============================================================================== POWER SIMULATION -- boxa_a2_d0_5 ============================================================================== model: behavior ~ stim + day + stim:day + (1|rat) (success COUNT; day within-window) observed groups: stim n=3, control n=4 nrep=120, alpha=0.05 ground truth: stim:day=+4.68/day, rat SD=0.00, residual SD=12.01, days=6 true stim:day interaction = +4.68 (100% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.23 | 0.54 <- observed 5 | 0.57 | 0.70 8 | 0.85 | 0.88 12 | 0.98 | 0.99 16 | 0.99 | 0.99 24 | 1.00 | 1.00 true stim:day interaction = +2.34 (50% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.08 | 0.20 <- observed 5 | 0.17 | 0.23 8 | 0.26 | 0.32 12 | 0.44 | 0.52 16 | 0.56 | 0.60 24 | 0.82 | 0.84 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.