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Table 3.

Summaries of the marginal posterior (columns 2–4) and marginal prior (columns 5–6) distributions of the model's parameters excluding the batch– and variant–specific random effects and classification indicators. Columns 2 and 3 report estimates of posterior means and standard deviations; Bayesian 95% posterior high density regions are provided in column 4. Prior means and standard deviations appear in columns 5 and 6. Note that that half–Cauchy distribution has no finite moments.

Parameter	Posterior		95% HPD Region	Prior
Parameter	Mean	SD	95% HPD Region	Mean	SD
ψ	0.451	0.025	(0.403, 0.499)	∞	∞
λ	1.381	0.195	(1.029, 1.769)	∞	∞
ρ	0.412	0.131	(0.167, 0.667)	∞	∞
γ	0.948	0.241	(0.485, 1.413)	∞	∞
κ₁	0.063	0.286	(-0.497, 0.621)	0.000	5.774
κ₂	-0.160	0.639	(-1.396, 1.120)	0.000	5.774
δ	-3.825	0.226	(-4.252, -3.371)	-5.000	2.887
π	0.396	0.060	(0.277, 0.510)	0.500	0.289