Figure 3.
Posterior probabilities of parameters in the simulation study. a) and b) Faceted by true parameter values of and
, respectively. Fifty data sets were simulated for each combination of
and
, while
,
,
, and
were held constant. Boxplots show the distribution of mean estimated parameter values for each of the 50 data sets for each parameter combination. Medians are represented by thick black lines, boxes are delimited by first and third quartiles, black vertical lines extend at most 1.5
IQR (i.e., the interquartile range), and dots show outliers. Red horizontal lines mark the true parameter value used in the simulations.