Thank you for your response. However, I don't think the examples on that page relate to my problem. The power function I am using is different than the ones in the pwr package because I am working on the power for survival data with competing risks. I tried to emulate the examples in the link you provided but received an error:
r <- seq(.4,.9,.1) nr<-length(r) samsize <- array(numeric(nr), dim=c(nr)) for (i in 1:r) { result <- power(N=NULL,a=6,f=6,pi=.5,alpha=.1,t0=10,theta=1/r[i],CIFev0=.40,CIFcr0=0) samsize[i]<-ceiling(result$N) } Error in result$N : $ operator is invalid for atomic vectors In addition: Warning message: In 1:r : numerical expression has 6 elements: only the first used Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. ________________________________ From: Jorge I Velez [jorgeivanve...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 11:22 PM To: Kaveh Zakeri Cc: R-help Subject: Re: [R] Determining sample size from power function Dear Kaveh, Take a look at http://www.statmethods.net/stats/power.html HTH, Jorge.- On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Kaveh Zakeri <> wrote: Hello, I am trying to get the power function to report the sample size rather than the power. My goal is to input a variety of values for theta and then for the power function to report the corresponding sample sizes. I haven't had much luck trying to create my own function, something along the lines of: f <- function (x) { power(N=z,a=6,f=6,pi=.5,alpha=.1,t0=10,theta=(1/x),CIFev0=.476,CIFcr0=0))=0.8 read(z) } In the above example, I am trying to fix the power at 0.80 and solve for z, which is the sample size. I would like x to be a random distribution of thetas. For instance: x=rnorm(30,.5,.2) and then receive the 30 corresponding sample sizes. Thank you! [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org<mailto:R-help@r-project.org> mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.