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Yasu
Fluorite | Level 6

Hi,

Now I'm trying to draw a graph for the samplsize analysis with plot statement in power procedure,

and I find that the resut differss depending on the option of plot statement.

The SAS code is as follows:

/*PRG1*/
proc power;
  pairedmeans test=equiv_ratio dist=lognormal
  meanratio = 1.10
  alpha     = 0.05
  cv        = 0.15
  corr      = 0
  lower     = 0.8
  upper     = 1.25
  npairs    = 2 to 100 by 1
  power     =. ;
  plot  min=2 max=100 yopts=(ref=0.9 crossref=yes);
run;

/*PRG2*/
proc power;
  pairedmeans test=equiv_ratio dist=lognormal
  meanratio = 1.10
  alpha     = 0.05
  cv        = 0.15
  corr      = 0
  lower     = 0.8
  upper     = 1.25
  npairs    = 2 to 100 by 1
  power     =. ;
  plot  min=20 max=50 yopts=(ref=0.9 crossref=yes);
run;

/*PRG3*/
proc power;
  pairedmeans test=equiv_ratio dist=lognormal
  meanratio = 1.10
  alpha     = 0.05
  cv        = 0.15
  corr      = 0
  lower     = 0.8
  upper     = 1.25
  npairs    = 2 to 100 by 1
  power     =. ;
  plot  min=2 max=100 yopts=(ref=0.9 crossref=yes) NPTS=1000;
run;

Where does the difference come from?

Does the precision of estimation differ depending on the option?

I'd appreciate it if someone would help me.

Yasu

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SteveDenham
Jade | Level 19

I think it all comes down to the granularity of the interpolation, so yes the precision differs depending on the option.  Rather than NPTS=, you might specify STEP= in the plot statement, for spacing on the X-axis for the interpolation.

Steve Denham

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