Table 3.

Posterior median and a 90% interval (brackets) for model parameters for the cases in example 1.

Parameter	Prior	Case a	Case b	Case c	Case d
μ (0)	2.29 (0.82, 3.76)	2.56 (1.67, 3.64)	2.36 (1.62, 3.18)	1.92 (1.35, 2.51)	1.99 (1.42, 2.57)
σ (0)bc	0.44 (0.29, 0.68)	0.44 (0.29, 0.68)	0.44 (0.28, 0.68)	0.45 (0.29, 0.75)	0.42 (0.28, 0.64)
σ (0)bw	0.31 (0.06, 1.77)	0.30 (0.06, 1.54)	0.35 (0.07, 1.10)	0.29 (0.05, 1.24)	0.29 (0.06, 0.89)
σ (0)ww	1.56 (0.71, 3.56)	1.29 (1.02, 1.73)	1.29 (0.87, 1.75)	1.54 (1.03, 2.11)	1.33 (1.02, 1.78)
σ (0)total	1.77 (0.92, 3.83)	1.47 (1.16, 2.17)	1.46 (1.17, 1.89)	1.69 (1.35, 2.20)	1.47 (1.17, 1.91)