powerMediation (version 0.2.3)

ss.SLR: Sample size for testing slope for simple linear regression

Description

Calculate sample size for testing slope for simple linear regression.

Usage

ss.SLR(power, 
       lambda.a, 
       sigma.x, 
       sigma.y, 
       n.lower = 2.01, 
       n.upper = 1e+30, 
       alpha = 0.05, 
       verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

power

power for testing if $\lambda=0$ for the simple linear regression $y_i=\gamma+\lambda x_i + \epsilon_i, \epsilon_i\sim N(0, \sigma_{e}^2).$

lambda.a

regression coefficient in the simple linear regression $y_i=\gamma+\lambda x_i + \epsilon_i, \epsilon_i\sim N(0, \sigma_{e}^2).$

sigma.x

standard deviation of the predictor.

sigma.y

standard deviation of the outcome.

n.lower

lower bound for the sample size.

n.upper

upper bound for the sample size.

alpha

type I error rate.

verbose

logical. TRUE means printing sample size; FALSE means not printing sample size.

Value

• n
  sample size.
• res.uniroot
  results of optimization to find the optimal sample size.

Details

The test is for testing the null hypothesis $\lambda=0$ versus the alternative hypothesis $\lambda\neq 0$ for the simple linear regressions: $$y_i=\gamma+\lambda x_i + \epsilon_i, \epsilon_i\sim N(0, \sigma^2_{e})$$

References

Dupont, W.D. and Plummer, W.D.. Power and Sample Size Calculations for Studies Involving Linear Regression. Controlled Clinical Trials. 1998;19:589-601.

See Also

minEffect.SLR, power.SLR, power.SLR.rho, ss.SLR.rho.

Examples

ss.SLR(power=0.8, lambda.a=0.8, sigma.x=0.2, sigma.y=0.5, 
    alpha = 0.05, verbose = TRUE)