Table 3.

Results of simulation study with Bayesian estimation with default prior settings

	n=8
	Pop	Mean	Bias (%)	95% coverage	Power	MSE
I	54.0900	53.8515	−0.44	0.981	0.993	74.0908
LS	−12.4810	−12.2739	−1.66	0.982	0.161	51.6691
QS	1.7590	1.8140	3.13	0.972	0.033	17.2806
β	10.0080	9.9278	−0.80	0.987	0.049	100.8716
${\sigma }_I^2$	593.6330	1004.8042	69.26	0.918	1.000	********
${\sigma }_{\text{LS}}^2$	199.3820	367.7034	84.42	0.906	1.000	72300.7656
${\sigma }_{\text{QS}}^2$	134.6140	208.4106	54.82	0.923	1.000	17948.2188

^********=Mplus did not provide output due to a too large estimate.

Note: I=Intercept; LS=Linear Slope; β=difference between two groups; σ ²=variance; POP=population value; MSE=mean.