Review Article

Causality in Statistical Power: Isomorphic Properties of Measurement, Research Design, Effect Size, and Sample Size

Table 2

Scoring methodology for statistical power.

StudyOutcomeResearch designMagnitudeVarianceSample sizeScore

1CategoricalBetween-subjectsSmallHeterogeneitySmall0
2CategoricalMultivariateSmallHeterogeneitySmall0
3OrdinalBetween-subjectsSmallHeterogeneitySmall0
4OrdinalMultivariateSmallHeterogeneitySmall0
5CategoricalWithin-subjectsSmallHeterogeneitySmall1
6CategoricalBetween-subjectsSmallHeterogeneityLarge1
7CategoricalMultivariateSmallHeterogeneityLarge1
8CategoricalBetween-subjectsSmallHomogeneitySmall1
9CategoricalMultivariateSmallHomogeneitySmall1
10CategoricalBetween-subjectsSmallHomogeneityLarge1
11CategoricalMultivariateSmallHomogeneityLarge1
12CategoricalBetween-subjectsLargeHeterogeneitySmall1
13CategoricalMultivariateLargeHeterogeneitySmall1
14OrdinalWithin-subjectsSmallHeterogeneitySmall1
15OrdinalBetween-subjectsSmallHeterogeneityLarge1
16OrdinalMultivariateSmallHeterogeneityLarge1
17OrdinalBetween-subjectsSmallHomogeneitySmall1
18OrdinalMultivariateSmallHomogeneitySmall1
19OrdinalBetween-subjectsSmallHomogeneityLarge1
20OrdinalMultivariateSmallHomogeneityLarge1
21OrdinalBetween-subjectsLargeHeterogeneitySmall1
22OrdinalMultivariateLargeHeterogeneitySmall1
23ContinuousBetween-subjectsSmallHeterogeneitySmall1
24ContinuousMultivariateSmallHeterogeneitySmall1
25CategoricalWithin-subjectsSmallHeterogeneityLarge2
26CategoricalWithin-subjectsSmallHomogeneitySmall2
27CategoricalWithin-subjectsSmallHomogeneityLarge2
28CategoricalWithin-subjectsLargeHeterogeneitySmall2
29CategoricalBetween-subjectsLargeHeterogeneityLarge2
30CategoricalMultivariateLargeHeterogeneityLarge2
31CategoricalBetween-subjectsLargeHomogeneitySmall2
32CategoricalMultivariateLargeHomogeneitySmall2
33OrdinalWithin-subjectsSmallHeterogeneityLarge2
34OrdinalWithin-subjectsSmallHomogeneitySmall2
35OrdinalWithin-subjectsSmallHomogeneityLarge2
36OrdinalWithin-subjectsLargeHeterogeneitySmall2
37OrdinalBetween-subjectsLargeHeterogeneityLarge2
38OrdinalMultivariateLargeHeterogeneityLarge2
39OrdinalBetween-subjectsLargeHomogeneitySmall2
40OrdinalMultivariateLargeHomogeneitySmall2
41ContinuousWithin-subjectsSmallHeterogeneitySmall2
42ContinuousBetween-subjectsSmallHeterogeneityLarge2
43ContinuousMultivariateSmallHeterogeneityLarge2
44ContinuousBetween-subjectsSmallHomogeneitySmall2
45ContinuousMultivariateSmallHomogeneitySmall2
46ContinuousBetween-subjectsSmallHomogeneityLarge2
47ContinuousMultivariateSmallHomogeneityLarge2
48ContinuousBetween-subjectsLargeHeterogeneitySmall2
49ContinuousMultivariateLargeHeterogeneitySmall2
50CategoricalWithin-subjectsLargeHeterogeneityLarge3
51CategoricalWithin-subjectsLargeHomogeneitySmall3
52CategoricalBetween-subjectsLargeHomogeneityLarge3
53CategoricalMultivariateLargeHomogeneityLarge3
54OrdinalWithin-subjectsLargeHeterogeneityLarge3
55OrdinalWithin-subjectsLargeHomogeneitySmall3
56OrdinalBetween-subjectsLargeHomogeneityLarge3
57OrdinalMultivariateLargeHomogeneityLarge3
58ContinuousWithin-subjectsSmallHeterogeneityLarge3
59ContinuousWithin-subjectsSmallHomogeneitySmall3
60ContinuousWithin-subjectsSmallHomogeneityLarge3
61ContinuousWithin-subjectsLargeHeterogeneitySmall3
62ContinuousBetween-subjectsLargeHeterogeneityLarge3
63ContinuousMultivariateLargeHeterogeneityLarge3
64ContinuousBetween-subjectsLargeHomogeneitySmall3
65ContinuousMultivariateLargeHomogeneitySmall3
66CategoricalWithin-subjectsLargeHomogeneityLarge4
67OrdinalWithin-subjectsLargeHomogeneityLarge4
68ContinuousWithin-subjectsLargeHeterogeneityLarge4
69ContinuousWithin-subjectsLargeHomogeneitySmall4
70ContinuousBetween-subjectsLargeHomogeneityLarge4
71ContinuousMultivariateLargeHomogeneityLarge4
72ContinuousWithin-subjectsLargeHomogeneityLarge5

Note. Higher scores denote more statistical power.