This function estimates the (approximate) effective sample size.
Usage
nEffective(n, k, icc, dv, id, data, family = c("gaussian", "binomial"))Arguments
- n
The number of unique/indepedent units of observation
- k
The (average) number of observations per unit
- icc
The estimated ICC. If missing, will estimate (and requires that the family argument be correctly specified).
- dv
A character string giving the variable name of the dependent variable.
- id
A character vector of length one giving the ID variable.
- data
A data.table containing the variables used in the formula. This is a required argument. If a data.frame, it will silently coerce to a data.table. If not a data.table or data.frame, it will attempt to coerce, with a message.
- family
A character vector giving the family to use for the model. Currently only supports “gaussian” or “binomial”.
References
For details, see Campbell, M. K., Mollison, J., and Grimshaw, J. M. (2001) <doi:10.1002/1097-0258(20010215)20:3 "Cluster trials in implementation research: estimation of intracluster correlation coefficients and sample size."
Examples
## example where n, k, and icc are estimated from the data
## provided, partly using iccMixed function
nEffective(dv = "mpg", id = "cyl", data = mtcars)
#> Type N
#> <char> <num>
#> 1: Effective Sample Size 3.826291
#> 2: Independent Units 3.000000
#> 3: Total Observations 32.000000
## example where n, k, and icc are known (or being 'set')
## useful for sensitivity analyses
nEffective(n = 60, k = 10, icc = .6)
#> Type N
#> <char> <num>
#> 1: Effective Sample Size 93.75
#> 2: Independent Units 60.00
#> 3: Total Observations 600.00