A frequent situation during analysis is the desire to subset the data prior to analysis, for example analyzing only male subjects or only female subjects. This can be accomplished by implementing filters that users can apply to a dataset.
Filters will only subset a dataset and will not report results separately by some variable (e.g., separate output for male and female subjects). That function could be added to analysis dialogs, perhaps with a "by" option, but is not a part of filters.
Visible tags on output. Analyzing a subset of the data set can easily lead to problems if the user forgets what the subset was. To reduce this problem, the output should contain easily-visible tags (perhaps in a high-contrast color) that remind the user of any filters used during analysis: "year = sophomore".
Visible tags on data view. Any filters applied to a data set could be visible at the top of the data view, perhaps in different colors.
Feature requests for filters:
Clicking or hovering on a filter could call up more specific information about the criteria used for inclusion and the number of cases included and excluded.
The user has the option to Edit or Delete a filter attached to an output, triggering a re-analysis of the data using the new filter and either replacing the original output or adding a subsequent output.
A frequent situation during analysis is the desire to subset the data prior to analysis, for example analyzing only male subjects or only female subjects. This can be accomplished by implementing filters that users can apply to a dataset.
Filters will only subset a dataset and will not report results separately by some variable (e.g., separate output for male and female subjects). That function could be added to analysis dialogs, perhaps with a "by" option, but is not a part of filters.
Visible tags on output. Analyzing a subset of the data set can easily lead to problems if the user forgets what the subset was. To reduce this problem, the output should contain easily-visible tags (perhaps in a high-contrast color) that remind the user of any filters used during analysis: "year = sophomore".
Visible tags on data view. Any filters applied to a data set could be visible at the top of the data view, perhaps in different colors.
Feature requests for filters: