R: Power calculations for one and two sample t tests

power.t.test {stats} | R Documentation

## Power calculations for one and two sample t tests

### Description

Compute power of test, or determine parameters to obtain target power.

### Usage

    power.t.test(n = NULL, delta = NULL, sd = 1, sig.level = 0.05,
                 power = NULL,
                 type = c("two.sample", "one.sample", "paired"),
                 alternative = c("two.sided", "one.sided"),
                 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)
`type` | Type of t test
`alternative` | One- or two-sided test
`strict` | Use strict interpretation in two-sided case

### Details

Exactly one of the parameters `n`, `delta`, `power`, `sd`, and `sig.level` 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.

### Value

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

### 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.

### Author(s)

Peter Dalgaard. Based on previous work by Claus Ekstrøm

### See Also

`t.test`, `uniroot`

### Examples

     power.t.test(n = 20, delta = 1)
     power.t.test(power = .90, delta = 1)
     power.t.test(power = .90, delta = 1, alternative = "one.sided")

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