1. Chapter 1 Minitab Recipe Card
Data entry and summation

2. Data entry and summation
Enter the first value of Example 1.16, 3.49 in row 1 of column 1 (C1) of the worksheet in the lower half of the screen then press Enter.

3. Enter the next value, 3.69 in row 2 of C1, press Enter, and repeat until all the values (3.49, , 1.79 and 1.59) are stored in rows 1 to 5 of C1.

4. Click on Calc (Calculations) in the menu across the top of the screen.
Click on Column Statistics in the Calc pull-down menu.

5. In the Command Window select Sum, click the box beside Input variable, type C1 in the box and click OK.

6. A message telling you that the sum of C1 is 12
A message telling you that the sum of C1 is appears in the Session window in the upper half of the screen.