TABLE 4.

The expectation of A_v and bias in Â_v at using either var W or ln(var W) in multiple regression for different values of and numbers of half-sib progeny per sire

		χ (= )
Bias in ()
	No. of progeny	−2	2	−2	2	−2	2
0.01	10	−0.016	0.032	−0.001	0.000	0.007	0.009
	100	−0.066	0.076	−0.004	−0.003	0.004	0.005
	1,000	−0.155	0.155	−0.009	−0.007	−0.001	0.001
	10,000	−0.187	0.198	−0.001	−0.004	0.007	0.004
0.05	10	−0.084	0.133	−0.011	−0.018	0.024	0.025
	100	−0.286	0.283	−0.042	−0.042	−0.003	0.000
	1,000	−0.392	0.436	−0.014	−0.023	0.025	0.018
	10,000	−0.407	0.484	−0.002	−0.002	0.037	0.040
0.10	10	−0.173	0.234	−0.039	−0.054	0.030	0.031
	100	−0.467	0.475	−0.072	−0.081	0.005	0.004
	1,000	−0.556	0.658	−0.025	−0.035	0.053	0.049
	10,000	−0.569	0.710	−0.017	−0.004	0.060	0.080

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