============================================================================== LOG-DAY MODEL + COHEN'S f + POWER -- unmerge_d0_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=3 nrep=120, alpha=0.05 --- fitted on real data --- stim x log(day) interaction: F(1,57)=6.230 p(resid)=0.01548 p(Satt)=0.01528 (df=61) honest per-animal random slope (log-day): F(1,15.0)=5.28 p=0.0363 Cohen's f (interaction, partial eta^2=0.017) = 0.131 (small-medium; f: .10 small, .25 medium, .40 large) --- power simulation (log-day ground truth: stim:logday=+11.60, ratSD=0.00, resSD=12.93) --- true stim:log(day) = +11.60 (100% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.34 | 0.69 <- observed 5 | 0.82 | 0.92 8 | 0.97 | 0.97 12 | 1.00 | 1.00 16 | 1.00 | 1.00 24 | 1.00 | 1.00 true stim:log(day) = +5.80 (50% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.10 | 0.25 <- observed 5 | 0.26 | 0.40 8 | 0.53 | 0.58 12 | 0.61 | 0.72 16 | 0.90 | 0.90 24 | 0.97 | 0.97 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.