[R] sample size of 2 groups of skewed data

[Kjetil Halvorsen]

did you try to fit your data with a skew-normal/skew-t distribution?
If that works, you can use simulation.

Kjetil

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:31 AM, Lao Meng <laomeng.3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all:
> I have a question on sample size calculation of 2 groups of data. If 2
> groups of data are all normal distribution, then I can use the function
> "n.indep.t.test.eq" from samplesize package.But if 2 groups of data are all
> skewed distribution, but not normal distribution,how can I calculate the
> sample size then?
> I've tried many transformation (e.g. log arcsin…) in order to transfer the
> skewed distribution data into normal distribution data, but failed. So what
> I can do is only find a calculation method to do with skewed data.
>
> Any suggestions from you are welcome.
> Thanks a lot for your help.
>
> My best.
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