So how do you set the parameterisation used in the ANOVA model for categorical variables - i.e. say you have a variable that has 2 levels, JMP will report the parameter estaimte for one of them and the other is assumed to have coefficient of zero. Other software I use allows you to choose which one is set to zero, i.e. first or last. Or instead set the sum of the coefficients to zero so you get a coefficient for each level of the variable. Can you do this in JMP - I couldn't see where this option is so I wondered if it was a default setup that the last level of the coefficient is chosen as the reference?