Table 1 Variance components (VC) true values, point estimates (posterior mean), and 95% highest posterior density (HPD) interval
From: A method for partitioning trends in genetic mean and variance to understand breeding practices
Scenario | VC | True | Estimate | 95% HPD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | ||||
Medium accuracy | \(\sigma ^2_a\) | 0.3 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.30 |
\(\sigma ^2_e\) | 0.7 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.71 | |
High accuracy | \(\sigma ^2_a\) | 0.3 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.38 |
\(\sigma ^2_e\) | 0.7 | 0.66 | 0.64 | 0.67 | |