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Power Function Charts for Specification of Sample Size in Analysis of Variance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2025

Leonard S. Feldt and
Moharram W. Mahmoud
Leonard S. Feldt
Affiliation:
State University of Iowa
Moharram W. Mahmoud
Affiliation:
Egyptian Ministry of Education
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Abstract

The specification of sample size is an important aspect of the planning of every experiment. When the investigator intends to use the techniques of analysis of variance in the study of treatments effects, he should, in specifying sample size, take into consideration the power of the F tests which will be made. The charts presented in this paper make possible a simple and direct estimate of the sample size required for F tests of specified power.

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Psychometrika , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , September 1958, pp. 201 - 210
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Copyright © 1958 The Psychometric Society

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