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  • February 27, 2008 at 12:58 pm #49452

    Whitehurst
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    Hello,
    I know that the “Power” of an experiment is important to make sure the correct answer is obtained, but I am having trouble getting my head round how “Power” works and how to calculate the level of power within an experiment.  Can anyone help – in lay mans (or womans!) terms?
    Thanks
    Joe
     

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    February 27, 2008 at 3:02 pm #169034

    Ryan
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    Statistical power is defined as the probability of rejecting a false null hypothesis. It is 1 minus beta, where beta is the probability of failing to reject a false null hypothesis. Power depends upon alpha (Type I Error), beta (Type II Error), sample size, effect size, and the directionality of the statitsical test. Generally speaking, statisticians try to increase power by increasing sample size. You will need to use a statistical software program or tables to compute power.

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    March 6, 2008 at 1:01 pm #169304

    Jen
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    Joe,
    Think of power in this manner.  If there is a distribution of innocent people that get pulled into a court of law charged with a crime they did not commit then the alpha risk is the portion of that distribution of people that have bad lawyers, planted evidence and a corrupt judge.  The power comes from another distribution that consists of really bad people that definitely commit crimes.  The power comes from the risk of the judge/jury thinking that you may belong to this particular group because they have been able to shift their distribution towards the innocent distribution through the use of a great lawyer and getting rid of the evidence.  As the criminal distribution begins to over lap the innocent distribution, the amount of the criminal distribution that is overlapped is the power.  If you can give me your email I will send you a power point that makes this more clear because you can then see the pictures.

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    March 6, 2008 at 1:27 pm #169305

    TE
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    Joe:
    Could you send a copy of your ppt at teyang at hotmail.com? Thank you.
    Te
     

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    March 6, 2008 at 1:54 pm #169306

    Swaggerty
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    Same here, Joe…I’ve been trying to explain it to a bunch of guys without getting them muddled up.
    Email id is [email protected]

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    March 6, 2008 at 2:14 pm #169307

    Lee
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    Please send the ppt.  Thanks in advance.
    [email protected]

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    March 6, 2008 at 4:01 pm #169312

    Neo
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    can you please send me a copy too.
    [email protected]
     
    thanks in advance

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    March 6, 2008 at 6:33 pm #169316

    Eoin Barry
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    Hello Jen – I would appreciate a copy of that presentation too :)
    Best regards,
    Eoin
    [email protected]

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    March 6, 2008 at 10:49 pm #169324

    Rhonda
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    Hi Jen,
    I would be interested in seeing a copy of the presentation as well. Please send it to [email protected].
    Thank you

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    March 6, 2008 at 10:52 pm #169325

    ong
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    Hi Jen,
    Please forward me a copy of the power presentation also.
    Regards
    Rob
    [email protected]
     

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    March 7, 2008 at 9:02 am #169340

    Joe Nolan
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    Thanks very much for all you help.
    cheers
    Joe

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    March 7, 2008 at 11:19 am #169343

    Craig
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    A good visualizaton of this concept can be seen if you download a trial copy of JMP, and then download the Oneway ANOVA script. This is a dynamic illustration of relationhip of sample size, alpha, power, difference to detect, etc.

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    March 7, 2008 at 1:40 pm #169344

    Sorour
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    I would greatly appreciate a copy of the PPT.
    My email is (a3echo9 @ yahoo dot com )
    Thanks

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    March 7, 2008 at 1:47 pm #169345

    Jen
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    Paul,
    I tried sending it to the email you gave me and I am getting an undeliverable message.
     
    jen

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    March 7, 2008 at 1:54 pm #169346

    Sorour
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    Lets try my trusted an proven email addy.
    Thanks
    [email protected]

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    March 7, 2008 at 1:56 pm #169347

    Jen
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    Neo,
    I get an undeliverable message when I send to the address you provided me with.  Do you have another?
     
    Jen

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    March 8, 2008 at 1:17 am #169378

    Melody
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    Hi Jen,
    Could you share your ppt with me as well? Thanks!!
    [email protected]

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    March 8, 2008 at 3:46 am #169380

    aiman farid
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    Hi everybody,
    I am interested in power, errors & sample size, May I share your PPT?
    Thanks alot in advance. [email protected]
    Aiman

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    March 8, 2008 at 6:22 am #169386

    sree
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    hi
    could u share ppt to my e-mail ID p_s[email protected]
    thanks

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    March 8, 2008 at 6:39 am #169388

    Spielberg
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    Jen
    Please send it to my [email protected]
    and I may share with you an impressive PPT on DFSS,
    thanks and regards

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    March 10, 2008 at 1:13 pm #169464

    MC Wall
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    Jen,
    Could you please  send a copy to me as well? [email protected].
     
    Thanks for sharing!

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    March 10, 2008 at 11:28 pm #169498

    Grosvenor
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    Jen,
    Please forward a copy to me, also.
    Thanks in advance.
    Chuck

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    March 10, 2008 at 11:30 pm #169499

    Grosvenor
    ★ 10 Years ★
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    Jen,
    Pls forward a copy of the ppt you mentioned to:
    [email protected]
    Thank you
    Chuck

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    March 11, 2008 at 8:19 am #169511

    VJ
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    Jen,
    would appreciate a copy of the ppt to this address
    [email protected]
    Many thanks in advance.

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    March 14, 2008 at 5:10 pm #169699

    Ashman
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    Joe: would you please send me a copy of your Power Point – sounds like many like it – it must be good!!
    Thanks Steve

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