size.ci.cor: Sample size for a Pearson or partial correlation confidence...

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Sample size for a Pearson or partial correlation confidence interval

Description

Computes the sample size required to estimate a population Pearson or partial correlation with desired confidence interval precision. Set s = 0 for a Pearson correlation. Set the correlation planning value to the smallest absolute value within a plausible range for a conservatively large sample size.

For more details, see Section 1.24 of Bonett (2021, Volume 2)

Usage

size.ci.cor(alpha, cor, s, w)

Arguments

alpha	alpha level for 1-alpha confidence
cor	planning value of correlation
s	number of control variables
w	desired confidence interval width

Value

Returns the required sample size

References

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Bonett2000statpsych

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Bonett2021statpsych

Examples

size.ci.cor(.05, .3, 0, .2)

# Should return:
# Sample size
#         320
 

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