============================================================================== LOG-DAY MODEL + COHEN'S f + POWER -- unmerge_d0_5 ============================================================================== 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(1,32)=4.849 p(resid)=0.03498 p(Satt)=0.03414 (df=36) honest per-animal random slope (log-day): F(1,7.2)=3.65 p=0.09636 Cohen's f (interaction, partial eta^2=0.039) = 0.200 (small-medium; f: .10 small, .25 medium, .40 large) --- power simulation (log-day ground truth: stim:logday=+16.48, ratSD=0.00, resSD=13.58) --- true stim:log(day) = +16.48 (100% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.33 | 0.64 <- observed 5 | 0.66 | 0.78 8 | 0.93 | 0.97 12 | 0.99 | 1.00 16 | 1.00 | 1.00 24 | 1.00 | 1.00 true stim:log(day) = +8.24 (50% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.09 | 0.24 <- observed 5 | 0.21 | 0.29 8 | 0.28 | 0.38 12 | 0.47 | 0.59 16 | 0.69 | 0.69 24 | 0.90 | 0.92 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.