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What do researchers mean by the power of a test?

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Mavis

16 October 2020

What do researchers mean by the power of a test?

What do researchers mean by the power of a test?

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Benny

16 October 2020

You are welcome! :D

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Mavis

16 October 2020

That’s very insightful. Thank you!

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Benny

16 October 2020

Power is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is false. I tend to think of it as the test’s ability to make a correct decision, i.e. to reject the null hypothesis or not.

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