[Feature]: Specify input sample size for weight-at-age data

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[Feature]: Specify input sample size for weight-at-age data #629

Open kellijohnson-NOAA opened 3 months ago

kellijohnson-NOAA commented 3 months ago

For weight-at-age, our group has talked a bit about whether it makes sense to include input sample size here as well since right now treating the EWAA as known weights each observation the same whether it is based on one or one thousand measurements.

Originally posted by @ChristineStawitz-NOAA in https://github.com/NOAA-FIMS/FIMS/issues/136#issuecomment-1138813130

iantaylor-NOAA commented 3 months ago

I don't see how the sample size would provide anything useful for FIMS as currently configured.

If we add some smoothing/interpolating functionality in the future, or want to fit the EWAA to expected values based on a parametric growth model in the future, the sample sizes would be useful, but I think they could wait until such functionality is added in the future rather than add unnecessary complexity now.