AUTHOR=Laurencelle Louis , Cousineau Denis 

TITLE=Analysis of proportions using arcsine transform with any experimental design

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 13 - 2022

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1045436

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1045436

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=Exact tests on proportions exist for single-group and two-group designs but no general test on proportions exists that is appropriate for any experimental design involving more than two groups, repeated measures, and/or factorial designs. Herein, we extend the analysis of proportions using arcsine transform to any sorts of designs. The resulting framework, which we shall call Analysis of Proportions using Arcsine transform (ANOPA), is completely analogous to analysis of variance for means of continuous data, allowing the examination of interactions, main and simple effects, post-hoc tests, orthogonal contrasts, etc. We illustrate the method with a few examples (single-factor design, two-factor design, within-subject design) and explore type I error rates with Monte Carlo simulations. We also examine power computation and confidence intervals of proportions.