============================================================================== POWER SIMULATION -- naive_boxa_d6_13 ============================================================================== 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=+0.87/day, rat SD=10.75, residual SD=11.53, days=8 true stim:day interaction = +0.87 (100% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.07 | 0.11 <- observed 5 | 0.17 | 0.21 8 | 0.17 | 0.19 12 | 0.23 | 0.23 16 | 0.28 | 0.33 24 | 0.38 | 0.41 true stim:day interaction = +0.44 (50% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.06 | 0.10 <- observed 5 | 0.05 | 0.08 8 | 0.07 | 0.11 12 | 0.06 | 0.08 16 | 0.07 | 0.07 24 | 0.16 | 0.15 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.