Statistical power

15-A: Defining and visualizing power

Learning Objectives

  • Be able to identify and draw the null distribution, alternative distribution, alpha, 1 - alpha, beta, and statistical power


READ: Defining and visualizing power

READ: Understanding Statistical Power


15-B: Factors impacting power

Learning Objectives

  • What are factors that would impact power

  • Know the effect of effect size on power

  • Know the effect of one- versus two-tailed tests on power

  • Know the effect of variance on power

  • Know the effect of α level on power


READ: Factors impacting power

DEMO: http://onlinestatbook.com/2/power/power_demo2.html


15-C: Computing power

Learning Objectives

  • Understand how to compute power with the normal and binomial distributions


READ: Computing power

READ: Example Power Calculations