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The Fractional Weights option is based on the Bayesian bootstrap (Rubin 1981). The number of times that an observation occurs in a given bootstrap sample is called its bootstrap weight. In the simple bootstrap, the bootstrap weights for each bootstrap sample are determined using simple random sampling with replacement.
Randomly generate a vector of n values from a gamma distribution with shape parameter equal to (n - 1)/n and scale parameter equal to 1.
Note: Rubin (1981) uses 1 as the gamma shape parameter. The shape parameter that is used in JMP Pro ensures that the mean and variance of the fractional weights are equal to the mean and variance of the simple bootstrap weights.
Compute S = sum of the n values.

Help created on 3/19/2020