Experimental design and power analysis for systems biology Karlyn Beer 21 Aug 2012
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Statistical power Power = The probability of detecting an effect, given that the effect is really there.
Statistical power
Power and Sample size
Effect size (d) Δ Mean 1 Mean 2 How to calculate a pooled SD:
Power, sample size and effect size (d)
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