A Power Calculator for the Classical Twin Design

• Published in: Behavior genetics Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 255 - 261
• Main Author: Verhulst, Brad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.03.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algorithms; Analysis; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Brief Communication; Clinical Psychology; Financing; Genetics; Health Psychology; Humans; Models, Genetic; Power; Power structure; Psychology; Public Health; Review boards; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Statistics as Topic - methods; Studies; Twin studies; Twins; Twins - statistics & numerical data; United States > US; Virginia; Biometrical genetics; Variance components; Twin study; Power

Power is a ubiquitous, though often overlooked, component of any statistical analyses. Almost every funding agency and institutional review board requires that some sort of power analysis is conducted prior to data collection. While there are several excellent on line power calculators for independe...