Hello,
I am hoping someone could shed some light on power calculations for me. I have two small data sets of unequal sample size after NA removal (m = 5, f = 7).
m <- c(2.0863, 2.1340, 2.1008, 1.9565, 2.0413, NA, NA) f <- c(1.8938, 1.9709, 1.8613, 2.0836, 1.9485, 2.0630, 1.9143)
In a R help message/reply from Sep 30, 2001, it was noted that the "power.t.test" function assumes equal group sizes and that the groups have the same theoretical standard deviation. In "analyzing" this data, I ran a Welch Two Sample t-test and a Wilcoxon Rank Sum test on the data sets and both tests reveal a slight statistical difference for alpha = 0.05 (Welch Two Sample t-test p-value = 0.045 and Wilcoxon Rank Sum test p-value = 0.048).
I suspect that the "power" of these tests will be quite low but I am trying to quantify it. Based on the insight in the R help message from 2001, I am not sure how to go about this with R. Is this feasible with R or is there another approach I should be considering altogether?
Any insight would be most appreciated. Thanks a million....
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