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Power and Statistical Errors

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Depending on conditions, you may have a good or bad chance of finding the desired result. To increase power you can:

  1. Try to increase the effect size or the strength of the relationship.

  2. Decrease experimental error.

  3. Use a higher alpha level (say .05 as compared to .01). Note this increases power but also Type I error.

  4. Increase sample size.

  5. Use matched samples or covariance techniques.

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