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. 2020 Jul 6;53(1):139–152. doi: 10.3758/s13428-020-01408-1

Table 5.

When effect size d = 0.8, the sample size N, the corresponding probabilities P(BF0i > BFthresh|H0) and P(BFi0 > BFthresh|Hi) for the t test 1 and Welch’s test 2

type t test Welch’s test
η 0.80 0.90 0.80 0.90
output N P(BF > BFthresh) N P(BF > BFthresh) N P(BF > BFthresh) N P(BF > BFthresh)
b BFthresh = 1 two-sided H0 25 0.95 36 0.96 26 0.95 35 0.96
H1 0.80 0.91 0.81 0.90
one-sided H0 18 0.93 27 0.95 18 0.93 27 0.95
H2 0.81 0.90 0.81 0.90
BFthresh = 3 two-sided H0 36 0.85 72 0.90 36 0.85 73 0.90
H1 0.80 0.98 0.80 0.98
one-sided H0 30 0.82 81 0.91 30 0.82 79 0.90
H2 0.81 1.00 0.81 0.99
BFthresh = 5 two-sided H0 67 0.80 191 0.91 66 0.80 191 0.91
H1 0.96 1.00 0.96 1.00
one-sided H0 67 0.80 207 0.90 67 0.80 209 0.90
H2 0.98 1.00 0.98 1.00
2b BFthresh = 1 two-sided H0 21 0.91 31 0.93 21 0.91 31 0.93
H1 0.80 0.90 0.80 0.90
one-sided H0 14 0.88 23 0.91 14 0.88 23 0.91
H2 0.82 0.90 0.82 0.90
BFthresh = 3 two-sided H0 48 0.80 130 0.90 48 0.80 139 0.90
H1 0.93 1.00 0.92 1.00
one-sided H0 48 0.80 158 0.90 46 0.80 156 0.90
H2 0.96 1.00 0.95 1.00
BFthresh = 5 two-sided H0 128 0.80 369 0.90 127 0.80 379 0.90
H1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
one-sided H0 134 0.81 420 0.90 134 0.80 422 0.90
H2 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
3b BFthresh = 1 two-sided H0 19 0.88 29 0.91 19 0.87 29 0.91
H1 0.80 0.91 0.81 0.91
one-sided H0 10 0.82 26 0.90 10 0.80 26 0.91
H2 0.80 0.94 1.01 0.94
BFthresh = 3 two-sided H0 73 0.81 196 0.90 73 0.80 208 0.91
H1 0.99 1.00 0.99 1.00
one-sided H0 70 0.81 230 0.90 73 0.81 226 0.90
H2 0.99 1.00 1.00 1.00
BFthresh = 5 two-sided H0 191 0.81 551 0.90 196 0.80 580 0.91
H1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
one-sided H0 199 0.80 608 0.90 200 0.80 622 0.90
H2 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00

1 the means μ1 = 0.8, μ2 = 0 and the variance σ2 = 1

2 the means μ1 = 0.8, μ2 = 0 and the variances σ12=1.33, σ22=0.67