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Jun. 17, 2023丏


   J-Assist is a free macro execution tool which automatically generates Julia language scripts of statistical analysis selected by the user from the menu.
   J-Assist can start Julia's REPL, write a script, and let Julia perform statistical analysis with a simple operation.
About Julia language, refer to the following.
https://julialang.org/
   For the actual installation and operation, carefully read the "read me" file, the startup screen, and the "Instructions" on the main interface.

Caution
丂丂The manufacturer is not responsible for any problems, accidents, damages, etc. that may occur when copying or using this software. Therefore, please use this software at your own risk.
It is prohibited to use this software for commercial purposes.
Disassembly of this software is prohibited.
   It is prohibited to quote the screen display itself of this software or the processed screen display without permission.
   The developer has checked the operation and virus of this software, but if you have any questions about the operation, please contact the developer (seyab@X-IL.jp).
    We have confirmed the operation on Windows10. Operation on other OS is not guaranteed. Although even with the above OS, please note it may not operate normally depending on the model and environment of the PC.
   For other matters, the terms of use regarding this software displayed at the time of installation shall be followed.


Installation
1) Click the "J-Assist1_0.msi" installer package to start the installation.
2) Please read the terms of use on the "License Terms" screen and proceed only if you agree.
3) Others Follow the instructions on the screen during installation.
4) Confirm on the screen that the installation is complete.
5) For details such as settings, click the "Instructions" button on the main interface screen and see the CHM file (Helpforj_assist).


Preparation before the first startup
   Be sure to do the following.
1) Julia must be installed. Obviously it doesn't work without Julia.
2) Install the following packages additionally to the installed Julia (first time only).
丂HypothesisTests.jl
丂Distributions.jl
丂Statistics.jl
丂GLM.jl
丂DataFrames.jl
丂MultivariateStats.jl
丂Missings.jl
  StatsBase.jl
  Survival.jl
  ClinicalTrialUtilities.jl
   These packages are included in the Julia main unit that was first installed, and do not need to be obtained by downloading from others.
  How to add a package:
  Start Julia.exe and on the Julia dialogue screen,
  Enter "]" on the "Julia>" screen to change the display to "Julia>" -> "(@ v1.x) pkg>".
  Type "add + package name" after "(@ v1.x) pkg>".
  Example: When installing HypothesisTests.jl additionally,type "add HypothesisTests" and press "enter".
  If you succeed in adding the package, keep the "(@ v1.x) pkg>" screen and type "precompile" to precompile.
  Afterwards, on the "(@ v1.x) pkg>" screen, type "Ctrl + C" to switch back to "(@ v1.x) pkg>" -> "Julia>".
Close Julia's dialogue screen.
3) Be sure to have Microsoft Excel (Office 2020 or later) installed. J-Assist will not work unless Microsoft Excel is installed.



Starting
1) Click the "J-Assist" icon on your PC乫s desktop. Alternatively, select and click "J-Assist" from the "Programs" list on the program menu.
2) The startup screen will be displayed. Click the "Enter" button with the mouse to display the tool screen.
3) For details on the operation, click the "Instruction" button on the tool screen.
Please refer to the displayed explanation screen.
4) The version of Microsoft.NET Framework on which this software works is 4.7.2.
If it does not start, pre-install the appropriate version of the Microsoft .NET Framework.



Quit J-Assist
   It will close automatically when you close the window on the main menu screen.




About the case of "Is it a problem?"
1) J-Assist does not work well.
  Please check the following
  Microsoft Excel, Julia version 1.0.5 or later, Microsoft.NET Framework 4.7.2, must be installed correctly.
2) Data cannot be migrated from Excel to J-Assist.
  If there is a blank value in the Excel cell in the specified range, the data cannot be migrated.
  Be sure to enter "missing" for the blank value.
  If there are characters other than half-width Arabic numerals in the number cell, J-Assist can read the data, but cannot calculate with Julia.
3) Command prompt (shell) screen does not start.
  The command prompt screen may not start depending on the settings of the security software.
  Try changing the settings of your security software.
4) Julia's REPL does not start from the command prompt.
  Is Julia's absolute path (full path) registered correctly in J-Assist?
  The full path of Julia.exe can be found as follows:
   right-clicking on the Julia desktop shortcut icon, selecting "Properties" from the context menu -> "Shortcut" tab -> the "Target". Copy the full path from "Target" and paste it in the text field of the full path input box.

5) Julia's REPL launches but is not calculated.
  Please check if the following additional package for statistical analysis (included with Julia) is installed.
   HypothesisTests.jl
   Distributions.jl
   Statistics.jl
   GLM.jl
   DataFrames.jl
   MultivariateStats.jl
   Missings.jl
   StatsBase.jl
   Survival.jl
   ClinicalTrialUtilities.jl
  It cannot be analyzed unless all the above packages are installed.
6) An error occurs during statistical analysis.
  When selection of variables and numerical value of dimensions in each analysis is incorrect, the analysis will result in an error. For example, when selection a number other than an integer value in chi-square test.
  For more information, click "Instructions" button  and see the help file.
7) It seems that the help file may not be displayed by clicking the "Instructions" button on some PCs.
  It may be because the help file is an old file format called chm file. If this phenomenon is too noticeable, we are also considering using other file formats such as PDF in the future.



Jun. 30, 2020 Hiroki INOUE, M.D. Ph.D.	EMail丗seyab@X-IL.jp


Version information
Apr. 24, 2020  Version 1.0: First release
Mar. 27, 2022  Version 1.6: The following survival analysis has been added to the menu.
                              Kaplan-Meier estimator
                              Nelson?Aalen estimator
                              Proportional hazards model
                            An English version manual (chm file) has been prepared to support both the Japanese and English versions.
Jul. 24, 2022  Version 1.7: The following analyses has been added to the menu.
丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂 Cochran-Mantel-Haenstzel confidence intervals
丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂 Meta analysis for 2x2 tables
                            Some typos in the help file were fixed.
Apr. 10, 2023  Version 1.71: The following analyses has been added to the menu.
                            Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test
                            Correlation test (Correlation coefficient)
Jun. 17, 2023  Version 1.8:  The following analyses has been added to the menu.
                            Probit regression
 丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂丂 One-way ANOVA test
