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Computing aspects of power for multiple regression
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Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers
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November 1, 2004
- Author:
- Dunlap, William P; Xin, Xue; Myers, Leann
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Copyright informationCopyright Psychonomic Society, Inc. Nov 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Rules of thumb for power in multiple regression research abound. Most such rules dictate the necessary sample size, but they are based only upon the number of predictor variables, usually ignoring other critical factors necessary to compute power accurately. Other guides to power in multiple regression typically use approximate rather than precise equations for the underlying distribution; entail complex preparatory computations; require interpolation with tabular presentation formats; run only under software such as Mathmatica or SAS that may not be immediately available to the user; or are sold to the user as parts of power computation packages. In contrast, the program we offer herein is ...