Installing the Parameter Sampling menu

Image Analysis
#1

I have several installations of CellProfiler and only one of them is showing the menu option** Sample>Initialize Sampling** that allows you to setup a parameter sampling test for the current module.
I understand that this is a custom CellProfiler plugin described in

How can I display/enable this option for the other installations? Do we need to download/install the plugin separately?

Finally, can somebody document the use and requirements of this plugin in CellProfiler better? The paper is more theoretical than practical in it use.
When I do run the parameter sampling on a module, although I get the dialog the generated tsv file does not contain any results. Only the parameters are included. From reading the relevant publication, I understand that some image output should be generated but I have not been able to locate it! It also appear that a helper application (Paramorama) is required to review the results.

Thanks for any feedback that you can provide on this issue!

#2

To enable the Sampling menu one needs to select the option from the preferences menu.

File->Preferences and check the option “Show the sampling menu (check box)” . Click OK.
Exit CellProfiler and restart.

The Sample menu will now appear on the application menu. It seems simple but somehow I missed it!

#3

Further the previous post, the Sampling plugin is now included in the official CP release (not just the developer’s version as before). This plugin will generate a text file, which specifies: (1) all unique combinations of the sampled parameter values; (2) the mapping from each combination of parameter values to one or more output images; and (3) the actual output images.

The visualization referred to is a separate and standalone application that reads in the file and images generated by the plugin. I can also add that a new version of the tool, called Paramorama2, and a tutorial are available here:

http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/scsajp/applications/paramorama2/.

The underlying approach is similar, but we have addressed many of the shortcomings of the original approach.