Statistical Power Calculation

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Power ( 1 - β): Case Control Study

This utility can be used to calculate post-hoc satistical power gained with given sample size, when your objective is to test whether Odds Ratio is significantly different than 1 in a Case-Control Study. (In other words, your objective is to identify statistically significant risk factors.)

Formula used and other details
Sample Size Available in case group Sample size available with you in case group.
Sample Size Available in control group Sample size available with you in control group.
Confidence Level % In percentage. Commonly used values are 95, 99 and 90. Should be between 0.01 to 99.99.
One sided or two sided One tailed or two tailed hypothesis
Select any two of these three



Power ( 1 - β) =