In: Statistics and Probability
Small-company stocks funds are prone to periodic bursts of hot performance. Consider the five small-company mutual funds and their performance, as listed below. Small-Company Performance over the Performance over the Mutual Fund Past 12 Months Past 5 Years Babson Enterprises II 31.8% 119% Eclipse Equity 33.8% 131% Fasciano 25.3% 133% Gabelli Small Cap Growth 36.8% 123% Nicholas Limited Edition 30.0% 119% Construct a bar chart for the 12-month performance and another bar chart for the 5-year performance.
We perform the following action in Minitab.
We enter the data as shown below.
Click on Graph -> Bar Chart -> Bars represent : Values from a table -> One column of values : Simple -> OK
Graph variables : 'Past 12 months' 'Past 5 years' -> Categorical variable : Company -> Multiple Graphs : On separate graphs -> OK -> OK