============================================================================== POWER SIMULATION -- naive_boxa_d6_10 ============================================================================== model: behavior ~ stim + day + stim:day + (1|rat) (success COUNT; day within-window) observed groups: stim n=3, control n=7 nrep=120, alpha=0.05 ground truth: stim:day=-1.62/day, rat SD=11.24, residual SD=10.14, days=5 true stim:day interaction = -1.62 (100% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.05 | 0.08 <- observed 5 | 0.06 | 0.07 8 | 0.17 | 0.21 12 | 0.26 | 0.27 16 | 0.28 | 0.30 24 | 0.41 | 0.45 true stim:day interaction = -0.81 (50% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.03 | 0.08 <- observed 5 | 0.07 | 0.07 8 | 0.05 | 0.10 12 | 0.07 | 0.07 16 | 0.11 | 0.09 24 | 0.12 | 0.13 Read the per-animal column as the honest power. At the observed N this study is typically underpowered; per-animal power reaches ~0.8 only at larger N.