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. 2022 Dec 20;21:101319. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101319

Table 3.

Minimum detectable effect sizes for a two-sample means t-test given power, unbalanced samples, control mean, equal variance and significance level set to 5%.

Panel A. Adult Psychological Distress
Significance level Power Control sample Sanctuary sample Mean Standard deviation Minimum detectable effect
0.05 0.8 98051 43766 3.4 3.9 0.0628
0.05 0.9 98051 43766 3.4 3.9 0.0727
0.05 0.95 98051 43766 3.4 3.9 0.0808










Panel B. Adolescent Psychological Distress
Significance level
Power
Control sample
Sanctuary sample
Control mean
Control sample standard deviation
Sanctuary sample standard deviation
Minimum detectable effect
0.05 0.8 4529 1894 4.23 3.69 3.48 0.2717
0.05 0.9 4529 1894 4.23 3.69 3.48 0.3144
0.05 0.95 4529 1894 4.23 3.69 3.48 0.3496