Power Analysis: 206 Edition (Statistical Associates Blue Book Series 23)

Power Analysis: 206 Edition (Statistical Associates Blue Book Series 23)

POWER ANALYSIS 2016 EDITION<br /><br />Overview<br /><br />An introductory graduate-level introduction and tutorial on power analysis in social science and in general research.<br /><br />Why we think it's important: While significance is widely taught, power analysis is not, though equally important.<br /><br />New in the 2016 edition:<br /><br /> Over twice as long as the 2012 edition (71 pages)<br /> New coverage of power analysis in SAS and Stata<br /> New coverage of six power analysis package available free on the web<br /> Existing coverage of SPSS and G*Power is updated and expanded<br /> Discussion of controversy surrounding post-hoc power analysis<br /> Appendix on precision analysis <br /><br />Below is the unformatted table of contents.<br /><br />POWER ANALYSIS<br />Table of Contents<br /><br />Introduction4<br />Data Used in this Volume6<br />Part 1: Overview of Basic Concepts7<br />Purpose7<br />Factors affecting power10<br />Desired power level10<br />Desired significance level10<br />Desired effect size12<br />Variance or variation of the dependent variable14<br />Sample size15<br />Random sampling15<br />Summary16<br />Post hoc power estimation16<br />Use of confidence intervals instead of post-hoc power analysis17<br />Acceptable use of post-hoc power analysis17<br />Part 2: Software Applications18<br />SPSS18<br />Power analysis for t-tests19<br />Power analysis for multiple regression24<br />Stata27<br />Power analysis for t tests with Stata31<br />Power analysis for multiple regression with Stata37<br />SAS40<br />Power analysis for t tests with SAS40<br />Power analysis for multiple regression with SAS44<br />G*Power46<br />Overview46<br />Power analysis for t tests with G*Power48<br />Power analysis for multiple regression with G*Power53<br />Other Software Applications for Power Analysis57<br />PS57<br />Russ Lenth's Java Applets for Power Analysis and Sample Size59<br />DSS Researcher's Toolkit61<br />Raosoft Sample Size Calculator62<br />Daniel Soper's Statistical Calculator63<br />Optimal Design65<br />Other Options66<br />Appendix: Precision Analysis67<br />Bibliography70<br />Pagecount:71<br /><br />