Two BASIC programs are described. The first program calculates the sample size per treatment group (n) required to achieve the desired power in any fixed effect ANOVA design. The second program calculates the power to five decimal accuracy when df1, df2, alpha, and phi are provided, and can be used to determine the power that will result when an investigator uses some arbitrary sample size.
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