JMP Wish List
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What inspired this wish list request?
Freq and Weight can have different effects.
Jmp documentation makes it difficult to understand the differences:
https://www.jmp.com/support/help/en/17.0/index.shtml#page/jmp/summary-launch-window.shtml#ww272136
SAS provides an application note
and an explanatory article about the differences:
Jmp uses Freq differently from SAS:
https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Not-sure-how-to-use-amp-quot-Weight-amp-quot-in-amp-quot-An...
If the user wants to weight different values differently in a Median calculation (weights: 0-1), he has to use Freq:
... and he is allowed to use Freq (in Jmp)
What is the improvement you would like to see?
Please add some explanatory text to the documentation - perhaps: some simple example
which explains the difference between Weight and Freq and guides the user to pick the right one.
Why is this idea important?
To generate meaningful analysis a user has to understands the meaning of entries in the GUI.
Best: via documentation - not via trial and error :)
