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REED: You Can Calculate Power Retrospectively — Just Don’t Use Observed Power

In this blog, I highlight a valid approach for calculating power after estimation—often called retrospective power. I provide a Shiny App that lets readers explore how the method works and how it avoids the pitfalls of “observed power” — try…

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REED: Post-Hoc Power Analyses: Good for Nothing?

Observed power (or post-hoc power) is the statistical power of the test you have performed, based on the effect size estimate from your data. Statistical power is the probability of finding a statistical difference from 0 in your test (aka…

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