Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences

Preface to the Revised Edition

Preface to the Original Edition

Chapter 1. The Concepts of Power Analysis


1.1. General Introduction


1.2. Significance Criterion


1.3. Reliability of Sample Results and Sample Size


1.4. The Effect Size


1.5. Types of Power Analysis


1.6. Significance Testing


1.7. Plan of Chapters 2-9

Chapter 2. The t Test for Means


2.1. Introduction and Use


2.2. The Effect Size Index: d


2.3. Power Tables


2.4. Sample Size Tables


2.5. The Use of the Tables for Significance Testing

Chapter 3. The Significance of a Product Moment rs


3.1. Introduction and Use


3.2. The Effect Size: r


3.3. Power Tables


3.4. Sample Size Tables


3.5. The Use of the Tables for Significance Testing of r

Chapter 4. Differences between Correlation Coefficients


4.1. Introduction and Use


4.2. The Effect Size Index: q


4.3. Power Tables


4.4. Sample Size Tables


4.5. The Use of the Tables for Significance Testing

Chapter 5. The Test that a Proportion is .50 and the Sign Test


5.1. Introduction and Use


5.2. The Effect Size Index: g


5.3. Power Tables


5.4. Sample Size Tables


5.5. The Use of the Tables for Significance Testing

Chapter 6. Differences between Proportions


6.1. Introduction and Use


6.2. The Arcsine Transformation and the Effect Size Index: h


6.3. Power Tables


6.4. Sample Size Tables


6.5. The Use of the Tables for Significance Testing

Chapter 7. Chi-Square Tests for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tables


7.1. Introduction and Use


7.2. The Effect Size Index: w


7.3. Power Tables


7.4. Sample Size Tables

Chapter 8. F Tests on Means in the Analysis of Variance and Covariance


8.1. Introduction and Use


8.2. The Effect Size Index: f


8.3. Power Tables


8.4. Sample Size Tables


8.5. The Use of the Tables for Significance Testing

Chapter 9. F Tests of Variance Proportions in Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis


9.1. Introduction and Use


9.2. The Effect Size Index: i


9.3. Power Tables


9.4. L Tables and the Determination of Sample Size

Chapter 10. Technical Appendix : Computational Procedures


10.1. Introduction


10.2. t Test for Means


10.3. The Significance of a Product Moment r


10.4. Differences between Correlation Coefficients


10.5. The Test that a Proportion is .50 and the Sign Test


10.6. Differences between Proportions


10.7. Chi-Square Tests for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tables


10.8. F Test on Means and the Analysis of Variance and Covariance


10.9. F Test of Variance Proportions in Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis

References

Index