Power Analysis for ANOVA

Power analysis for ANOVA is a prospective statistical technique that determines the minimum sample size needed to detect a specified group mean difference with a chosen probability. Formalized by Jacob Cohen in his 1988 monograph, it translates a researcher's effect size expectation — expressed as Cohen's f — along with the desired Type I error rate (alpha) and statistical power (1 − beta) into a concrete per-group sample size recommendation for one-way or factorial ANOVA designs.