Table 1.

Mean of parameter estimates (over 200 simulations); Mean percent prediction error (PE) and root mean square percent prediction error (RMSE); Percent coverage of 95% confidence interval

Parameter	Population Values	Mean of Estimates	Mean PE (%)	RMSE (%)	Coverage of 95% CI (%)
μV	20	19.978	0.043586	1.0399	94.5
μk1	0.3	0.29982	−0.09045	1.6491	96.5
μk2	0.6	0.60029	0.10042	2.6455	90.5
w1	0.8	0.80448	0.55991	5.4248	94.5*
σV2	4	3.7605	−5.0867	23.822	94.5
σk12	0.0036	0.003573	−1.0539	14.88	91.0
σk22	0.0036	0.003195	−10.857	40.236	83.5
σ	0.1	0.099931	−0.06857	4.0618	95.5

^*The coverage of the transformed variable $\frac{w_1}{1-w_1}$ is shown.