============================================================================== POWER SIMULATION -- boxa_b2_d0_5 ============================================================================== model: behavior ~ stim + day + stim:day + (1|rat) (success COUNT; day within-window) observed groups: stim n=4, control n=3 nrep=120, alpha=0.05 ground truth: stim:day=+4.71/day, rat SD=5.87, residual SD=11.30, days=6 true stim:day interaction = +4.71 (100% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.27 | 0.59 <- observed 5 | 0.63 | 0.72 8 | 0.91 | 0.93 12 | 1.00 | 1.00 16 | 0.99 | 0.99 24 | 1.00 | 1.00 true stim:day interaction = +2.35 (50% of observed) N/group | per-animal power | LME power ------------------------------------------ 3 | 0.10 | 0.20 <- observed 5 | 0.20 | 0.24 8 | 0.31 | 0.33 12 | 0.52 | 0.54 16 | 0.62 | 0.62 24 | 0.85 | 0.87 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.