Power calculation / sample size planning based on t test with different sample sizes. It uses the R function pwr.t.test from the pwr package for power calculation.

Among sample size for group 1, sample size for group 2, effect size, significance level, and power, one and only one can be left blank.

Provide the number of observations per group. Multiple sample sizes can be provided in two ways. First, multiple sample sizes can be supplied separated by white spaces, e.g., 100 150 200 will calculate power for the three sample sizes. A sequence of sample sizes can be generated using the method s:e:i with s denoting the starting sample size, e as ending sample size, and i as the interval. For example, 100:150:10 will generate a sequence 100 110 120 130 140 150.

By default, the sample size is 100.

The effect size to be used. Multiple effect sizes or a sequence of effect sizes can be supplied using the same method for sample size.

By default, the value is 0.1.

The significance level (Type I error rate) for power calculation withe the default 0.05.

The power of the test.

Specifying the alternative hypothesis, can be “two.sided” (default), “greater” or “less”

Whether to generate the power curve.

A note (less than 200 characters) can be provided to provide basic information on the analysis.

The output lists the related information about this power analysis. The output is given as a matrix.

  n1  n2 Effect size alpha Power
 100 100         0.1  0.05  0.11

An example of power curve