Sample Size Calculators

Statistical Power Information Confidence Interval Statistical Power Calculators

Required Confidence Interval

The calculator determines the sample size to gain the required margin of error (MOE).
Confident Interval = Estimated value ± MOE .

A larger sample size reduces the margin of error.

Required Test Power

The calculator determines the sample size to gain the required test power and draw the power analysis chart.
A larger sample size increases the statistical test power.

Researchers usually use the power of 0.8 which mean the probability of type II error (β), failure to reject an incorrect H0.2, is 0.2. The commonly used significance level (α) is 0.05. β is usually four times bigger than α, since rejecting a correct null assumption consider to be more severe than failing to reject a correct invalid assumption.

Power Analysis Chart

The calculators create the following dynamic chart. When using the calculators, you may hover over any column any see the test power for each sample size.

Z statistic

The chart shows the power per each sample size.
The black bar shows the sample size that achieves the required power. In this example 102 achieves the power of 0.8.
When you hover over the power chart in the calculator, you may see the sample size and the power it achieves. In this example a sample size of 141 achieves the power of 0.93.