Compute power of test, or determine parameters to obtain target power for equal and unequal sample sizes.

power_t_test(n = NULL, delta = NULL, sd = 1, sig.level = 0.05,
  power = NULL, ratio = 1, sd.ratio = 1, type = c("two.sample",
  "one.sample", "paired"), alternative = c("two.sided", "one.sided"),
  df.method = c("welch", "classical"), strict = FALSE)

Arguments

n

Number of observations (per group)

delta

True difference in means

sd

Standard deviation

sig.level

Significance level (Type I error probability)

power

Power of test (1 minus Type II error probability)

ratio

The ratio n2/n1 between the larger group and the smaller group. Should be a value equal to or greater than 1 since n2 is the larger group. Defaults to 1 (equal group sizes)

sd.ratio

The ratio sd2/sd1 between the standard deviations in the larger group and the smaller group. Defaults to 1 (equal standard deviations in the two groups)

type

Type of t test

alternative

One- or two-sided test

df.method

Method for calculating the degrees of default. Possibilities are welch (the default) or classical.

strict

Use strict interpretation in two-sided case

Value

Object of class power.htest, a list of the arguments (including the computed one) augmented with method and note elements.

Details

Exactly one of the parameters n, delta, power, sd, sig.level, ratio sd.ratio must be passed as NULL, and that parameter is determined from the others. Notice that the last two have non-NULL defaults so NULL must be explicitly passed if you want to compute them.

If strict = TRUE is used, the power will include the probability of rejection in the opposite direction of the true effect, in the two-sided case. Without this the power will be half the significance level if the true difference is zero.

Note

uniroot is used to solve power equation for unknowns, so you may see errors from it, notably about inability to bracket the root when invalid arguments are given.

See also

power.t.test, power_prop_test, power.prop.test

Examples

power_t_test(delta=300, sd=450, power=.8, ratio=4)
#> #> Two-sample t test power calculation with unequal sizes #> #> n = 23.37346, 93.49384 #> delta = 300 #> sd = 450 #> sig.level = 0.05 #> power = 0.8 #> alternative = two.sided #> #> NOTE: n is vector of number in each group #>