stats::power.t.test error

Hi,

power.t.test works for some range of input parameters but fails otherwise.

power.t.test(delta = 0.5849625, sd=0.1, power=0.8, sig.level=0.05)$n

[1] 1.971668

power.t.test(delta = 0.5849625, sd=0.05, power=0.8, sig.level=0.05)$n

[1] 1.620328

power.t.test(delta = 0.5849625, sd=0.01, power=0.8, sig.level=0.05)$n

Error in uniroot(function(n) eval(p.body) - power, c(2, 1e+07), tol = tol,  :
  did not succeed extending the interval endpoints for f(lower) * f(upper) <= 0
In addition: Warning message:
In qt(sig.level/tside, nu, lower.tail = FALSE) : NaNs produced

I guessing that sd is very small compared with delta, hence the
problem. But what are allowed values (ratios) of delta and sd?

Best
Witek

Witold Eryk Wolski