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Example of the Two Sample Means Calculator
Suppose you are comparing two groups and want to detect a 1 standard deviation difference between the group means at a 0.05 significance level with 80% power.
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Select DOE > Design Diagnostics > Sample Size and Power.
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Click Two Sample Means.
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Leave Alpha as 0.05.
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Enter 1 for Std Dev.
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Leave Extra Parameters as 0.
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Enter 1 as Difference to detect.
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Leave Sample Size blank.
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Enter 0.8 for Power.
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Click Continue.
Figure 16.8 Two Sample Means Calculator Result
The sample size is calculated as 34. With 17 samples in each group, you have an 80% chance of detecting a 1 standard deviation difference between the two sample means at a significance level of α = 0.05.

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Help created on 7/12/2018