If I enter in k Means Sample Size Calculator two prospective Means for separation across groups e.g. 100 and 200 (and a Std. Dev of 25) the Power by Sample Size Curve lists a "Difference in Means" of 70,710678.
I would have expected 100. What is "Difference in Means" used for?
Olaf
JMP 17, Mac
Could not find info using the "Help" Tool
First, you should use the calculator for the difference between two means. That calculator will present the results you expect.
You used the calculator for k means based on the Analysis of Variance, not a t-test of a simple difference. What if you had 8 means? The 'difference' is captured in the way the ANOVA will work. I attached a detailed explanation in a JMP technical report for you. See Section 2.3, which starts in the middle of page 5.
Second, JMP 17 introduced a whole new class of calculators that we think are superior to the older calculators, which will be deprecated in the future. You might take a look at them here and see what you think. Here is the sample size explorer for two means: