============================================================================== LOG-DAY MODEL + COHEN'S f + POWER -- unmerge_d6_10 ============================================================================== 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(1,21)=0.581 p(resid)=0.4545 p(Satt)=0.4549 (df=20) honest per-animal random slope (log-day): F(1,5.0)=0.44 p=0.5382 Cohen's f (interaction, partial eta^2=0.011) = 0.106 (small-medium; f: .10 small, .25 medium, .40 large) --- power simulation (log-day ground truth: stim:logday=+16.98, ratSD=6.08, resSD=8.72) --- true stim:log(day) = +16.98 (100% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.06 | 0.11 <- observed 5 | 0.17 | 0.23 8 | 0.22 | 0.31 12 | 0.33 | 0.33 16 | 0.47 | 0.50 24 | 0.63 | 0.66 true stim:log(day) = +8.49 (50% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.07 | 0.11 <- observed 5 | 0.09 | 0.11 8 | 0.06 | 0.09 12 | 0.12 | 0.14 16 | 0.17 | 0.17 24 | 0.26 | 0.26 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.