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A Note on Misconceptions Concerning Prospective and Retrospective Power
Abstract
This paper addresses some misconceptions concerning prospective and retrospective power when journal editors, reviewers and readers want to know the observed power of statistical tests within a completed study. In addition, a practical solution to both the problem of computing the power after a study has been conducted and the critical evaluation of null findings is suggested
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“Retrospective power analyses are based on the highly questionable assumption that the sample effect size is essentially identical to the effect size in the population from which it was drawn (Zumbo & Hubley, 1998).”
From G*Power 3: A flexible statistical power analysis program for the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences (2007) · cites this paper as Zumbo & Hubley, 1998
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Metadata
- Authors
- Zumbo, B. D., & Hubley, A. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Northern British Columbia (CA)
- Venue
- Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series D (The Statistician)
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1998-07
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 385-388
- ISSN
- 0039-0526 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-9884
- OpenAlex
- W2011427590
- Cited by
- 121
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 7.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D (The Statistician) (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
- Keywords
- statistical power, negative results, null hypothesis significance testing, statistical misconceptions
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