
LAYOUT
all of its subcommands (see page 49)
ENDLAYOUT
File I/O Commands and Subcommands for CONTOURPLOT:
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
REPLACE
NOREPLACE
GVIEW "filename.mgf"
GPAUSE [K]

MATRIXPLOT C…C
MATRIXPLOT C…C∗C…C (Draftsman Plot menu command uses this form)
JITTER [K K]

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NOJITTER
LL
UR
FULL
DIAGONAL
BOUNDARY
Data Display Subcommands for MATRIXPLOT:
SYMBOL [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
CONNECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
PROJECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
AREA [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
LOWESS [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
Annotation Subcommands for MATRIXPLOT:
TITLE "title"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
FOOTNOTE "footnote"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)

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TEXT K K "text"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
LINE K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
POLYGON K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
MARKER K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
Frame Customization Subcommands for MATRIXPLOT:
AXIS K [K K] or C [K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
TICK K [K…K or C] or C [K…K or C]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
GRID K or C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
REFERENCE K K…K or K C or C K…K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
MARGIN KK KK
FRAME (default)
NOFRAME [K]
Regions Subcommands for MATRIXPLOT:
FIGURE [K K K K]

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all of its subcommands (see page 60)
DATA [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
LEGEND [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
NOLEGEND
ASPECT K K
Layouts Commands and Subcommands for MATRIXPLOT:
LAYOUT
all of its subcommands (see page 49)
ENDLAYOUT
File I/O Commands and Subcommands for MATRIXPLOT:
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
REPLACE
NOREPLACE
GVIEW "filename.mgf"
GPAUSE [K]

CHART C or C∗C or C∗C…C∗C or C…C

Functions for y-axis variable:
COUNT (C)

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N (C)
NMISS (C)
SUM (C)
MEAN (C)
STDEV (C)
MEDIAN (C)
MINIMUM (C)
MAXIMUM (C)
SSQ (C)

CLUSTER C [K]
STACK C
INCREASING or
DECREASING
CPERCENT
CUMULATIVE
Data Display Subcommands for CHART:
SYMBOL [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
CONNECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
PROJECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)

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AREA [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
BAR [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
Annotation Subcommands for CHART:
TITLE "title"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
FOOTNOTE "footnote"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
TEXT K K "text"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
LINE K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
POLYGON K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
MARKER K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
Frame Customization Subcommands for CHART:
AXIS K [K K] or C [K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
TICK K [K…K or C] or C [K…K or C]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)

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GRID K or C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
REFERENCE K K…K or K C or C K…K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
MARGIN KK KK
MINIMUM KK
MAXIMUM KK
SCFRAME include ticks and reference lines in scale calculation
SCANNOTATION include markers, lines, and polygons in scale calculation
TRANSPOSE axes
FRAME (default)
NOFRAME [K]
Regions Subcommands for CHART:
FIGURE [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
DATA [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
LEGEND [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
NOLEGEND
OVERLAY
SAME K [K]
ASPECT K K
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Layouts Commands and Subcommands for CHART:
LAYOUT
all of its subcommands (see page 49)
ENDLAYOUT
File I/O Commands and Subcommands for CHART:
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
REPLACE
NOREPLACE
GVIEW "filename.mgf"
GPAUSE [K]
HISTOGRAM C or C…C
FREQUENCY or
PERCENT or
DENSITY
NINTERVAL K [K]
CUMULATIVE
CUTPOINT [K…K] or [C]
MIDPOINT [K…K] or [C]
Data Display Subcommands for HISTOGRAM:
SYMBOL [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)

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CONNECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
PROJECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
AREA [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
BAR [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
LOWESS [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
Annotation Subcommands for HISTOGRAM:
TITLE "title"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
FOOTNOTE "footnote"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
TEXT K K "text"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
LINE K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
POLYGON K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
MARKER K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)

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Frame Customization Subcommands for HISTOGRAM:
AXIS K [K K] or C [K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
TICK K [K…K or C] or C [K…K or C]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
GRID K or C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
REFERENCE K K…K or K C or C K…K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
MARGIN KK KK
MINIMUM KK
MAXIMUM KK
SCFRAME include ticks and reference lines in scale calculation
SCANNOTATION include markers, lines, and polygons in scale calculation
TRANSPOSE axes
FRAME (default)
NOFRAME [K]
Regions Subcommands for HISTOGRAM:
FIGURE [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
DATA [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
LEGEND [K K K K]
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all of its subcommands (see page 60)
NOLEGEND
OVERLAY
SAME K [K]
ASPECT K K
Layouts Commands and Subcommands for HISTOGRAM:
LAYOUT
all of its subcommands (see page 49)
ENDLAYOUT
File I/O Commands and Subcommands for HISTOGRAM:
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
REPLACE
NOREPLACE
GVIEW "filename.mgf"
GPAUSE [K]

Core Graphs: Groups and Multiple Graphs

Layouts (for Multiple Graphs in a Window, Text Charts, etc.)
LAYOUT
TITLE "text"
FOOTNOTE "text"
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TEXT K K "text" or C C C
MARKER K K,…, K K or C C
LINE K K,…, K K or C C
POLYGON K K,…, K K or C C
ASPECT KK
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
[other graph commands]
ENDLAYOUT

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Core Graphs: Displaying Data—Subcommands
SYMBOL [C…C] a CONNECT [C…C] PROJECT [C…C]
FONT K…K or C TYPE K…K or C TYPE K…K or C
TYPE K…K or C or COLOR K…K or C COLOR K…K or C
"char…char" SIZE K…K or C SIZE K…K or C
COLOR K…K or C STRAIGHT or DIRECTION K
SIZE K…K or C STEP [K] BASE K…K or C
b
LABEL ["label"…"label" PLOT only:
or C] ORDER K
TFONT b K
TCOLOR bK
TSIZE b K
ANGLE b K
PLACEMENT bK K
OFFSET bK K
BOXPLOT only:
MEDIAN or
OUTLIER or
INDIVIDUAL
a. Grouping syntax [C…C] not available for Contour Plots, Response Surface
Contour Plots, or Control Charts.
b. Labeling subcommands not available for 3D Graphs or Control Charts.

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AREA [C…C] BAR [C…C] BOX [C] LOWESS [C…C]
(BOXPLOT only)
TYPE K…K or C TYPE K…K or C TYPE K…K or C TYPE K…K or C

COLOR K…K or C COLOR K…K or C COLOR K…K or C COLOR K…K or C

SIZE K…K or C
DIRECTION K BASE K…K or C ETYPE K…K or C
BASE K…K or C ECOLOR K…K or C FITS C…C
ETYPE K…K or C ESIZE K…K or C RESIDUALS C…C
ETYPE K…K or C ECOLOR K…K or C
ECOLOR K…K or C ESIZE K…K or C WIDTH K…K or C F K
ESIZE K…K or C NSTEPS K
CHART only: PROPORTIONAL[K]
STRAIGHT or WIDTH K…K or
STEP [K] C CI [K] or
RANGE or
PLOT only: IQRANGE (default)
ORDER K
WHISKER or
NOWHISKER

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Core Graphs: Annotating—Subcommands
Subcommand TITLE "text" FOOTNOTE "footnote" TEXT K K "text"
or C C C
LEFT ●
● (default)

CENTER ●
(default) ●

RIGHT ● ●
TFONT K ● ● ●
TCOLOR K ● ● ●
TSIZE K ● ● ●
ANGLE K ● ● ●
PLACEMENT K K ● ● ●
OFFSET K K ● ● ●
TYPE K
COLOR K
SIZE K
ETYPE K
ECOLOR K
ESIZE K

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Core Graphs: Annotating—Subcommands Continued
Subcommand LINE K K…K K POLYGON K K…K K MARKERK K…K K
or C C or C C or C C
LEFT
CENTER
RIGHT
TFONT K
TCOLOR K
TSIZE K
ANGLE K
PLACEMENT K K
OFFSET K K
TYPE K ● ● ●

COLOR K ● ● ●

SIZE K ● ●

ETYPE K ●

ECOLOR K ●

ESIZE K ●

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Text Placement

Vertical Horizontal Placement (1st argument)

Placement
(2nd argument) -1 0 1

-1

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Core Graphs: Customizing the Frame—Subcommands
Subcommand AXIS TICK REFERENCE GRID
K [K K] or K [K…K or C] or K K…K or K C or K or C
C [K K] C [K…K or C] C K…K or C C
SIDE K ● ● ● ●
LABEL["label"..."label"]
● ● ●
or [C]a
TFONT K ● ● ●
TCOLOR K ● ● ●
TSIZE K ● ● ●
ANGLE K ● ● ●
PLACEMENT K K ● ● ●
OFFSET K K ● ● ●
b ● ● ● ●
TYPE K or K [K]
COLORb K or K [K] ● ● ● ●

SIZEb K or K [K] ● ● ● ●

NUMBER K [K] ●
LENGTH K [K] ●
ORIENTATION K [K] ●

a. Argument(s) are not optional for REFERENCE.

b. Use K with AXIS and REFERENCE; use K [K] with TICK and GRID.

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Core Graphs: Customizing the Frame—Subcommands Continued
FRAME (default)
NOFRAME [K]
MARGIN KK KK
MINIMUM KK
MAXIMUM KK
SCFRAME include ticks and reference lines in scale calculation
SCANNOTATION include markers, lines, and polygons in scale calculation
TRANSPOSE axes

Consult the tables of how the SIDE

and PLACEMENT subcommands
interact when using AXIS [AXIS with
SIDE and PLACEMENT on page 58],
TICK [TICK with SIDE and
PLACEMENT on page 58], and
REFERENCE [REFERENCE with SIDE
and PLACEMENT on page 59].

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AXIS with SIDE and PLACEMENT
AXIS K SIDE K Default for PLACEMENT K K
1 0 −1
1
2 0 1
1 0 1
2
2 0 −1
TICK with SIDE and PLACEMENT
TICK K SIDE K Default for PLACEMENT K K
1 0 −1a
1
2 0 1b
1 −1 0
2
2 1 0
a. For MATRIXPLOT, ticks on the bottom x-axis (TICK 1;
SIDE 1) use PLACEMENT -1 1 (text to the lower right
of the reference point).
b. For MATRIXPLOT, ticks on the top x-axis (TICK 1; SIDE 2)
use PLACEMENT 1 1 (text to the upper right of the
reference point).

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REFERENCE with SIDE and PLACEMENT
REFERENCE K SIDE K Default for PLACEMENT K K
1 0 −1
1
2 0 1
1 −1 0
2
2 1 0

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Core Graphs: Controlling Regions—Subcommands
Subcommand FIGURE [K K K K] DATA [K K K K] LEGEND [K K K K]
TYPE K ● ● ●

COLOR K ● ● ●

ETYPE K ● ● ●

ECOLOR K ● ● ●

ESIZE K ● ● ●
● ●
CLIP (default) (default) ●

●
NOCLIP ● ● (default)
TFONT K ●

TCOLOR K ●

TSIZE K ●

ANGLE K ●

PLACEMENTK K ●

OFFSET K K ●

Core Graphs: Controlling Regions—Subcommands Continued

NOLEGEND
OVERLAY
SAME K [K]
ASPECT KK
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3D Graphs
PLTX C∗C∗C
Data Display Subcommands for PLTX:
SYMBOL [C…C]
all of its subcommands except LABEL (see page 51)
PROJECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
Annotation Subcommands for PLTX:
TITLE "title"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
FOOTNOTE "footnote"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
Regions Subcommands for PLTX:
LEGEND [K K K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 60)
NOLEGEND
ASPECT K K
Layouts Commands and Subcommands for HISTOGRAM:
LAYOUT
all of its subcommands (see page 49)
ENDLAYOUT
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3D Effects (Graph Viewing Tools) Subcommands for PLTX:
VPOSITION KKK
VTARGET KKK
VUP KKK
VFIELD KK
VPROJECTION K
VASPECT [K K K]
VBOX K
3D Lighting and Rendering Tools Subcommands for PLTX:
HSREMOVAL K
File I/O Commands and Subcommands for PLTX:
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
REPLACE
NOREPLACE
GVIEW "filename.mgf"
GPAUSE [K]
SURFACEPLOT C∗C∗C (3D Wireframe menu command with different settings)
REGULAR
IRREGULAR [K]
NMESH KK
MESH K K…K or K C
SURFACE
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TYPE K
COLOR K
ETYPE K
ECOLOR K
ESIZE K
Data Display Subcommands for SURFACEPLOT:
SYMBOL [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
PROJECT [C…C]
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
Annotation Subcommands for SURFACEPLOT:
TITLE "title"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
FOOTNOTE "footnote"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
3D Effects (Graph Viewing Tools) Subcommands for SURFACEPLOT:
VPOSITION KKK
VTARGET KKK
VUP KKK
VFIELD KK
VPROJECTION K

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VASPECT [K K K]
VBOX K
3D Lighting and Rendering Tools Subcommands for SURFACEPLOT:
HSREMOVAL K
LSHADING K [K]
LIGHT KKK
COLOR K
VISIBILITY K
LBRIGHT K
File I/O Commands and Subcommands for SURFACEPLOT:
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
REPLACE
NOREPLACE
GVIEW "filename.mgf"
GPAUSE [K]

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Make Mesh Data
%MESH CKKCKK
NXMESH K
NYMESH K
FUNCTION K to create z data, store in C
PARAMS for function are K…K
For %MESH’s FUNCTION subcommand 1st argument (K):

Function
Name
Number
Bivariate
1001
Normal
1002 Bowl
1003 Cone
1004 Cowboy Hat
1005 Egg Carton
1006 Hemisphere
1007 Hill and Dale
1008 Saddle
1009 Wave

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Specialty Graphs (%graphs)
%DOTPLOT C…C
BY C
ONEPAGE
TITLE 'string'
SIZE K [session command only]
GSAVE filename [session command only]
%PIE C
COUNTS C
START K
EXPLODE K…K
ORDER K
COMBINE K
NOMISS
LABEL K
LINES
TYPES C
COLORS C
NOCOLOR
TITLE "text"'
GSAVE "file"

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%MARGPLOT C C
OPTION K
MARGIN K
XLABEL "label"
YLABEL "label"
XTICK K…K
YTICK K…K
YBIN K…K
XBIN K…K
YMIN K
YMAX K
XMIN K
XMAX K
TYPE K
COLOR K
SIZE K
LABEL K
XANGLE K
XOFFSET K
TITLE "text"
GSAVE "file"

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%QQPLOT C…C
FREQUENCY are in C…C
BY C
Probability Plot Options
MKM plot positions determined by modified Kaplan-Meier method
KM plot positions determined by Kaplan-Meier method
HJ plot positions determined by Herd-Johnson method
ALLPT plot all points when there are tied failure times
AVEPT plot average (median) of tied points when there are tied failure
times
MAXPT plot maximum of tied points when there are tied failure times
Distributions
WEIBULL distribution
EXTVALUE (extreme value) distribution
EXPONENTIAL distribution
LOGISTIC distribution
LLOGISTIC (loglogistic) distribution
NORMAL distribution
LGNEXP (lognormal base EXP) distribution
LGNTEN (lognormal base TEN) distribution

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Estimation Options
MLE maximum likelihood
LSXY least squares (failure time (X) versus rank (Y))
PTILES are in K…K
CONFIDENCE level is K
CI display confidence intervals on plot
TABLE display percentiles in Session window
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "file"
Other %Graphs on page
Statistics:
%DESCRIBE 89
%NORMPLOT 94
%FITLINE 97
%RESPLOT 101
%ANOM 102
%BANOM 102
%PANOM 103
%VARTEST 106
%INTPLOT 106
%MAIN 107
%INTERACT 108

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%TREND 117
%DECOMP 117
%MA 118
%SES 119
%DES 120
%WINTMULT 120
%WINTADD 121
%ACF 122
%PACF 122
Quality Control:
%RRUN 129
%PARETO 129
%FISHBONE 130
%MULTVAR 130
%SYMPLOT 131
%GAGEAOV 131
%GAGEXBR 132
%GAGERUN 132
%GAGENEST 133
%GAGELIN 133
%RXBARR 137
%RXBARS 137
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%RCUSUM 141
%RZONE 142
%ZMRCHART 143
%WBCHART 143
%RCAPA 156
%BWCAPA 160
%WCAPA 161
%RSIXPACK 161
%BWSIXPAC 163
%WSIXPACK 163
%BCAPA 164
%PCAPA 164
Reliability and Survival Analysis
%LDOVIEW 165
%LDOVIEWA 166
%LDIDENT 167
%LDIDENTA 170
DOE:
%FFMAIN 188
%FFINT 188
%FFCUBE 189
%GFMAIN 189

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%GFINT 189
%OVERCONT 210
%FACTOVER 212
%MIXOVER 213
%ROBUST 215
%PREDICT 217

Commands for Saving and Displaying Graphs

(any graph command)
GSAVE ["filename"] (a subcommand of all graph commands)
REPLACE (not available for %graphs)
NOREPLACE (not available for %graphs)
GVIEW ["filename.mgf"] (if filename is not specified, display "Minitab.mgf")
GPAUSE in multiple graph command, pause display of each graph until user
presses a key [or for K seconds]

Printing Graphs
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Standard Argument Values
Symbol Types

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Colors 0 null (background color) 8 dark red

1 black (foreground color) 9 dark green
2 red 10 dark blue
3 green 11 dark cyan
4 blue 12 dark magenta
5 cyan 13 dark yellow
6 magenta 14 dark gray
7 yellow 15 light gray

Fill Types 0 null (transparent)

(default) 1 solid background
2 right hatch foreground
3 left hatch foreground
4 right & left hatch foreground
5 horizontal hatch foreground
6 vertical hatch foreground
7 horizontal & vertical hatch foreground
8 grid foreground
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Fonts 0 None
1 Times New Roman
(default) 2 Arial
3 Courier New
4 Symbol
5 Wingdings
6…all installed TrueType fonts (in alphabetical order)

Line Types 0 null (invisible)

1 solid
2 dash
3 dot
4 dash 1-dot
5 dash 2-dots
6 dash 3-dots
7 long dashes

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Figure/Page Unit Coordinate Grid

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Character Graphs
Character (or typewriter-style) graphs display in the Session window and do not
use any of the graphics subcommands described previously. You can save
character graphs by saving the Session window contents; to save, make the
Session window active and choose File ➤ Save Window As.
In the Session window or Command Line Editor, type the command GSTD
(standard graphics) to enable character graphs. To re-enable high-resolution
(professional graphics) commands, type GPRO. DOTPLOT and STEM-AND-LEAF
character graphs are available in GSTD and GPRO mode. When you produce
graphs through the menus, MINITAB switches modes automatically.

GSTD enable character graphics

GPRO enable high-resolution graphics

HISTOGRAM C…C
INCREMENT = K
START at K [end at K]
BY C
SAME scales for all columns
DOTPLOT C…C
INCREMENT = K
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BY C
SAME scales for all columns
STEM-AND-LEAF display of C…C
TRIM outliers
INCREMENT =K
BY C
BOXPLOT for C
INCREMENT = K
START at K [end at K]
BY C
LINES =K
NOTCH [K% confidence] sign c.i.
LEVELS K…K
PLOT C vs. C
SYMBOL = 'symbol' Note Single quotes must be used around
TITLE = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
FOOTNOTE = 'text'
YLABEL = 'text'
XLABEL = 'text'
YINCREMENT = K
YSTART at K [end at K]
XINCREMENT = K
XSTART at K [end at K]
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MPLOT C vs. C, and C vs. C, and… C vs. C
TITLE = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
FOOTNOTE = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YLABEL = 'text'
XLABEL = 'text'
YINCREMENT = K
YSTART at K [end at K]
XINCREMENT = K
XSTART at K [end at K]
LPLOT C vs. C using tags in C
TITLE = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
FOOTNOTE = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YLABEL = 'text'
XLABEL = 'text'
YINCREMENT = K
YSTART at K [end at K]
XINCREMENT = K
XSTART at K [end at K]
TPLOT y in C vs. x in C vs. z in C
TITLE = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
FOOTNOTE = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YLABEL = 'text'
XLABEL = 'text'
YINCREMENT = K
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YSTART at K [end at K]
XINCREMENT = K
XSTART at K [end at K]
TSPLOT [period K] of C
ORIGIN =K
INCREMENT = K
START at K [end at K]
TSTART at K [end at K]
MTSPLOT [period K] of C…C
ORIGIN =K
ORIGIN = K for C…C … origin K for C…C
INCREMENT = K
START at K [end at K]
TSTART at K [end at K]
GRID C [from K to K] C [from K to K]
CONTOUR C vs. C and C
BLANK bands between letters
YSTART = K [up to K]
YINCREMENT = K
WIDTH of all character plots is K spaces globally
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Global and Local Macros (%macros)
Global and local macros use the default file extension MAC and are invoked using
the symbol %. You can include a path statement after %.
To execute a global macro, type
%filename (e.g. %mymacro or %c:\research\mymacro)
To execute a local macro, type
%filename arguments;
subcommandname arguments;
…
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Global Macro Format

Format Elements Example of ANALYZE.MAC

GMACRO command GMACRO
template (macro name, Analyze
usually the same as the
macro file name)
body of macro NAME C1 = ‘Yield’ C2 = ‘Chem1’ &
C5 = ‘Ln.Yield’
REGRESS C5 2 C1 C2
ENDMACRO command ENDMACRO
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Local Macro Format

Format Elements Example of GEN2.MAC

MACRO command MACRO
template (macro name, GEN2 MEDIANS;
subcommand names, OBS M.
and argument names in
order that they will be
invoked)
declaration statements MCOLUMN X.1-X.M MEDIANS
MCONSTANT M
DEFAULT statement (to DEFAULT M = 5
be used if user does not
enter a value for an
argument)
body of macro RANDOM 100 X.1-X.M
RMEDIAN X.1-X.M MEDIANS
ENDMACRO statement ENDMACRO
Invoked by typing… %GEN2 C1-C5;
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Declaration Statements for Local Macros
MCONSTANT list of variables that are constants
MCOLUMN list of variables that are columns
MMATRIX list of variables that are matrices
MFREE list of variables, type determined when macro executed
DEFAULT argument = value … argument = value
Variables in Local Macros
KKCAT K K K (combine the text in the first two K’s, store combined
text in the third K; all K’s are text constants)
KKNAME K C, K C, … (store the text constant K in column C)
KKSET K "text", K "text", … (store the text in the text constant K)
MTYPE variablename K (local macros only: if variable is a constant
returns K = 1; if a column K = 2; if a matrix K = 3)
DTYPE E K returns the data type of a column or constant
LET function version:
LET K1 = DTYPE(K2) stores the type for K2 in K1
Control Statements for Global and Local Macros
IF logical expression (same as for LET)
ELSEIF logical expression
ELSE
ENDIF
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ENDDO
WHILE logical expression
ENDWHILE
NEXT transfers control to beginning of DO or WHILE loop
BREAK goes to the command that follows a DO or WHILE loop
GOTO number
MLABEL number
CALL template (calls a subroutine in the same file)
RETURN ends subroutine and returns control to main macro
EXIT stop macro, return to MINITAB session
PAUSE transfers control from macro to keyboard
RESUME returns control to the macro
Using DOS Commands
CD [path] change directory
DIR [path] list file names
TYPE "[path]filename.ext" displays a file
Labeling Output of Global and Local Macros
TITLE (default; displays output titles in Session window)
NOTITLE suppress output titles in Session window
WTITLE "title" for Graph window

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Debugging Tools for Global and Local Macros
ECHO displays macro commands in Session window during execution
NOECHO (default)
DEBUG tells how the macro is processing
NODEBUG (default)
TYPE "[path]filename.ext" displays a file
PAUSE transfers control from macro to keyboard
RESUME transfers control from keyboard back to macro
Handling Errors in Macros
PLUG macro keeps going when it finds an error
NOPLUG (default)
MRESET restore environment settings after macro runs
INFO displays summary of local worksheet
SWAP fit macro into available memory
NOSWAP (default)
Additional Local Macro Features
WRITE ["filename"] C…C stores indicated local worksheet columns in a
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INFO displays summary of local worksheet

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Commands that Affect Output
BRIEF = K controls amount of output from ARIMA, BBDESIGN,
CCDESIGN, CLUOBS, CLUVARS, DISCRIMINANT, EVDESIGN,
FACTOR, FFACTORIAL, FFDESIGN, GLM, KMEANS, LREGRESSION,
LTABLE, LTEST, MIXREG, OPTDES, PROBIT, REGRESS, RLINE,
RSREG, SCDESIGN, and SLDESIGN
OH K (default = 0; controls pausing of output in Session window)
GPAUSE [K]
GPRINT with no arguments prints the newest Graph window
GSCALE K = minimum data value K = maximum data value
NMINIMUM K = minimum number of tick to use
NMAXIMUM K = maximum number of ticks to use
NTICKS store number of ticks in K
TMINIMUM store minimum tick value in K
TMAXIMUM store maximum tick value in K
TINCREMENT store distance between ticks in K
SMINIMUM store minimum scale value in K
SMAXIMUM store maximum scale value in K
any graphics command
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Communicating with Macro Users
READ, SET, or INSERT
FILE "TERMINAL"
NOTE [comment] (displays blank lines or messages)
YESNO K (returns K = 1 if user responds "Yes", K = 0 for "No")
PAUSE transfers control from macro to keyboard
RESUME transfers control from keyboard back to macro

Execs
Execs use the default file extension MTB and are invoked using the command
EXECUTE.
EXECUTE ["filename"] [K times] (default filename = MINITAB.MTB)
ECHO display the commands that follow
NOECHO do not display the commands that follow (default)
YESNO store response ("Yes" = 1, "No" = 0) in K
Looping Through Columns and Matrices
Use the CK syntax to use a constant to specify a column number. If K1 = 3, then
CK1 = C3; if K2 = 16, then CK2 = C16. Specify a matrix using the MK syntax.
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The first time through the loop, K1 = 1, giving
PLOT C21 ∗ CK1 PLOT C21 ∗ C1. The next time through the loop,
LET K1 = K1 + 1 K1 = 2, giving PLOT C21 ∗ C2, and so on.
Start the Exec and generate 20 plots by typing:
LET K1 = 1
EXECUTE "PLOTS" 20

Canceling a %Macro or Exec

To cancel Press c+k.

Basic Statistics
DESCRIBE variables in C…C
BY levels in C
GHISTOGRAM display histogram for each variable
GNHISTOGRAM display histogram with a normal curve for each variable
GDOTPLOT display dotplot for each variable
GBOXPLOT display boxplot for each variable
%DESCRIBE variables in C…C
BY levels in C
CONFIDENCE level is K
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
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STATS [C…C]
Control of the grouping:
BY C…C
NOEMPTY
MISSINGS
Storage of group information:
GLABELS C…C
GVALUES C…C
GIDS C…C
Storage of statistics:
MEAN C…C
SEMEAN C…C
STDEVIATIONS C…C
VARIANCE C…C
QONE C…C
MEDIAN C…C
QTHREE C…C
IQRANGE C…C
SUMS C…C
MINIMUMS C…C
MAXIMUMS C…C
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N C…C
NMISSING C…C
COUNT C…C
CUMN C…C
PERCENT C…C
CUMPERCENT C…C
SSQ C…C
SKEWNESS C…C
KURTOSIS C…C
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ONEZ C…C one-sample Z-test and confidence interval
SIGMA K
TEST K
ALTERNATIVE = K
CONFIDENCE K
GHISTOGRAM display histogram for each variable
GDOTPLOT display dotplot for each variable
GBOXPLOT display boxplot for each variable
ONET C…C one-sample t-test and confidence interval
TEST K
ALTERNATIVE = K
CONFIDENCE K
GHISTOGRAM display a histogram
GDOTPLOT display a dotplot
GBOXPLOT display a boxplot
TWOSAMPLE test and c.i. [K% confidence] samples in C C
ALTERNATIVE = K
POOLED procedure
GDOTPLOT display a dotplot
GBOXPLOT display a boxplot
TWOT test and c.i. [K% confidence] data in C, groups in C
ALTERNATIVE = K
POOLED procedure
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GDOTPLOT display a dotplot
GBOXPLOT display a boxplot
PAIR CC
CONFIDENCE K
ALTERNATIVE = K
TEST K
GHISTOGRAM display a histogram
GDOTPLOT display a dotplot
GBOXPLOT display a boxplot
PONE C…C or K K…K
CONFIDENCE K
ALTERNATIVE = K
TEST K
USEZ
PTWO C C or K K K K
CONFIDENCE K
ALTERNATIVE = K
TEST K
STACKED
POOLED procedure
%VARTEST test C C for equal variances
UNSTACKED
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STDEVS store in C
VARIANCES store in C
UPPER store in C
LOWER store in C
NOTABLE suppress table of standard deviations and confidence limits
TITLE for graph is K or "text"
GSAVE save graph in K or "filename"
CORRELATION between C…C [put into M]
NOPVALUES suppresses display of p-values
COVARIANCE between C…C [put into M]
%NORMPLOT C
PROBS C
SWTEST Ryan-Joiner goodness-of-fit test (sim. to Shapiro-Wilk)
KSTEST Kolmogorov-Smirnov goodness-of-fit test
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"

Regression
REGRESS C on K predictors C…C
CONSTANT fit y-intercept (default)
NOCONSTANT do not fit y-intercept
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SRESIDUALS put into C
FITS put into C
MSE put into K
COEFFICIENTS put into C
XPXINV put into M
RMATRIX put into M
HI put into C (leverage)
RESIDUALS put into C (observed - fit)
TRESIDUALS put into C (deleted Studentized)
COOKD put into C (Cook’s distance)
DFITS put into C
PREDICT for E…E
CONFIDENCE level is K
PFITS put fits into C
PSDFITS put standard deviation of fits into C
CLIMITS put confidence limits into C C
PLIMITS put prediction limits into C C
VIF display variance inflation factor
DW display Durbin-Watson statistic
PURE perform pure error lack-of-fit test
XLOF perform experimental lack-of-fit test
RTYPE plot residual type K
GHISTOGRAM display histogram of residuals
GNORMAL display normal plot of residuals
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GFITS plot residuals versus fits
GORDER plot residuals versus order
GVARIABLE plot residuals versus C…C
TOLERANCE K [K]
BRIEF output code K
STEPWISE regress C on predictors C…C
CONSTANT fit y-intercept (default)
NOCONSTANT do not fit y-intercept
FENTER = K (default is 4)
FREMOVE = K (default is 4)
FORCE C…C
ENTER C…C
REMOVE C…C
BEST K alternative predictors
STEPS = K (default depends on output width)
FORWARD sets F-to-remove to 0 and alpha-to-remove to 1
BACKWARD F-to-enter to 10**18 and alpha-to-enter to 0
AENTER K alpha-to-enter
AREMOVE K alpha-to-remove
BREG C on predictors C…C
CONSTANT fit y-intercept (default)
NOCONSTANT do not fit y-intercept
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BEST K models
NVARS K [up to K]
NOWARN suppress warning for model with many predictors
%FITLINE regress y in C on the predictor in C
POLY order of polynomial is K
LOGY use log transformation on response
LOGX use log transformation on predictor
LOGSCALE display log scale for transformed variables
FITS put fits into C
RESIDUALS put residuals into C
LFITS put log-transformed fits into C
LRES put residuals of log-transformed response into C
COEFFICIENTS put regression coefficients into C
CI display confidence bands
PI display prediction bands
CONFIDENCE level is K
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
CONSTANT fit y-intercept in REGRESS, STEPWISE, and BREG commands that
follow
NOCONSTANT do not fit y-intercept in REGRESS, STEPWISE, and BREG
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BRIEF output code K

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BLOGISTIC model
FREQUENCY are in C
ST response is number of successes and trials
SF response is number of successes and failures
FT response is number of failures and trials
LOGIT link function
NORMIT link function
GOMPIT link function
FACTORS are in C…C
REFERENCE level or event for C is K, …, C K
GPDCHISQUARE plot delta chi-square vs event probability
GPDDEVIANCE plot delta deviance vs event probability
GPDSBETA plot delta beta (standardized) vs event probability
GPDBETA plot delta beta vs event probability
GHDCHISQUARE plot delta chi-square vs leverage
GHDDEVIANCE plot delta deviance vs leverage
GHDSBETA plot delta beta (standardized) vs leverage
GHDBETA plot delta beta vs leverage
PRESIDUALS put in C
SPRESIDUALS put in C
DRESIDUALS put in C
DCHISQUARE put in C
DDEVIANCE put in C
DSBETA put in C
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DBETA put in C
HI put in C
EPROBABILITY put in C [C]
NOCCUR put in C [C]
NTRIALS put in C
COEFFICIENTS put in C
SECOEFFICIENTS put in C
XPWXINVERSE put in M
LOGLIKELIHOOD put in K
HOSMER number of groups is K
BRIEF output code K
STEP display log-likelihood for each iteration
ITERATION maximum number is K
START values in C
CTOLERANCE convergence criteria is K K
TOLERANCE level is K [K]
OLOGISTIC model
FREQUENCY counts are in C
LOGIT link function
NORMIT link function
GOMPIT link function
FACTORS are in C…C
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ORDER of response levels is C or K…K
EPROBABILITY put in C…C
CUMPROBABILITY put in C…C
NOCCUR put in C…C
NTRIALS put in C
COEFFICIENTS put in C
SECOEFFICIENTS put in C
XPWXINVERSE put in M
LOGLIKELIHOOD put in K
BRIEF output code K
STEP display log-likelihood for each iteration
ITERATION maximum number is K
START values in C
CTOLERANCE convergence criteria is K K
TOLERANCE level is K [K]
NLOGISTIC model
FREQUENCY counts are in C
FACTORS are in C…C
REFERENCE level or event for C is K, …, C K
EPROBABILITY put in C…C
NOCCUR put in C…C
NTRIALS put in C
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SECOEFFICIENTS put in C
XPWXINVERSE put in M
LOGLIKELIHOOD put in K
BRIEF output code K
STEP display log-likelihood for each iteration
ITERATION maximum number is K
START values in C
CTOLERANCE convergence criteria is K K
TOLERANCE level is K [K]
%RESPLOTS residuals in C, fits in C
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"

Analysis of Variance
AOVONEWAY aov on samples in C…C
GDOTPLOT display a dotplot
GBOXPLOT display a boxplot
ONEWAY aov on data in C, levels in C [put residuals in C [fits in C]]
GDOTPLOT display a dotplot
GBOXPLOT display a boxplot
GHISTOGRAM display a histogram of the residuals
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GFITS plot residuals vs fitted values
GORDER plot residuals vs order of the data
GVARIABLE plot residuals vs C…C
TUKEY [family error rate K]
FISHER [individual error rate K]
DUNNETT [family error rate K] for control group K
MCB [family error rate K] best is K
TWOWAY aov on data in C, levels in C C [put residuals in C [fits in C]]
ADDITIVE model
MEANS for the factors C [C]
GHISTOGRAM display histogram of residuals
GNORMAL display normal probability plot of residuals
GFITS display plot of residuals vs fits
GORDER display plot of residuals vs order
GVARIABLE display plot of residuals vs C…C
%ANOM analysis of means on data in C, levels in C [C]
ALPHA level is K
TABLE display table of statistics
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%BANOM analysis of means on binomial data in C, sample size K
ALPHA level is K
TABLE display table of statistics
TITLE for graph is "text"
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GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%PANOM analysis of means on Poisson data in C
ALPHA level is K
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
ANOVA model
RANDOM C…C
EMS print table of expected mean squares, estimated variance
components, and error term in each F-test
FITS put into C…C
RESIDUALS put into C…C
MEANS for termlist
TEST for termlist / errorterm
RESTRICT use restricted model
GHISTOGRAM display histogram of residuals
GNORMAL display normal probability plot of residuals
GFITS display plot of residuals vs fitted values
GORDER display plot of residuals vs order of data
GVARIABLE display plot of residuals vs C…C
MANOVA [termlist [/ errorterm]]
SSCP print hypothesis matrix and error matrix
EIGEN print table of eigenvalues and eigenvectors
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NOUNIVARIATE suppress univariate output
ANCOVA model
COVARIATES are in C…C
FITS put into C…C
RESIDUALS put into C…C
MEANS for termlist
TEST for termlist / errorterm
GHISTOGRAM display histogram of residuals
GNORMAL display normal probability plot of residuals
GFITS display plot of residuals vs fitted values
GORDER display plot of residuals vs order of data
GVARIABLE display plot of residuals vs C…C
GLM model
COVARIATES are in C…C
WEIGHTS are in C
FITS put into C…C
RESIDUALS put into C…C
SRESIDUALS put into C…C
TRESIDUALS put into C…C
HI put into C
COOKD put into C…C
DFITS put into C…C
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COEFFICIENTS put into C…C
MEANS for termlist
TEST for termlist / errorterm
MANOVA [termlist [/ errorterm]]
RANDOM C…C
SSQUARES K
EMS
INTERACT C…C
SMEANS store means in C…C
PAIRWISE terms
TUKEY
BONFERRONI
SIDAK
CONFIDENCE K
NOTEST
NOCI
CONTROL terms
LEVELS K K …K
ALTERNATIVE K
DUNNETT
BONFERRONI
SIDAK
CONFIDENCE K
NOTEST
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NOCI
SSCP print hypothesis matrix and error matrix
EIGEN print table of eigenvalues and eigenvectors
PARTIAL print matrix of partial correlations
NOUNIVARIATE suppress univariate output
RTYPE plot residual type K
GHISTOGRAM display histogram of residuals
GNORMAL display normal probability plot of residuals
GFITS display plot of residuals vs fitted values
GORDER display plot of residuals vs order of data
GVARIABLE display plot of residuals vs C…C
BRIEF output code K
TOLERANCE K [K]
%VARTEST response in C factors in C…C
UNSTACKED
CONFIDENCE level is K
STDEVS store in C
VARIANCES store in C
UPPER store in C
LOWER store in C
NOTABLE suppress table of standard deviations and confidence limits
TITLE for graph is K or "text"
GSAVE save graph in K or "filename"
%INTPLOT CC
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TYPE K
CONSTANT K
SIDE K
SHOWBAR
POOL
YLABEL "label"
XLABEL "label"
STYPE K
SCOLOR K
SSIZE K
LTYPE K
LCOLOR K
LSIZE K
BTYPE K
BETYPE K
BCOLOR K
BECOLOR K
BESIZE K
BBASE K
TITLE "text"
GSAVE "file"
%MAIN main effects plots for factors in C…C
RESPONSE data in C
LSMEANS data in C
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YMIN y-axis minimum is K
YMAX y-axis maximum is K
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%INTERACT interaction plots for factors in C…C
RESPONSE data in C
LSMEANS data in C
FULL display full matrix of plots
NOCENTER remove center points from factor level columns
YMIN y-axis minimum is K
YMAX y-axis maximum is K
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
% RESPLOTS see %RESPLOTS under Regression, page 101

Multivariate Analysis
DISCRIMINANT groups in C, predictors in C…C
QUADRATIC use quadratic discriminant analysis
PRIORS are in K…K
LDF coefficients put in C…C
FITS put in C [XVAL fits in C]
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PREDICT for E…E
BRIEF output code K
PCA principal component analysis of C…C
COVARIANCE matrix
NCOMP number of components is K
COEFFICIENTS put into C…C
SCORES put into C…C
GSCREE display a scree plot
GSCORE plot scores for first two components
FACTOR [C…C]
CORRELATION factor the correlation matrix [M]
COVARIANCE factor the covariance matrix [M]
NFACTORS extract K factors
ML use maximum likelihood (default is PCA)
PRIORS use C as initial communality estimates in ML
MAXITERATIONS maximum number of iterations for ML is K
CONVERGENCE criterion for convergence in ML is K
INLOADINGS input C…C as loadings
SORT sort loadings, [print all loadings less than K as 0.0]
VMAX use varimax rotation
QMAX use quartimax rotation
EMAX use equamax rotation
OMAX use orthomax rotation with γ = K

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EIGEN store eigenvalues in C, eigenvectors in M
LOADINGS store loadings in C…C
COEFFICIENTS store factor score coefficients in C…C
SCORES store factor scores in C…C
RESIDUAL store residual matrix in M
ROTMAT store rotation matrix in M
GSCREE display a scree plot
GSCORE plot scores for first two factors
GLOADING plot loadings for first two factors
BRIEF output code K
CLUOBS cluster observations in C…C or M
EUCLIDEAN use Euclidean distance (default)
SQEUCLIDEAN use squared Euclidean distance
PEARSON use Pearson distance
SQPEARSON use squared Pearson distance
MANHATTAN use Manhattan distance
SINGLE use single linkage (default)
AVERAGE use average linkage
COMPLETE use complete linkage
MCQUITTY use McQuitty linkage
CENTROID use centroid linkage
MEDIAN use median linkage
WARD use Ward linkage

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STANDARDIZE variables before clustering
NUMBER cut dendrogram to obtain K clusters
CUT cut dendrogram at K similarity level
DENDROGRAM display dendrogram
TYPE line type for each cluster is K…K
COLOR line color for each cluster is K…K
SIZE line size for each cluster is K…K
TITLE for dendrogram is "text"
GSAVE save dendrogram in "filename"
YDISTANCE use distance on y-axis, default is similarity
MULTIPAGE display each cluster in a separate window
DMATRIX save the distance matrix in M
MEMBERSHIP save cluster membership in C
DISTANCE save distance between observations and centroids in C…C
BRIEF output code K
CLUVARS cluster variables in C…C or M
CORRELATION use correlation to measure distance (default)
ABSCORRELATION use absolute correlation to measure distance
SINGLE use single linkage (default)
AVERAGE use average linkage
COMPLETE use complete linkage
MCQUITTY use McQuitty linkage
CENTROID use centroid linkage

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MEDIAN use median linkage
WARD use Ward linkage
NUMBER cut dendrogram to obtain K clusters
CUT cut dendrogram at K similarity level
DENDROGRAM display dendrogram
TYPE line type for each cluster is K…K
COLOR line color for each cluster is K…K
SIZE line size for each cluster is K…K
TITLE for dendrogram is "text"
GSAVE save dendrogram in "filename"
YDISTANCE use distance on y-axis, default is similarity
MULTIPAGE display each cluster in a separate window
DMATRIX save the distance matrix in M
BRIEF output code K
KMEANS cluster observations in C…C
STANDARDIZE variables before clustering
NUMBER extract K clusters
INITIAL use the initial partition in C
MEMBERSHIP save cluster membership in C
DISTANCE save distances between observations and centroids in C…C
BRIEF output code K

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Nonparametrics
RUNS test [above and below K] on C…C
STEST sign test [median = K] on C…C
ALTERNATIVE = K
SINTERVAL sign c.i. [K% confidence] on C…C
WTEST Wilcoxon one-sample rank test [median = K] on C…C
ALTERNATIVE = K
WINTERVAL Wilcoxon c.i. [K% confidence] on C…C
MANN-WHITNEY two-sample rank test and c.i. [K% confidence] on C C
ALTERNATIVE = K
KRUSKAL-WALLIS test for data in C, subscripts in C
MOOD median test, data in C, levels in C [put res. in C [fits in C]]
CELL statistics store in C, C, C, C, C [C, C]
FRIEDMAN data in C, treatment in C, blocks in C [put res. in C [fits in C]]
WALSH averages for C, put into C [put indices into C C]
WDIFF for C and C, put into C [put indices into C C]
WSLOPE y in C, x in C, put slopes into C [put row indices into C C]

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Tables
TALLY the data in C…C
COUNTS display frequencies
PERCENTS display percentage of total nonmissing values
CUMCOUNTS display cumulative counts
CUMPERCENTS display cumulative percents
ALL display all four statistics above
STORE in C…C
CHISQUARE test on table stored in C…C
TABLE the data classified by C…C
MEANS for C…C
MEDIANS for C…C
SUMS for C…C
MINIMUMS for C…C
MAXIMUMS for C…C
STDEV for C…C
STATS for C…C
DATA for C…C
N for C…C
NMISS for C…C
PROPORTION of cases = K [through K] for C…C
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ROWPERCENTS include row percent in each cell
COLPERCENTS include column percent in each cell
TOTPERCENTS include total percents in each cell
CHISQUARE analysis [output code = K]
MISSING level for classification variable C…C
NOALL in margins
ALL for C…C
FREQUENCIES are in C
LAYOUT K rows by K columns
CA simple correspondence analysis of variables in C…C
CONTINGENCY input consists of columns of a contingency table
RNAMES are in C
CNAMES are in C
NCOMPONENTS are K
RCROSS cross the first two variables to form the rows
CCROSS cross the last two variables to form the columns
RSUPPLEMENTARY are in C…C
CSUPPLEMENTARY are in C…C
SRNAMES are in C
SCNAMES are in C
CTABLE print the contingency table
RPROFILES print the row profiles
CPROFILES print the column profiles

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EXPECTEDS print table of expected cell frequencies
DIFFERENCES print table of (observed-expected) in each cell
CHISQUARE print table of chi-square value in each cell
INERTIAS print table of relative inertia in each cell
RPLOT display a row plot
CPLOT display a column plot
SPLOT display a symmetric plot of the rows and columns
ARPLOT display an asymmetric row plot
ACPLOT display an asymmetric column plot
AXES for plots are K K, …, K K
SUPPLEMENTARY display supplementary points in each plot
RPCOORDINATES put row principal coordinates into C…C
RSCOORDINATES put row standardized coordinates into C…C
CPCOORDINATES put column principal coordinates into C…C
CSCOORDINATES put column standardized coordinates into C…C
SVTB put the contingency table into C…C
MCA multiple correspondence analysis of variables in C…C
INDICATORS columns on MCA are indicator variables
CNAMES are in C
CSUPPLEMENTARY are in C…C
SCNAMES are in C
NCOMPONENTS are K
ITABLE print table of indicator variables
BURT print Burt table
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AXES for plots are K K … K K
SUPPLEMENTARY display supplementary points in all plots
CPLOT display column plot
COORDINATES put into C…C

Time Series
%TREND analysis for the data in C
QUADRATIC use quadratic trend model
GROWTH use exponential growth trend model
SCURVE use Pearl-Reed logistic trend model
PRIORS use coefficients K K [K]
WEIGHTS to compute smoothed coefficients are K K [K]
FORECASTS generate K forecasts
ORIGIN begin forecasts from time K
RESIDUALS store the residuals in C
FITS store the fits in C
FSTORE store the forecasts in C
NOPLOT suppress the plot
TABLE display additional output
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%DECOMP analysis for the data in C with seasonal length K

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MULTIPLICATIVE model (default)
ADDITIVE model
NOTREND do not include a trend component
START initial seasonal period is K
FORECASTS generate K forecasts
ORIGIN begin forecasts from time K
TREND store the trend component values in C
DETREND store the detrended data in C
SEASONAL store the seasonal component values in C
DESEASONAL store the deseasonalized data in C
FSTORE store the forecasts in C
RESIDUALS store the residuals in C
FITS store the fits in C
NOPLOT suppress all plots
TABLE display additional output
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%MA for data in C, with a moving average of length K
CENTER the moving averages
FORECASTS generate K forecasts
ORIGIN generate forecasts from time K
AVERAGES store the moving averages in C
FITS store the fits in C
RESIDUALS store the residuals in C
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FSTORE store the forecasts in C
UPPER store the upper prediction limits in C
LOWER store the lower prediction limits in C
SMPLOT plot smoothed values vs actual data
NOPLOT suppress the plot
TABLE display additional output
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%SES single exponential smoothing for the data in C
WEIGHT to use to smooth the data is K
INITIAL smooth value is average of first K values
FORECASTS generate K forecasts
ORIGIN generate forecasts from time K
SMOOTHED store the smoothed data in C
FITS store the fits in C
RESIDUALS store the residuals in C
FSTORE store the forecasts in C
UPPER store the upper prediction limits in C
LOWER store the lower prediction limits in C
SMPLOT plot smoothed values vs actual data
NOPLOT suppress the plot
TABLE display additional output
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
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%DES double exponential smoothing for the data in C
WEIGHTS for level component are K, for trend component are K
FORECASTS generate K forecasts
ORIGIN generate forecasts from time K
SMOOTHED store the smoothed data in C
LEVEL store the level component values in C
TREND store the trend component values in C
FITS store the fits in C
RESIDUALS store the residuals in C
FSTORE store the forecasts in C
UPPER store the upper prediction limits in C
LOWER store the lower prediction limits in C
SMPLOT plot smoothed values vs actual data
NOPLOT suppress the plot
TABLE display additional output
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%WINTMULT multiplicative seasonal expo. smoothing for data in C with
seasonal length K
WEIGHTS for level component = K, for trend component = K, for seasonal
component = K
FORECASTS generate K forecasts
ORIGIN generate forecasts from time K
SMOOTHED store the smoothed data in C
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LEVEL store the level component values in C
TREND store the trend component values in C
SEASONAL store the seasonal component values in C
RESIDUALS store the residuals in C
FITS store the fits in C
FSTORE store the forecasts in C
UPPER store the upper prediction limits in C
LOWER store the lower prediction limits in C
SMPLOT plot smoothed values vs. actual data
NOPLOT suppress the plot
TABLE display additional output
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%WINTADD additive seasonal expo. smoothing for the data in C with seasonal
length K
WEIGHTS for level component = K, for trend component =K,
for seasonal component = K
FORECASTS generate K forecasts
ORIGIN generate forecasts from time K
SMOOTHED store the smoothed data in C
LEVEL store the level component values in C
TREND store the trend component values in C
SEASONAL store the seasonal component values in C
RESIDUALS store the residuals in C
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FITS store the fits in C
FSTORE store the forecasts in C
UPPER store the upper prediction limits in C
LOWER store the lower prediction limits in C
SMPLOT plot smoothed values vs. actual data
NOPLOT suppress the plot
TABLE display additional output
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
DIFFERENCES [of lag K] for data in C, put into C
LAG [by K] for data in C, put into C
ACF [up to K lags] for series in C [put into C]
PACF [up to K lags] for series in C [put into C]
%ACF for series in C
MAXLAG maximum number of lags is K
CORR store autocorrelations in C
TSTATS store t-statistics in C
LBQ store Ljung-Box Q statistics in C
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%PACF for series in C
MAXLAG maximum number of lags is K
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TSTATS store t-statistics in C
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
CCF [up to K lags] between series in C and C
ARIMA p = K, d = K, q = K [P = K, D = K, Q = K, S = K] data in C
[put residuals in C [predicted values in C [parameters in C]]]
CONSTANT fit y-intercept (default)
NOCONSTANT do not fit y-intercept
STARTING values are in C
FORECAST [origin = K] up to K leads [forecasts in C [limits in C C]]
GSERIES display time series plot
GACF plot autocorrelation function for residuals
GPACF plot partial autocorrelation function for residuals
GHISTOGRAM display histogram of residuals
GNORMAL display normal probability plot of residuals
GFITS plot residuals vs fitted values
GORDER plot residuals vs order of data
GVARIABLE plot residuals vs C…C
BRIEF output code K

Exploratory Data Analysis

LVALS of C [put letter values in C [mids in C [spreads in C]]]

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MPOLISH C, rows in C, columns in C [put residuals in C [fits in C]]
COLUMNS start iteration with column medians
ITERATIONS = K
EFFECTS put commons into K, rows into C, columns into C
COMPARISONS values, put into C
RLINE y in C, x in C [put residuals in C [fits in C [coefficients in C]]]
MAXITERATIONS maximum number of iterations = K
BRIEF output code K
RSMOOTH C, put rough into C, smooth into C
SMOOTH by 3RSSH, twice
CPLOT condensed plot of y in C vs x in C
LINES =K
CHARACTERS = K
XBOUNDS = from K to K
YBOUNDS = from K to K
CTABLE coded table data in C, row levels in C, column levels in C
MAXIMUM value in each cell should be coded
MINIMUM value in each cell should be coded
ROOTOGRAM [data in C [use bin boundaries in C]]
BOUNDARIES put in C
DRRS put in C
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COUNTS put in C
FREQUENCIES are in C [bin boundaries are in C]
MEAN =K
STDEV =K

Power and Sample Size

POWER
ZONE Specify two of DIFFERENCE, SAMPLE, and
ALPHA =K POWER. MINITAB solves for the other.
SIGMA =K
ALTERNATIVE K
DIFFERENCE K…K
SAMPLE K…K
POWER K…K
SSAMPLE C
SDIFFERENCE C
SPOWER C
TONE Specify two of DIFFERENCE, SAMPLE, and
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ALPHA =K
SIGMA =K
ALTERNATIVE K
DIFFERENCE K…K
SAMPLE K…K
POWER K…K
SSAMPLE C
SDIFFERENCE C
SPOWER C
TTWO
ALPHA K
SIGMA K
ALTERNATIVE K
DIFFERENCE K…K
SAMPLE K…K
POWER K…K
SSAMPLE C
SDIFFERENCE C
SPOWER C
PONE
ALPHA K
PNULL K
ALTERNATIVE K
PALTERNATIVE K…K
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SAMPLE K…K
POWER K…K
SSAMPLE C
SPALTERNATIVE C
SPOWER C
PTWO
ALPHA K
PRONE K…K
PRTWO K
ALTERNATIVE K
SAMPLE K…K
POWER K…K
SSAMPLE C
SPRONE C
SPOWER C
ONEWAY K
ALPHA K
SIGMA K
SSQMEANS K…K
MEANS K…K
MAKDIFFERENCE K…K
SAMPLE K…K
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SSAMPLE C
SSSQMEANS C
SPOWER C
FFDESIGN KK Specify three of EFFECT, CPBLOCK, REPLICATES,
ALPHA K and POWER. MINITAB solves for the other.
SIGMA K
EFFECT K…K
CPBLOCK K…K
FITC
FITB
BLOCKS K
REPLICATES K…K
POWER K…K
OMIT K terms from model
SREPLICATES C
SEFFECT C
SPOWER C
SCPBLOCK C
PBDESIGN KK Specify three of EFFECT, CPBLOCK, REPLICATES,
ALPHA K and POWER. MINITAB solves for the other.
SIGMA K
EFFECT K…K
CPBLOCK K…K
OMIT K terms from model
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FITC
REPLICATES K…K
POWER K…K
SREPLICATES C
SEFFECT C
SPOWER C
SCPBLOCK C

Quality Planning Tools

%RRUN draw run chart with tests for randomness based on runs
RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
CSUB data in C, subgroup size is E
MEANS plot subgroup means (default)
MEDIANS plot subgroup medians
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save the graph in "filename"
%PARETO generate Pareto chart for C
OTHERS group cumulative percent over K into "Others"
COUNTS are in C
BY C
SEPARATE charts
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TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save the graph in "filename"
%FISHBONE generate fishbone (cause-and-effect) diagram
BR1 branch 1 list of causes in C
BR2 branch 2 list of causes in C
BR3 branch 3 list of causes in C
BR4 branch 4 list of causes in C
BR5 branch 5 list of causes in C
BR6 branch 6 list of causes in C
NOEMPTY suppress empty branches
NAM1 branch 1 name is "text"
NAM2 branch 2 name is "text"
NAM3 branch 3 name is "text"
NAM4 branch 4 name is "text"
NAM5 branch 5 name is "text"
NAM6 branch 6 name is "text"
NOLABELS suppress default branch labels
EFFECT name of effect is "text"
TITLE for diagram is "text"
GSAVE save the diagram in "filename"
%MULTIVAR Multi-Vari chart
RESPONSE C
FACTORS C…C
DATAON display individual observations, just means
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MU1ON turn on connect lines between means for factor 1
MU2ON turn on connect lines between means for factor 2
MU3ON turn on connect lines between means for factor 3
TITLE 'string'
%SYMPLOT symmetry plot of data in C…C
TITLE 'string'

Measurement Systems Analysis

%GAGEAOV gage R&R using ANOVA method
PARTS in C
OPERS in C
RESPONSE in C
STUDYVAR is K
SIGMA is K
TOLER is K
NOPCONTRIBUTION no percent contribution output
NOPSTUDYVAR no percent study var. output
SEPARATE graphs
TITLE for graph is "text"
GAGE name is "text"
DATE is "text"
USER is "text"

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GTOL is "text"
MISC comments are "text"
%GAGEXBR gage R&R analysis using Average and Range Method
PARTS in C
OPERS in C
RESPONSE in C
STUDYVAR is K
SIGMA is K
TOLER is K
NOPCONTRIBUTION no percent contribution output
NOPSTUDYVAR no percent study var. output
SEPARATE graphs
TITLE for graphs is "text"
GAGE name is "text"
DATE is "text"
USER is "text"
GTOL is "text"
MISC comments are "text"
%GAGERUN plot response values by operator and part number
PARTS in C
OPERS in C
TRIAL numbers in C
RESPONSE in C
MU is K
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TITLE for chart is "text"
GAGE name is "text"
DATE is "text"
USER is "text"
GTOL is "text"
MISC comments are "text"
%GAGENEST nested gage R&R
PARTS in C
OPERS in C
RESPONSE in C
STUDYVAR multiplier = K
SEPARATE page for graphs
SIGMA =K
TOLER =K
GAGE K (for on graph(s))
DATE K (for on graph(s))
USER K (for on graph(s))
MISC K (for on graph(s))
GTOL K (for on graph(s))
TITLE for graph is K or "text string"
NOPCONTRIBUTION no percent contribution output
NOPSTUDYVAR no percent study var. output
%GAGELIN gage linearity and accuracy study
PARTS in C
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MASTER in C
RESPONSE in C
SIGMA is K
TITLE for graphs is "text"
GAGE name is "text"
DATE is "text"
USER is "text"
GTOL is "text"
MISC comments are "text"

Variables Control Charts

DEFTEST for test number K, test element is K, …, K K
%BOXCOX transformation for non-normal data
RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
CSUB data in C, subgroup size is E
LAMBDA is K
STORE transformed data in C (with CSUB)
STORE transformed data in C…C (with RSUB)
XBARCHART [data in C, subgroup size is E]
RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
MU =K
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RBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup ranges
SBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup standard deviations
MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
RSPAN length of moving range = K (default = 2)
ESTIMATE parameters based on subgroups K…K or C
BOXCOX K
HPROCESS historical stages in process data C
VALUES K…K or C
OMIT K…K or C from parameter estimate calculations
TEST use tests K…K or C (all 8 tests)
SUBGROUP size = K to calculate control limits and center line
STAMP C
SLIMITS [K…K]
UPPER K
LOWER K
Graphics Subcommands for Variables Control Charts (see page 146)
RCHART [data in C, subgroup size is E]
RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
SIGMA =K
RBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup ranges
ESTIMATE parameters based on subgroups K…K or C
BOXCOX K
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VALUES K…K or C
OMIT K…K or C from parameter estimate calculations
TEST use tests K…K or C (first 4 tests only)
SUBGROUP size = K to calculate control limits and center line
STAMP C
SLIMITS [K…K]
UPPER K
LOWER K
Graphics Subcommands for Variables Control Charts (see page 146)
SCHART [data in C, subgroup size is E]
RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
SIGMA =K
SBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup st.devs.
ESTIMATE parameters based on subgroups K…K or C
BOXCOX K
HPROCESS historical stages in process data C
VALUES K…K or C
OMIT K…K or C from parameter estimate calculations
TEST use tests K…K or C (first 4 tests only)
SUBGROUP size = K to calculate control limits and center line
STAMP C
SLIMITS [K…K]
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LOWER K
Graphics Subcommands for Variables Control Charts (see page 146)
%RXBARR
RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
CSUB data in C, subgroup size is E
MU =K
SIGMA =K
RBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup ranges
BOXCOX K
HPROCESS historical stages in process data C
VALUES K…K or C
OMIT K…K from parameter estimate calculations
TEST use tests K…K (all 8 tests)
SUBGROUP size = K to calculate control limits and center line
STAMP C
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%RXBARS
RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
CSUB data in C, subgroup size is E
MU =K
SIGMA =K
SBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup st.devs.
BOXCOX K
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HPROCESS historical stages in process data C
VALUES K…K or C
OMIT K…K from parameter estimate calculations
TEST use tests K…K (all 8 tests)
SUBGROUP size = K to calculate control limits and center line
STAMP C
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
ICHART data in C
MU =K
SIGMA =K
MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
RSPAN length of moving range = K (default = 2)
ESTIMATE parameters based on subgroups K…K or C
BOXCOX K
HPROCESS historical stages in process data C
VALUES K…K or C
OMIT K…K or C from parameter estimate calculations
TEST use tests K…K or C (all 8 tests)
STAMP C
SLIMITS [K…K]
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Graphics Subcommands for Variables Control Charts (see page 146)
MRCHART data in C
SIGMA =K
MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
RSPAN length of moving range = K (default = 2)
ESTIMATE parameters based on subgroups K…K or C
BOXCOX K
HPROCESS historical stages in process data C
VALUES K…K or C
OMIT K…K or C from parameter estimate calculations
TEST use tests K…K (first 4 tests only)
STAMP C
SLIMITS [K…K]
UPPER K
LOWER K
Graphics Subcommands for Variables Control Charts (see page 146)
%IMRCHART C
MU =K
SIGMA =K
MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
RSPAN length of moving range = K (default = 2)
BOXCOX K
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VALUES K…K or C
OMIT K…K or C from parameter estimate calculations
TEST use tests K…K (all 8 tests)
STAMP C
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
EWMACHART [data in C, subgroup size is E]
RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
MU =K
SIGMA =K
RBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup ranges
SBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup st.devs.
MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
RSPAN length of moving range = K (default = 2)
ESTIMATE parameters based on subgroups K…K or C
BOXCOX K
OMIT K…K or C from parameter estimate calculations
SUBGROUP size = K to calculate control limits and center line
WEIGHT = K in EWMA (default = 0.2)
STAMP C
SLIMITS [K…K]
UPPER K
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Graphics Subcommands for Variables Control Charts (see page 146)
MACHART [data in C, subgroup size is E]
RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
MU =K
SIGMA =K
RBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup ranges
SBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup st.devs.
MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
RSPAN length of moving range = K (default = 2)
ESTIMATE parameters based on subgroups K…K or C
BOXCOX K
OMIT K…K or C from parameter estimate calculations
SUBGROUP size = K to calculate control limits and center line
SPAN length of moving averages = K (default = 3)
STAMP C
SLIMITS [K…K]
UPPER K
LOWER K
Graphics Subcommands for Variables Control Charts (see page 146)
%RCUSUM
RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
CSUB data in C, subgroup size is E
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RBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup ranges
SBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup st.devs.
MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
RSPAN length of moving range = K (default = 2)
OMIT K…K from parameter estimate calculations
TARGET specification = K (default = 0)
FIR initialize CUSUMs at K σ’s above and below 0
RESET CUSUMs to initial values when out-of-control
PLAN h = K k = K (defaults: h = 4 k = 0.5)
VMASK center V-mask on subgroup K
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%RZONE
RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
CSUB data in C, subgroup size is E
MU =K
SIGMA =K
RBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup ranges
SBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup st.devs.
MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
RSPAN length of moving range = K (default = 2)
OMIT K…K from parameter estimate calculations
WEIGHT K K K K (defaults = 0 2 4 8)
RESET cumulative score to zero when out of control
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SCORES put cumulative zone scores in C
DISPLAY K standardized observations (default = 25)
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%ZMRCHART data in C, part/product name/number in C
CENTER using data in C
SIGMAS in C to standardize data
SEPARATE σ estimate for each run independently (default)
POOLED σ estimate
EQUAL pool all data (across runs and parts) to estimate σ
PROP method to estimate σ
DISPLAY K standardized observations (default = 25)
STAMP C
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%WBCHART 3-way chart using both between-subgroup and within-subgroup
variations
RSUBS data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
MU C
RSPAN C
MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
RBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup ranges
HPROCESS historical values in process data C
VALUES K…K or C
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SLIMIT C
TEST use tests K…K (all 8 tests)
OMIT K from parameter estimate calculations
BOXCOX C
STAMP C
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"

Attributes Control Charts

PCHART data in C, subgroup size is E
HPROCESS historical values in process data C
VALUES K…K
OMIT K…K or C from parameter estimate calculations
ESTIMATE parameters based on subgroups K…K or C
P process proportion defective = K
SUBGROUP size = K to calculate control limits and center line
TEST use tests K…K or C
Graphics Subcommands for Attributes Control Charts (see page 146)
NPCHART CE
HPROCESS historical values in process data C
VALUES K…K
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ESTIMATE parameters based on subgroups K…K or C
P process proportion defective = K
SUBGROUP size = K to calculate control limits and center line
TEST use tests K…K or C
Graphics Subcommands for Attributes Control Charts (see page 146)
CCHART C
HPROCESS historical values in process data C
VALUES K…K
OMIT K…K or C from parameter estimate calculations
ESTIMATE parameters based on subgroups K…K or C
MU =K
TEST use tests K…K or C
Graphics Subcommands for Attributes Control Charts (see page 146)
UCHART CE
HPROCESS historical values in process data C
VALUES K…K
OMIT K…K or C from parameter estimate calculations
ESTIMATE parameters based on subgroups K…K or C
MU =K
SUBGROUP size = K to calculate control limits and center line
TEST use tests K…K or C
Graphics Subcommands for Attributes Control Charts (see page 146)

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Graphics Subcommands for Variables and Attributes
Control Charts (not %graphs)
Data Display Subcommands:
SYMBOL
FONT K…K or C
TYPE K…K or "char"…"char" or C
COLOR K…K or C
SIZE K…K or C
ANGLE K
PLACEMENT K K
OFFSET K K
CONNECT
TYPE K…K or C
COLOR K…K or C
SIZE K…K or C
STRAIGHT
Annotation Subcommands:
TITLE "text"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
FOOTNOTE "footnote"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)

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TEXT K K "text"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
LINE K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
POLYGON K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
MARKER K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
Frame Customization Subcommands:
AXIS K [K K] or C [K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
TICK K [K…K or C] or C [K…K or C]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
GRID K or C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
REFERENCE K K…K or K C or C K…K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
MINIMUM KK
MAXIMUM KK
SCFRAME include ticks and reference lines in scale calculation
SCANNOTATION include markers, lines, and polygons in scale calculation
STAMP C
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FONT K
COLOR K
SIZE K
SLIMITS [K…K or C]
TYPE K
COLOR K
SIZE K
UPPER K
LOWER K
FRAME (default)
Regions Commands and Subcommands:
LAYOUT
ENDLAYOUT
FIGURE [K K K K]
DATA [K K K K]
ASPECT K K
File I/O Commands and Subcommands:
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
REPLACE
NOREPLACE
GVIEW "filename.mgf"
GPAUSE [K]

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Character Control Charts
These are character (typewriter-style, or standard) graphics commands. From the
Session window or the Command Line Editor, type the command GSTD to enable
these commands. To re-enable high-resolution (professional) graphics
commands, type GPRO. These charts are available as high-resolution graphics
commands with the same names and with many more options. Character control
charts are not available via the menus.
GSTD enable character (standard) graphics
GPRO enable high-resolution (professional) graphics
XBARCHART for C…C, subgroups are in E
MU =K
SIGMA =K
RBAR use R to estimate σ
RSPAN =K
TEST K…K
SUBGROUP size is K
SLIMITS are K…K
HLINES at E…E
ESTIMATE using just samples K…K
YLABEL = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
XLABEL = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
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YSTART at K [end at K]
XSTART at K [end at K]
TITLE = 'text'
FOOTNOTE = 'text'
RCHART for C…C, subgroups are in E
SIGMA =K
RBAR use R to estimate σ
SUBGROUP size is K
SLIMITS are K…K
HLINES at E…E
ESTIMATE using just samples K…K
YLABEL = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
XLABEL = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YINCREMENT = K
YSTART at K [end at K]
XSTART at K [end at K]
TITLE = 'text'
FOOTNOTE = 'text'
SCHART for C…C, subgroups are in E
SIGMA =K
RBAR use R to estimate σ
SUBGROUP size is K
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HLINES at E…E
ESTIMATE using just samples K…K
YLABEL = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
XLABEL = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YINCREMENT =K
YSTART at K [end at K]
XSTART at K [end at K]
TITLE = 'text'
FOOTNOTE = 'text'
ICHART for C…C
MU =K
SIGMA =K
RSPAN =K
TEST K…K
SLIMITS are K…K
HLINES at E…E
ESTIMATE using just samples K…K
YLABEL = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
XLABEL = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YINCREMENT = K
YSTART at K [end at K]
XSTART at K [end at K]
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FOOTNOTE = 'text'
MACHART for C…C, subgroups are in E
MU =K
SIGMA =K
RBAR use R to estimate σ
SPAN =K
RSPAN =K
SUBGROUP size is K
SLIMITS are K…K
HLINES at E…E
ESTIMATE using just samples K…K
YLABEL = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
XLABEL = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YINCREMENT = K
YSTART at K [end at K]
XSTART at K [end at K]
TITLE = 'text'
FOOTNOTE = 'text'
EWMACHART for C…C, subgroups are in E
MU =K
SIGMA =K
RBAR use R to estimate σ
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RSPAN =K
SUBGROUP size is K
SLIMITS are K…K
HLINES at E…E
ESTIMATE using just samples K…K
YLABEL = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
XLABEL = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YINCREMENT =K
YSTART at K [end at K]
XSTART at K [end at K]
TITLE = 'text'
FOOTNOTE = 'text'
MRCHART for C…C
SIGMA =K
RSPAN =K
SLIMITS are K…K
HLINES at E…E
ESTIMATE using just samples K…K
YLABEL = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
XLABEL = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YINCREMENT = K
YSTART at K [end at K]
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TITLE = 'text'
FOOTNOTE = 'text'
PCHART number of nonconformities are in C…C, sample size = E
P =K
TEST K…K
SUBGROUP size is K
SLIMITS are K…K
HLINES at E…E
ESTIMATE using just samples K…K
YLABEL = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
XLABEL = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YINCREMENT = K
YSTART at K [end at K]
XSTART at K [end at K]
TITLE = 'text'
FOOTNOTE = 'text'
NPCHART number of nonconformities are in C…C, sample size = E
P =K
TEST K…K
SUBGROUP size is K
SLIMITS are K…K
HLINES at E…E
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YLABEL = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
XLABEL = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YINCREMENT =K
YSTART at K [end at K]
XSTART at K [end at K]
TITLE = 'text'
FOOTNOTE = 'text'
CCHART number of nonconformities are in C…C
MU =K
TEST K…K
SLIMITS are K…K
HLINES at E…E
ESTIMATE using just samples K…K
YLABEL = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
XLABEL = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YINCREMENT = K
YSTART at K [end at K]
XSTART at K [end at K]
TITLE = 'text'
FOOTNOTE = 'text'
UCHART number of nonconformities are in C…C, sample size = E
MU =K
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SUBGROUP size is K
SLIMITS are K…K
HLINES at E…E
ESTIMATE using just samples K…K
YLABEL = 'text' Note Single quotes must be used around
XLABEL = 'text' text strings with these subcommands.
YINCREMENT =K
YSTART at K [end at K]
XSTART at K [end at K]
TITLE = 'text'
FOOTNOTE = 'text'

Process Capability
%RCAPA
RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
CSUB data in C, subgroup size is E
WITHIN use within-subgroup variation (Cp, Cpk)
BETWEEN use between-subgroup variation (Pp, Ppk)
MU =K
SIGMA =K
RBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup ranges
SBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup st.devs.

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MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
RSPAN length of moving range = K (default = 2)
TOTAL estimate σ using overall standard deviation
MINMAX min = K max =K for capability histogram
PERCENT in place of parts-per-million
STORE in C…C statistics specified on HOARD
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1 = variable name
2 = USL (or UB)
3 = USL* (or UB*)
4 = Target
5 = Target*
6 = LSL (or LB)
7 = LSL* (or LB*)
8 = Mean
9 = Mean*
10 = Sample N
11 = StDev (Within)
12 = StDev* (Within)
13 = StDev (Overall)
14 = StDev* (Overall)
15 = Cp
16 =CPU
17 = CPL
18 = Cpk
19 = Cpm
20 = Pp
21 = PPU
22 = PPL
23 = Ppk
24 = Observed PPM < LSL (or < LB) (or %)
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25 = Observed PPM > USL (or > UB) (or %)
26 = Observed PPM Total (or %)
27 = Expected Within PPM < LSL (or < LB or < LSL* or < LB* or > LSL* or
> LB*) (or %)
28 = Expected Within PPM > USL (or > UB or > USL* or > UB* or < USL* or
< UB*) (or %)
29 = Expected Within PPM Total (or %)
30 = Expected Overall PPM < LSL (or < LB or < LSL* or < LB* or > LSL* or
> LB*) (or %)
31 = Expected Overall PPM > USL (or > UB or > USL* or > UB* or < USL* or
< UB*) (or %)
32 = Expected Overall PPM Total (or %)
BIASED do not use unbiasing constants
SRMSSD base σ estimate on the square root of half of the mean of the
squared successive differences when all subgroup sizes = 1
ZBENCH replace capability statistics with benchmark Z’s
BOXCOX C
USPEC K [K] (second K is flag for “hard” specification)
LSPEC K [K] (second K is flag for “hard” specification)
TARGET specification = K
TOLER = K (default = 6)
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USPEC and LSPEC are the specification limits. You must use at least one of these.
%BWCAPA capability analysis for between/within
CSUBS data in C…C, subgroup size is E
RSUBS data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
USPEC K [K] (second K is flag for “hard” specification)
LSPEC K [K] (second K is flag for “hard” specification)
TARGET specification = K
MU =K
BSIG =K
WSIG =K
BOXCOX K
TOLER = K (default = 6)
RBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup ranges
SBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup st.devs.
MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
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squared successive differences when all subgroup sizes = 1
RSPAN length of moving range = K (default = 2)
TITLE for graph is "text string"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
WITHIN use within-subgroup variation (Cp, Cpk)
OVERALL use between-subgroup variation (Pp, Ppk)
MINMAX capability histogram minimum = K maximum = K
PERCENT in place of parts-per-million
BIASED do not use unbiasing constants
HOARD store K…K (see arguments on page 157) in cols. specified on STORE
STORE in C…C statistics specified on HOARD
NOCHART do not display graph
%WCAPA capability report, assuming data from Weibull distribution
CSUBS data in C
RSUBS data in rows of C…C
USPEC K [K] (second K is flag for "hard" specification)
LSPEC K [K] (second K is flag for "hard" specification)
TARGET specification = K
SHAPE K
SCALE K
TOLER =K
TITLE for graph is K or "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%RSIXPACK
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RSUB data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
CSUB data in C, subgroup size is E
MU =K
SIGMA =K
RBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup ranges
SBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup st.devs.
MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
RSPAN length of moving range = K (default = 2)
TOTAL estimate σ using overall standard deviation
BIASED do not use unbiasing constants
SRMSSD base σ estimate on the square root of half of the mean of the
squared successive differences when all subgroup sizes = 1
TARGET =K
BOXCOX C
USPEC K
LSPEC K
TOLER = K (default = 6)
BREAKOUT K subgroups or observations to display in run chart
TEST use tests K…K
TITLE for graph is "text"
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%BWSIXPAC capability sixpack for between/within
CSUBS data in C, subgroup size is E
RSUBS data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
USPEC K
LSPEC K
TARGET K
MU =K
BSIG K
WSIG
BOXCOX K
TOLER =K
RBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup ranges
SBAR base σ estimate on average of subgroup st.devs.
MMR base σ estimate on median of the moving range
SRMSSD base σ estimate on the square root of half of the mean of the
squared successive differences when all subgroup sizes = 1
RSPAN length of moving range = K (default = 2)
TITLE for graph is "text string"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
BIASED do not use unbiasing constants
TEST K…K
%WSIXPACK
CSUBS data in C, subgroup size is K
RSUBS data in rows of C…C (each row is a subgroup)
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USPEC K
LSPEC K
SHAPE K
SCALE K
TOLER =K
BREAKOUT K subgroups or observations to display in run chart
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
%BCAPA capability report, assuming data from binomial distribution
DEFECTS C
SAMPLEN C or K
P K
TEST K…K
TARGET specification = K
BW
FCOLOR
TITLE for graph is "text"
%PCAPA capability report, assuming data from Poisson distribution
DEFECTS C
SAMPLEN C or K
MU =K
TEST K…K
TARGET specification = K
BW
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FCOLOR
TITLE for graph is "text"

Distribution Analysis
%LDOVIEW C…C
FREQUENCY are in C…C
BY C
Probability Plot Options
MKM plot positions determined by modified Kaplan-Meier method
KM plot positions determined by Kaplan-Meier method
HJ plot positions determined by Herd-Johnson method
ALLPT plot all points when there are tied failure times
AVEPT plot average (median) of tied points when there are tied failure
times
MAXPT plot maximum of tied points when there are tied failure times
Censoring Options
CENSOR indicators are in C…C
CVALUE censoring values K
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Estimation Options
KM Kaplan-Meier method
INTBY specify intervals from 0 to K1 by K2 (Actuarial method)
MLE maximum likelihood
LSXY least squares (failure time (X) versus rank (Y))
Distributions
WEIBULL distribution
EXTVALUE (Extreme Value) distribution
EXPONENTIAL distribution
LOGISTIC distribution
LLOGISTIC (loglogistic) distribution
NORMAL distribution
LGNEXP (lognormal base EXP) distribution
LGNTEN (lognormal base TEN) distribution
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "file"
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FREQUENCY are in C…C
BY C
Probability Plot Options
TURNBULL plot positions are determined by Turnbull method
ACTUARIAL plot positions are determined by Actuarial method
Estimation Options
MLE maximum likelihood
LSXY least squares (failure time (X) versus rank (Y))
Distributions
NORMAL distribution
WEIBULL distribution
LGNEXP (lognormal base EXP) distribution
LGNTEN (lognormal base TEN) distribution
EXPO exponential distribution
EXTVALUE (Extreme Value) distribution
LOGISTIC distribution
LLOGISTIC (loglogistic) distribution
TITLE for graph is "text"
GSAVE save graph in "file"
%LDIDENT C…C (changed subcommands)
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BY C
Probability Plot Options
MKM plot positions determined by modified Kaplan-Meier method
KM plot positions determined by Kaplan-Meier method
HJ plot positions determined by Herd-Johnson method
ALLPT plot all points when there are tied failure times
AVEPT plot average (median) of tied points when there are tied failure
times
MAXPT plot maximum of tied points when there are tied failure times
Censoring Options
CENSOR indicators are in C…C
CVALUE censoring values K
UPTIME upper limit for failure time is K
UPFAIL upper limit for number of failures is K
Estimation Options
MLE maximum likelihood
LSXY least squares (failure time (X) versus rank (Y))
PTILES percentiles for K…K
Distributions
NORMAL distribution
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LGNEXP (lognormal base EXP) distribution
LGNTEN (lognormal base TEN) distribution
EXPO exponential distribution
EXTVALUE (Extreme Value) distribution
LOGISTIC distribution
LLOGISTIC (loglogistic) distribution
TITLE for graph is "text"
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%LDIDENTA C…C
FREQUENCY are in C…C
BY C
Estimation Options
PTILES K…K
MLE maximum likelihood
LSXY least squares (failure time (X) versus rank (Y))
Probability Plot Options
TURNBULL plot positions are determined by Turnbull method
ACTUARIAL plot positions are determined by Actuarial method
Distributions
NORMAL distribution
WEIBULL distribution
LGNEXP (lognormal base EXP) distribution
LGNTEN (lognormal base TEN) distribution
EXPO exponential distribution
EXTVALUE (Extreme Value) distribution
LOGISTIC distribution
LLOGISTIC (loglogistic) distribution
TITLE for graph is "text"
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LTEST C…C
FREQUENCY are in C…C
BY C
COMSHAPE assume common shape parameter
COMSCALE assume common scale parameter
LOWCI lower confidence band
UPCI upper confidence band
TWOCI two-sided confidence interval
TVSS test shape or scale = K
TVSL test scale or location = K
TESS test for equal shape or scale
TESL test for equal scale or location
Graph Options:
XMINIMUM x-axis scale minimum = K
XMAXIMUM x-axis scale maximum = K
XLABEL x-axis label = K or "text string"
PPLOT does a probability plot
MKM plot positions determined by mod. Kaplan-Meier method
KM plot positions determined by Kaplan-Meier method
HJ plot positions determined by Herd-Johnson method
ALLPT plot all points when there are tied failure times
AVEPT plot average (median) of tied points when there are tied
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MAXPT plot maximum of tied points when there are tied failure
times
CI display confidence intervals on probability and survival plot
SPLOT does a survival plot
HPLOT does a hazard plot
Censoring Options
CENSOR indicators are in C…C(if you have multiply right censored data)
CVALUE censoring value K
UPTIME value is K (if you have Type I censoring on the right)
UPFAIL value is K (if you have Type II censoring on the right)
Distributions
WEIBULL distribution
EXTVALUE (extreme value) distribution
EXPONENTIAL distribution
LOGISTIC distribution
LLOGISTIC (loglogistic) distribution
NORMAL distribution
LGNEXP (lognormal base EXP) distribution
LGNTEN (lognormal base TEN) distribution

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Estimation Options
MLE maximum likelihood
LSXY least squares (failure time (X) versus rank (Y))
TIMES are K…K or C
STIME put in C
SURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
CLSURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
PTILES are K…K or C
KM Kaplan-Meier method
SURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
STIME put in C…C
SESURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
CLSURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
HAZARD put in C…C
HTIME put in C…C
INTBY specify intervals from 0 to K1 by K2 (Actuarial method)
SURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
STIME put in C…C
SESURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
CLSURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
HAZARD put in C…C
HTIME put in C…C
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SURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
STIME put in C…C
SESURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
CLSURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
HAZARD put in C…C
HTIME put in C…C
CONFIDENCE level is K
NOPARAMETRIC suppress all parametric estimation
Storage of Fitted Distribution
PPERCENTS put in C
PERCENTILE put in C…C
SEPERCENTILE put in C…C
CLPERCENTILE put in C…C
Storage of Estimates
PARAM put in C…C
SEPARAM put in C…C
CLPARAM put in C…C
VCPARAM put in M…M
LOGLIKELIHOOD put in K…K
Algorithm Options
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SETSHAPE value is K or K…K
SETSCALE value is K or K…K
Session Window Subcommand Only
CTOLERANCE convergence criteria is K K
Output Options
BRIEF output code K
STEP display log-likelihood for each iteration
LTABLE C…C
FREQUENCY are in C…C
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COMSHAPE assume common shape parameter
COMSCALE assume common scale parameter
LOWCI lower confidence band
UPCI upper confidence band
TWOCI two-sided confidence interval
TVSS test shape or scale = K
TVSL test scale or location = K
TESS test for equal shape or scale
TESL test for equal scale or location
Graph Options
XMINIMUM x-axis minimum = K
XMAXIMUM x-axis maximum = K
XLABEL x-axis label = K "text string"
PPLOT
TURNBULL plot positions are determined by Turnbull method
ACTUARIAL plot positions are determined by Actuarial method
SPLOT does a survival plot
HPLOT does a hazard plot
CI display confidence intervals on probability and survival plot
Distributions
WEIBULL distribution
EXTVALUE (extreme value) distribution
EXPONENTIAL distribution
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LOGISTIC distribution
LLOGISTIC (loglogistic) distribution
NORMAL distribution
LGNEXP (lognormal base EXP) distribution
LGNTEN (lognormal base TEN) distribution
Estimation Options
MLE maximum likelihood
LSXY least squares (failure time (X) versus rank (Y))
TIMES are K…K or C
STIME put in C
SURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
CLSURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
PTILES are K…K or C
TURNBULL calculate the Turnbull estimates
SURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
STIME put in C…C
SESURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
CLSURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
ACTUARIAL calculate the actuarial estimates
SURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
STIME put in C…C
SESURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
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HAZARD put in C…C
HTIME put in C…C
CONFIDENCE level is K
NOPARAMETRIC suppress all parametric estimation
Storage of Fitted Distribution
PPERCENTS put in C
PERCENTILE put in C…C
SEPERCENTILE put in C…C
CLPERCENTILE put in C…C
Storage of Estimates
PARAM put in C…C
SEPARAM put in C…C
CLPARAM put in C…C
VCPARAM put in M…M
LOGLIKELIHOOD put in K…K
Algorithm Options
ITERATION maximum number is K
START values in C or C…C
SETSHAPE value is K or K…K
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Session Window Subcommand Only
CTOLERANCE convergence criteria is K K
Output Options
BRIEF output code K
STEP display log-likelihood for each iteration

Regression with Life Data

LREGRESSION C…C = model
FREQUENCY are in C…C
Graph Options
RPLOT does a relation plot
PTILES are in K…K or C
PFAILURES plot uncensored values or midpoint of interval for interval
censored values
DVALUE include design value K on relation plot
ALLCI include c.i.’s on all percentiles in relation plot
ONECI include c.i.’s on the middle percentile in relation plot
SPPLOT does a probability plot for the standardized residuals
EPPLOT does an exponential probability plot for the Cox-Snell residuals
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AFPPLOT probability plot based on fitted model
ONECI place conf. intervals on design value fitted line if given
ALLCI place confidence intervals on all fitted lines
DVALUE enter design value to be placed on plot
AIPPLOT probability plot based on individual fits
Censoring Options
CENSOR indicators are in C…C
CVALUE censoring value K
SEND response variables are in an arbitrary censoring format
Model Options
REFERENCE level of C is K, …, C K
FACTORS are in C…C
These subcommands only work with a model which has one covariate:
ARRHENIUS scale
INVTEMP scale
LOGE scale
LOGTEN scale
Distributions
WEIBULL distribution
EXTVALUE (extreme value) distribution
EXPONENTIAL distribution

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LOGISTIC distribution
LLOGISTIC (loglogistic) distribution
NORMAL distribution
LGNEXP (lognormal base EXP) distribution
LGNTEN (lognormal base TEN) distribution
Estimation Options
ESTIMATE percentiles or survival probabilities for [C…C] or [K…K] or
for the predictor values in the data set [No arguments]
TIMES are in K…K or C
PTILES are in K…K or C
PERCENTILE put in C…C
SEPERCENTILE put in C…C
CLPERCENTILE put in C…C
SURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
CLSURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
CONFIDENCE level is K
Storage of Residuals
RESIDUAL put in C…C
SRESIDUAL put standardized residuals in C…C
CSREDISDUAL put Cox-Snell residuals in C…C
Storage of Estimated Equation
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SECOEFFICIENT put in C…C
CLCOEFFICIENT put in C…C
VCCOEFFICIENT put in M…M
LOGLIKELIHOOD put in K…K
Algorithm Options
ITERATION maximum number is K
START values are in C…C
SETSCALE value is K or K…K
SETSHAPE value is K or K…K
Session Window Subcommands Only
CTOLERANCE convergence criteria is K K
TOLERANCE level is K [K]
Output Options
BRIEF output code K
STEP display log-likelihood for each iteration

Probit Analysis
PROBIT C [C] = C [C]
FREQUENCY are in C
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Session Window Subcommands Only
SF response is in a success failure format
FT response is in a failure trial format
Graph Options
PPLOT does a probability plot
SPLOT does a survival plot
CI display confidence intervals on probability and survival plot
PPEARSON plot Pearson residuals versus probability
PDEVIANCE plot deviance residuals versus probability
Model Options
FACTOR is in C
REFERENCE level or event of C is K, …,C K
Distributions
WEIBULL distribution
EXTVALUE (extreme value) distribution
LOGISTIC distribution
LLOGISTIC (loglogistic) distribution
NORMAL distribution
LGNEXP (lognormal base EXP) distribution
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Estimation Options
PTILES are K…K or C
STRESS values are K…K or C
SSTRESS put in C
SURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
CLSURVPROBABILITY put in C…C
HOSMER number of groups is K
NAPPROXIMATION normal approximation confidence intervals
CONFIDENCE level is K
Storage
PRESIDUAL put in C
DRESIDUAL put in C
PPERCENT put in C
PERCENTILE put in C…C
SEPERCENTILE put in C…C
CLPERCENTILE put in C…C
EPROBABILITY put in C [C]
COEFFICIENT put in C
SECOEFFICIENT put in C
NATRESPONSE put in K
SENATRESPONSE put in K
VCCOEFFICIENT put in M
LOGLIKELIHOOD put in K
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Algorithm Options
ITERATION maximum number is K
START values are in C
SETC set natural response to K
OPTC optimize natural response
Session Window Subcommand Only
CTOLERANCE convergence criteria is K K
Output Options
BRIEF output code K
STEP display log-likelihood for each iteration

Factorial Designs
FFDESIGN K factors [K runs]
BLOCKS number is K or termlist
REPLICATES for each point are K
CPBLOCK add K center points to each block
FRACTION use K
FOLD design on [fact…fact]
ADD to design fact = term … fact = term
ALIAS print interactions up to order K
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XMATRIX put in C…C
LEVELS are in K K, …, K K or C
TERMS put in C
SORDER put in C C
BRIEF output code K
FDESIGN K…K
BLOCK
REPS K
LEVELS K…K … K…K
RANDOMIZE [K]
SORDER C C
XMATRIX C…C
PBDESIGN K factors [K runs]
REPLICATES are K for each point
CENTER add K points
RANDOMIZE [using base K]
XMATRIX put in C…C
LEVELS are K K, …, K K or C
SORDER put in C C
FFACTORIAL model
BLOCKS C
INUNIT K (K = 0 if design is in coded form; 1 if uncoded form)
LEVELS are K K, …, K K or C
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CTPT C
FITC fits the center point column as a term in the model
COVARIATES are in C…C
SMEANS store means C…C
SSTD store standard deviations C…C
EFFECTS put in C…C
COEFFICIENTS put in C…C
FITS put in C…C
RESIDUALS put in C…C
SRESIDUALS put in C…C
TRESIDUALS put in C…C
HI put in C
COOKD put in C…C
DFITS put in C…C
XMATRIX put in M
MEANS for termlist
GEFFECTS draw normal plot of effects
GPARETO draw Pareto chart of effects
RTYPE plot residual type K
GHISTOGRAM display histogram of residuals
GNORMAL display normal plot of residuals
GFITS plot residuals vs fits
GORDER plot residuals vs worksheet order [or vs order specified in C]
GVARIABLE plot residuals vs C…C
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ALIAS [information up to order K]
TOLERANCE K [K]
BRIEF output code K
%FFMAIN main effects plots for factors in C…C
MIXTURE treat the factors as process variables in a mixture design
RESPONSE data in C…C
YMIN y-axis minimum(s) is K […K]
YMAX y-axis maximum(s) is K […K]
INUNIT K (0 if design is in coded units, 1 if uncoded units)
CTPT column that identifies the center point rows is C
LSMEANS are in C…C (cannot be used with MIXTURE subcommand)
LEVELS for the uncoded units are K K, …, K K
TITLE for graph is "text"
%FFINT interaction plots for factors in C…C
MIXTURE treat the factors as process variables in a mixture design
RESPONSE data in C…C
FULL display full matrix of plots
YMIN y-axis minimum(s) is K […K]
YMAX y-axis maximum(s) is K […K]
INUNIT K (0 if design is in coded units, 1 if uncoded units)
CTPT column that identifies the center point rows is C
LSMEANS are in C…C (cannot be used with MIXTURE subcommand)
LEVELS for the uncoded units are K K, …, K K
TITLE for graph is "text"
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%FFCUBE cube plot for factors in C…C
MIXTURE treat the factors as process variables in a mixture design
RESPONSE data in C…C
INUNIT K (0 if design is in coded units, 1 if uncoded units)
CTPT column that identifies the center point rows is C
LSMEANS are in C…C (cannot be used with MIXTURE subcommand)
LEVELS for the uncoded units are K K, …, K K
TITLE for graph is "text"
%GFMAIN main effects plots for factors in C…C
RESPONSE data in C…C
YMIN y-axis minimum(s) K […K]
YMAX y-axis maximum(s) K […K]
LSMEANS are in C…C
TITLE "text"
%GFINT interaction plots for factors in C…C
RESPONSE data in C…C
LSMEANS are in C…C
YMIN y-axis minimum(s) K […K]
YMAX y-axis maximum(s) K […K]
FULL displays the full matrix of plots
TITLE "text"
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Response Surface Designs
BBDESIGN K factors
BLOCKS block the design
CENTER add K points
RANDOMIZE [using base K]
XMATRIX put in C…C
LEVELS are in K K, …, K K or C
SORDER put in C C
BRIEF output code K
CCDESIGN K factors
HALF use a one-half fraction design
ALPHA =K
BLOCKS total number is K
CENTER add K to cube [add K points to axial block]
RANDOMIZE [using base K]
XMATRIX put in C…C
LEVELS are in K K, …, K K or C
INSCRIBE
SORDER put in C C
BRIEF output code K
RSREG C…C = C…C
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FITS put in C…C
RESIDUALS put in C…C
SRESIDUALS put in C…C
TRESIDUALS put in C…C
HI put in C
COOKD put in C…C
DFITS put in C…C
COEFFICIENTS put in C…C
XMATRIX put in M
QUADRATIC put in C…C
RTYPE plot residual type K
GHISTOGRAM display histogram of residuals
GNORMAL display normal plot of residuals
GFITS plot residuals vs fits
GORDER plot residuals vs order
GVARIABLE plot residuals vs C…C
BRIEF K
TOLERANCE K [K]
RSCONTOUR C C
FACTORIAL
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(0 = coded units, 1 = uncoded units)
FLEVELS nominal factor levels are K K … K K
HIGH
LOW
MIDDLE
HOLD K…K
ALLPAIRS
SINGLE CC
LEVELS K…K or C
NLEVELS K
NMESH KK
Data Display Subcommands for RSCONTOUR:
CONNECT
TYPE K…K or C
COLOR K…K or C
SIZE K…K or C
AREA
TYPE K…K or C
COLOR K…K or C
DIRECTION K
BASE K…K or C
Annotation Subcommands for RSCONTOUR:

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TITLE "title"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
FOOTNOTE "footnote"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
TEXT K K "text"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
LINE K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
POLYGON K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
MARKER K K … K K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
Frame Customization Subcommands for RSCONTOUR:
AXIS K [K K] or C [K K]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
TICK K [K…K or C] or C [K…K or C]
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
GRID K or C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
REFERENCE K K…K or K C or C K…K or C C
all of its subcommands (see page 56)
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SCFRAME include ticks and reference lines in scale calculation
SCANNOTATION include markers, lines, and polygons in scale calculation
FRAME (default)
NOFRAME [K]
Regions Commands and Subcommands for RSCONTOUR:
LAYOUT
ENDLAYOUT
FIGURE [K K K K]
DATA [K K K K]
ASPECT K K
File I/O Commands and Subcommands for RSCONTOUR:
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
REPLACE
NOREPLACE
GVIEW "filename.mgf"
GPAUSE [K]
RSSURFACE C C (RS Wireframe menu command with different settings.)
FACTORIAL
INUNIT K
FLEVELS KK…KK
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MIDDLE
HOLD K…K
ALLPAIRS
SINGLE CC
NMESH KK
SURFACE
TYPE K
COLOR K
ETYPE K
ECOLOR K
ESIZE K
Data Display Subcommands for RSSURFACE:
SYMBOL
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
PROJECT
all of its subcommands (see page 51)
Annotation Subcommands for RSSURFACE:
TITLE "title"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
FOOTNOTE "footnote"
all of its subcommands (see page 53)
3D Effects (Graph Viewing Tools) Subcommands for RSSURFACE:
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VPOSITION KKK
VTARGET KKK
VUP KKK
VFIELD KK
VPROJECTION K
VASPECT [K K K]
VBOX K
3D Lighting and Rendering Tools Subcommands for RSSURFACE:
HSREMOVAL K
LSHADING K [K]
LIGHT KKK
COLOR K
VISIBILITY K
LBRIGHT K
File I/O Commands and Subcommands for RSSURFACE:
GSAVE save graph in "filename"
REPLACE
NOREPLACE
GVIEW "filename.mgf"
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%FFMAIN see Factorial Designs on page 185
%FFINT see Factorial Designs on page 185
%RESPLOTS see Regression on page 94

Mixture Designs
SCDESIGN simplex centroid design for K components
AUGMENT augment design with axial points halfway between each vertex
and centroid
AXIAL augment design with axial points halfway between each vertex
and centroid
ALLREP replicate all points in the design K times
REPS K K … K K in each pair first value is point type; second is
number of replicates
TOTAL mixture totals are K [K…K] or C
LOWER lower bounds for components are K…K or C
UPPER upper bounds for components are K…K or C
PROC K process variables [fraction = K [fraction ID = K]]
LEVELS low and high levels for each process variable are K…K
RANDOM randomize order [using base = K]
XMATRIX store design matrix in C…C
SORDER store standard order in C, store run order in C
PTTYPE store point type = C (0 = center point, 1 = vertex, 2 = edge
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centroid, 3 = face centroid)
STOTAL store one or more totals in C
SLOWER store component lower bounds in C
SUPPER store component upper bounds in C
PSEUDO display and store design in L-pseudo components
PROPORTION display and store design in proportions
BRIEF output code K
SLDESIGN simplex lattice design for K components, degree of lattice = K
AUGMENT augment design with center point and axial points halfway
between each vertex and centroid
DEGREE of lattice = K
CENTER augment design with center point
AXIAL augment design with axial points halfway between each
vertex and centroid
ALLREP replicate all points in the design K times
REPS K K … K K in each pair first value is point type; second is
number of replicates
TOTAL mixture totals are K [K…K] or C
LOWER lower bounds for components are K…K or C
UPPER upper bounds for components are K…K or C
PROC K process variables [fraction = K [fraction ID = K]]
LEVELS low and high levels for each process variable are K…K
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XMATRIX store design matrix in C…C
SORDER store standard order in C, store run order in C
PTTYPE store point type = C (0 = center point, 1 = vertex, 2 = edge
centroid, 3 = face centroid)
STOTAL store one or more totals in C
SLOWER store component lower bounds in C
SUPPER store component upper bounds in C
PSEUDO display and store design in L-pseudo components
PROPORTION display and store design in proportions
BRIEF output code K
EVDESIGN extreme vertices design for K components
AUGMENT augment design with center point and axial points halfway
between each vertex and centroid
CENTER augment design with center point
DEGREE of design = K
AXIAL augment design with axial points halfway between each
vertex and centroid
ALLREP replicate all points in the design K times
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number of replicates
TOTAL mixture totals are K [K…K] or C
LOWER lower bounds for components are K…K or C
UPPER upper bounds for components are K…K or C
LINEAR linear constraint is K…K or C
PROC K process variables [fraction = K [fraction ID = K]]
LEVELS low and high levels for each process variable are K…K
RANDOM randomize order [using base = K]
XMATRIX store design matrix in C…C
SORDER store standard order in C, store run order in C
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centroid, 3 = face centroid)
STOTAL store one or more totals in C
SLOWER store component lower bounds in C
SUPPER store component upper bounds in C
SLINEAR store linear constraints in C…C
PSEUDO display and store design in L-pseudo components
PROPORTION display and store design in proportions
BRIEF output code K
SIMPLEX simplex design plot, components of the design are in C…C
TOTAL mixture totals are K [K…K] or C
LOWER lower bound of components are K…K or C
UPPER upper bound of components are K…K or C
LINEAR linear constraint is K…K or C
SINGLE plot with components C C C
ALLTRIPLETS multiple plots to show all component triplets
PROPORTION proportion unit for the component axes on the plot
PSEUDO pseudocomponent unit for the component axes on the plot
PROCESS process variables in C…C
AMOUNT mixture amount variable in C
LABEL design points with replicates [or with values in C]
CLOW set values of all components not on plot to their lower bound
CHIGH set values of all components not on plot to their upper bound
CHOLD set all components not on plot to K…K

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FLOW set levels of all process variables at low level (= −1)
FHIGH set levels of all process variables at high level (= 1)
FHOLD set levels of process variables K…K
AHOLD set mixture amount at K
MINIMUM value of simplex coordinate K (1, 2, or 3) is K
GRID draw grid lines on each axis [at K intervals]
TITLE for graph is "text"
MIXREG C…C = TERMS
BLOCKS blocking variable in C
PROC process variables in C…C
AMOUNT mixture amount in C
PSEUDO fit model in pseudocomponents
MODEL store model term codes in C…C
STEPWISE model selection procedure
FORWARD model selection procedure
BACKWARD model selection procedure
FORCE TERMS to be forced in model
ENTER TERMS in starting model
AENTER α = K to enter term in model
AREMOVE α = K to remove term from model
BEST K alternative terms
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SRESIDUALS put in C…C
TRESIDUALS put in C…C
HI put in C
COOKD put in C…C
DFITS put in C…C
MODEL put mixture models in C…C
COEFFICIENTS put in C…C
XMATRIX put in M
RTYPE plot residual type K
GHISTOGRAM plot histogram of residuals
GNORMAL plot normal plot of residuals
GFITS plot residuals vs fits
GORDER plot residuals vs order
GVARIABLE plot residuals vs variables in C…C
TOLERANCE for collinear and constant predictors are K [K]
BRIEF output code K

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TRACE response trace plot with response in C, model in C
TOTAL mixture total in K [K K] or C
LOWER lower bound of components = K…K or C
UPPER upper bound of components = K…K or C
LINEAR linear constraint on components = K…K or C
PIEPEL trace plot along Piepel directions
XREFERENCE K (row ID of reference blend)
XREFERENCE K…K (coordinates of reference blend)
FLOW set levels of all process variables to low (−1)
FMIDDLE set levels of all process variables to average (0)
FHIGH set levels of all process variables to high (1)
FHOLD set process variables to levels K…K
AHOLD set mixture amount to K
CURVE
TYPE line type of trace curves = K…K (default = all solid)
COLOR line color of trace curves = K…K (default = different colors)
NOHLEGEND do not display hold legend
Generic plot subcommands available
TICK draw ticks at K…K
GRID K
TEXT K K "text"
TITLE for graph is "text"
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DATA KKKK
LEGEND KKKK
NOLEGEND do not display curve legend
MINIMUM minimum value
MAXIMUM maximum value of axis K is K
MIXSURFACE mixture surface plot with response in C, model in C
TOTAL mixture total in K [K…K] or C
LOWER lower bound of components = K…K or C
UPPER upper bound of components = K…K or C
LINEAR linear constraint on components = K…K or C
SINGLE plot for components or process variables C C [C]
ALLTRIPLETS multiple plots to show all component triplets
ALLPAIRS multiple plots to show all numerical process variable pairs
PROPORTION component axes displayed in proportion unit
PSEUDO component axes displayed in pseudocomponent unit
SURFACE
ECOLOR wireframe color = K (default = 1)
COLOR surface color = K (default = 0)
NMESH number of mesh points in horizontal dir. is K, in vertical dir. is K
CLOW set levels of all components not on plot at lower bound
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upper bounds
CHIGH set levels of all components not on plot at upper bound
CHOLD set levels of all components not on plot at K…K
FLOW set levels of all process variables to low (−1)
FMIDDLE set levels of all process variables to average (0)
FHIGH set levels of all process variables to high (1)
FHOLD set process variables to levels K…K
AHOLD set mixture amount to K
NOHLEGEND do not display hold legend
MINIMUM minimum value of axis K is K
MAXIMUM maximum value of axis K is K
TITLE for graph is "text"
WTITLE title for window is "text"
TEXT K K "text"
FOOT footnote for graph is "text"
FIGURE KKKK
DATA KKKK
LEGEND KKKK
NOLEGEND do not display legend
MIXCONTOUR mixture contour plot with response in C, model in C
TOTAL mixture total in K [K…K] or C…C
LOWER lower bound of components = K…K or C…C
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LINEAR linear constraint on components = K…K or C…C
SINGLE plot for components or process variables C C [C]
ALLTRIPLETS multiple plots to show all component triplets
ALLPAIRS multiple plots to show all numerical process variable pairs
PROPORTION component axes displayed in proportion unit
PSEUDO component axes displayed in pseudocomponent unit
NLEVELS number of contour levels = K
LEVELS values of contour levels = K…K
NMESH number of mesh points in horizontal dir. is K, in vertical dir. is K
CONNECT or AREA
TYPE of contour lines or areas = K…K
COLOR of contour lines or areas = K…K
CLOW set levels of all components not on plot at lower bound
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upper bounds
CHIGH set levels of all components not on plot at upper bound
CHOLD set levels of all components not on plot at K…K
FLOW set levels of all process variables to low (−1)
FMIDDLE set levels of all process variables to average (0)
FHIGH set levels of all process variables to high (1)
FHOLD set process variables to levels K…K
AHOLD set mixture amount to K
MINIMUM minimum value of axis K is K
MAXIMUM maximum value of axis K is K
GRID [place grid lines at intervals K]
POINTS display design points on plot
NOHLEGEND do not display hold legend
TITLE for graph is "text"
WTITLE title for window is "text"
TEXT K K "text"
FOOT footnote for graph is "text"
FIGURE KKKK
DATA KKKK
LEGEND KKKK
NOLEGEND do not display contour legend

Optimal Designs
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OPTDES K optimal design points [design columns are in C…C]
MIXMODEL TERMS (these are model term arguments)
RESMODEL TERMS (these are model term arguments)
AUGMENT [design specified by indicator column C]
EVALUATE [design specified by indicator column C]
BLOCK blocking variable in C
PROCESS process variables in C…C
AMOUNT mixture amount in C
PSEUDO model fitted in pseudocomponent unit
GENERATE K percent of initial design randomly [do K trials [use random
number seed K]]
SEQUENTIAL method to generate initial design
EXCHANGE K design point in improving the initial design
FEDOROV method for improving the initial design
INDICATOR store selected point indicator in C
XMATRIX store optimal design matrix in C…C
CARRY additional columns (C…C) from old worksheet to columns
(C…C) in new worksheet
BRIEF output code K

Multiple Response Optimization

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QUADRATICS C…C
MINACCEPT K…K or C
MAXACCEPT K…K or C
TARGET K…K or C
GOAL K…K or C
UTWEIGHTS K…K or C
IMPORTANCE K…K or C
START K…K
FACTORIAL C…C
INUNIT K (0 = coded units, 1 = uncoded units)
FLEVELS nominal factor levels are K K … K K
COVARIATES K…K
MIXTURE model C…C
LINEAR K…K
TOTAL amount of mixture components is C
INUNIT K (0 = coded units, 1 = uncoded units)
FLEVELS nominal factor levels are K K … K K
DSTORE C
OPTIPLOT
%OVERCONT overlaid contour plot for multiple responses
RESPONSES C…C
QUADRATICS C…C
SINGLE CC
HOLD K…K
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INUNIT input units = K, output units = K
(0 = coded units, 1 = uncoded units)
FLEVELS nominal factor levels are K K … K K
LV1 KK
LV2 KK
LV3 KK
LV4 KK
LV5 KK
LV6 KK
LV7 KK
LV8 KK
LV9 KK
LV10 KK
YMIN K
YMAX K
XMIN K
XMAX K
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%FACTOVER overlaid contour plot for multiple responses of factorial designs
RESPONSE variables C…C
QUADRATICS in C…C
INUNIT factor values = K, plot display = K (0 = coded, 1 = uncoded)
FLEVELS K…K
SINGLE x-axis = C, y-axis = C
HOLD extra factors and covariates at K…K
LV1 contours for first response variable = K K
LV2 contours for second response variable = K K
LV3 contours for third response variable = K K
LV4 contours for fourth response variable = K K
LV5 contours for fifth response variable = K K
LV6 contours for sixth response variable = K K
LV7 contours for seventh response variable = K K
LV8 contours for eighth response variable = K K
LV9 contours for ninth response variable = K K
LV10 contours for tenth response variable = K K
YMIN y-axis minimum = K
YMAX y-axis maximum = K
XMIN x-axis minimum = K
XMAX x-axis maximum = K
CLEANUP remove model info. cols. from worksheet after plot is drawn
TITLE for graph is "text"

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RESPONSE in C…C
MODEL in C…C
MMERGE merge mixture model C…C
STORE in C…C
LV1 contours = K K
LV2 contours = K K
LV3 contours = K K
LV4 contours = K K
LV5 contours = K K
LV6 contours = K K
LV7 contours = K K
LV8 contours = K K
LV9 contours = K K
LV10 contours = K K
TOTAL mixture amounts = K [K…K]
LOWER bound of components = K…K
UPPER bound of components = K…K
LN1 linear constraint = K…K
LN2 linear constraint = K…K
LN3 linear constraint = K…K
LN4 linear constraint = K…K
LN5 linear constraint = K…K
LN6 linear constraint = K…K
LN7 linear constraint = K…K
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LN8 linear constraint = K…K
LN9 linear constraint = K…K
LN10 linear constraint = K…K
PSEUDO component scale for plot
PROPORTION axis scale is in proportion
SINGLE components or process variables C C [C] for 2D plot
CHOLD components not on plot = K…K
FHOLD extra process variables not on plot = K…K
AHOLD mixture amount = K
XMIN x-axis minimum = K
YMIN y-axis minimum = K
ZMIN z-axis minimum = K
XMAX x-axis maximum = K
YMAX y-axis maximum = K
CLEANUP remove model info. cols. from worksheet after plot is drawn
TITLE for graph is "text"

Taguchi Designs
%ROBUST analyze an inner-outer array design
RESPONSE data from the outer array are in C…C
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DYNAMIC signal in C
YREF response reference value = K
SREF signal reference value = K
NOREF do not use reference values for the regression, estimate a
separate regression intercept for each run
SLOPES put in C
INTERCEPTS put in C
LSTDEVS put loge of standard deviations in C
GSLOPES generate plots for regression slopes
INTMAT generate interaction plot matrix for C C … C C
INTSEP generate a separate interaction plot for C C … C C
TMEANS generate a response table for means
TSN generate a response table for signal-to-noise ratios
TSTDS generate a response table for standard deviations
TSLOPES generate a response table for slopes
SCATTER generate scatter plots of data with fitted lines
SNRATIO put s/n ratios in C
MEANS put means in C
STDEVS put standard deviations in C
CV put coefficients of variation in C
NOM1 bases s/n ratio on standard deviations only
NOM2 bases s/n ratio on means and st.devs. (default)
LOWER s/n ratio models lower is better
HIGHER s/n ratio models higher is better
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LOGSTD do a loge transformation on the standard deviations
GSN plot s/n ratios
GMEAN plot means
GSTD plot standard deviations
TITLE for plot is "text"
%PREDICT
INNER array factors C…C
CHARACTERISTICS to be predicted in C…C
LABELS for predictions "text" … "text"
LEVELS new levels where predictions are to be calculated are E…E
INTERACTIONS C C … C C
PFITS put predicted values in C…C
UNITS inner array = K, units of LEVELS = K (0 = coded, 1 = uncoded)
NLEVELS number of levels = K…K
FLEVELS uncoded levels K…K
OADESIGN Taguchi orthogonal array design K runs with K levels for K factors
[K levels for K factors]
XMATRIX put in C…C
LEVELS K K, K K … K K
COLUMNS of the full orthogonal array to use = K … K
INTERACTIONS to remain unconfounded are C C C C … C C
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