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\name{power.t.test}
\alias{power.t.test}
\title{Power calculations for one and two sample t tests}
\usage{
power.t.test(n=NULL, delta=NULL, sd=1, sig.level=0.05, power=NULL,
             type=c("two.sample", "one.sample", "paired"),
             alternative=c("two.sided", "one.sided"))
}
\arguments{
 \item{n}{Number of observations (per group)}
 \item{delta}{True difference in means}
 \item{sd}{Standard deviation}
 \item{sig.level}{Significance level (Type I error probability)}
 \item{power}{Power of test (1 minus Type II error probability)}
 \item{type}{Type of t test}
 \item{alternative}{One- or two-sided test}
}
\description{
 Compute power of test, or determine parameters to obtain target power.
}

\details{
  Exactly one of the parameters \code{n}, \code{delta}, \code{power},
  \code{sd}, and \code{sig.level} must be passed as NULL, and that
  parameter is determined from the others. Notice that the last two have
  non-NULL defaults so NULL must be explicitly passed if you want to
  compute them.
}
\value{
  Object of class \code{"power.htest"}, a list of the arguments
  (including the computed one) augmented with \code{method} and
  \code{note} elements. 
}

\author{Peter Dalgaard.  Based on previous work by Claus Ekstrøm}
\note{
  \code{uniroot} is used to solve power equation for unknowns, so
  you may see errors from it, notably about inability to bracket the
  root when invalid arguments are given.
}
\seealso{\code{\link{t.test}}, \code{\link[base]{uniroot}}}

\examples{
 power.t.test(n=20, delta=1)
 power.t.test(power=.90, delta=1)
 power.t.test(power=.90, delta=1, alt="one.sided")
}
\keyword{htest}