============================================================================== LOG-DAY MODEL + COHEN'S f + POWER -- unmerge_d6_13 ============================================================================== model: behavior ~ stim + log(day) + stim:log(day) + (1|rat) (success COUNT) log(day) uses 1-indexed training day (our day 0 = paper "Day 1") observed groups: stim n=3, control n=2 nrep=120, alpha=0.05 --- fitted on real data --- stim x log(day) interaction: F(1,30)=3.007 p(resid)=0.09315 p(Satt)=0.0931 (df=30) honest per-animal random slope (log-day): F(1,12.8)=2.47 p=0.1406 Cohen's f (interaction, partial eta^2=0.025) = 0.161 (small-medium; f: .10 small, .25 medium, .40 large) --- power simulation (log-day ground truth: stim:logday=+22.97, ratSD=7.14, resSD=7.81) --- true stim:log(day) = +22.97 (100% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.47 | 0.64 <- observed 5 | 0.79 | 0.90 8 | 0.96 | 0.99 12 | 0.99 | 1.00 16 | 1.00 | 1.00 24 | 1.00 | 1.00 true stim:log(day) = +11.49 (50% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.12 | 0.22 <- observed 5 | 0.26 | 0.36 8 | 0.41 | 0.47 12 | 0.53 | 0.58 16 | 0.71 | 0.74 24 | 0.90 | 0.93 Read the per-animal column as the honest power; the LME column matches the paper's power code (anova interaction p, observation-level DF) and is optimistic.