1. Optimal information size calculations (continuous outcomes).
Outcome | Power | Two‐sided significance level | ICC | MD | SD | Sample size (total) |
WAZa | 80% | 95% | 0.05 | 0.26 | 1.0 | 390 (30 clusters with 13 individuals) |
Abbreviations: ICC: intracluster correlation; MD: mean difference; SD: standard deviation; WAZ: weight‐for‐age z‐score
aThis example is based on the expected effect size of nutrition education on WAZ, in food insecure populations, as reported by Bhutta 2013.