Table 1. The results of Scenario A1.

Percentage of data sets in which the true number of clusters was found, with the mode of the estimated number of classes in parentheses.

α	RJMCMC	${\text{R\&M}}_0^{\text{NG}}$	${\text{R\&M}}_{0.01}^{\text{NG}}$	${\text{R\&M}}_{0.02}^{\text{NG}}$	${\text{R\&M}}_{0.05}^{\text{NG}}$	${\text{R\&M}}_0^{\text{NI}}$	${\text{R\&M}}_{0.01}^{\text{NI}}$	${\text{R\&M}}_{0.02}^{\text{NI}}$	${\text{R\&M}}_{0.05}^{\text{NI}}$	DIC3	DIC4
0.00001	—	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	0%(5)	0%(5)
0.001	18%(10)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	0%(3)	0%(3)
0.01	28%(1)	98%(1)	98%(1)	98%(1)	98%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	20%(5)
0.05	90%(1)	22%(2)	80%(1)	84%(1)	92%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	72%(1)
0.1	98%(1)	2%(4)	10%(3)	18%(2)	40%(2)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)
0.3	98%(1)	0%(8)	0%(6)	0%(5)	0%(3)	98%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	100%(1)	98%(1)	100%(1)
0.5	98%(1)	0%(9)	0%(7)	0%(6)	0%(5)	96%(1)	98%(1)	98%(1)	100%(1)	96%(1)	100%(1)
0.9	98%(1)	0%(10)	0%(9)	0%(8)	0%(6)	96%(1)	98%(1)	98%(1)	100%(1)	94%(1)	100%(1)

The success rate of BIC using a frequentist approach was 100%.