Table 2 Averages of posterior means (and posterior standard deviations) of (co)variance components for Scenario 2 (σ ² _s  = 250, σ ² _e  = 1000)

σ ² _a

147.5(18.7)

-

21.3(13.6)

-

372.2 (43.8)

111.4 (50.7)

σ ² _m

-

-

-

-

105.7 (21.8)

40.8 (19.0)

σ _am

-

-

-

-

−191.9 (16.6)

−60.9 (29.8)

σ ² _s

-

242.0 (31.5)

208.1(22.9)

218.6(16.6)

-

162.0 (30.2)

σ ² _d

-

-

-

14.6(9.8)

-

-

σ _sd

-

-

-

1.7(16.6)

-

-

σ ² _e

1101.6(21.9)

990.3(31.1)

1019.7(23.1)

1016.1(23.6)

960.8 (30.1)

997.3 (26.9)

L

−49730.0

−49609.5

−49612.4

−49614.0

−49613.2

−49613.3