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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2013 Nov 15;47(6):1091–1099.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.07.016

Table 1.

Simulation Margins of Error for Each Sample Size

Sample Size
Per Group
Number of
Simulations
SE for a 5% Observed
Power Result
SE for a 50% Observed
Power Result
SE for an 80% Observed
Power Result
SE for a 90% Observed
Power Result
50 10,000 0.002 0.005 0.004 0.003
100 5000 0.003 0.007 0.006 0.004
150 5000 0.003 0.007 0.006 0.004
200 5000 0.003 0.007 0.006 0.004
300 3000 0.004 0.009 0.007 0.005
500 2000 0.005 0.011 0.009 0.007
1000 1000 0.007 0.016 0.013 0.009

SE = standard error.