Table 4.

Comparison of MELM and RMELM in terms of variance component

n	ICC	ρ	MELM	RMELM
30	0.2	0.7	35.51	16.23
		0.8	55.82	16.39
		0.9	31.61	16.39
		0.95	37.85	16.39
	0.5	0.7	90.42	41.83
		0.8	82.36	41.89
		0.9	69.25	42.28
		0.95	75.14	42.15
	0.8	0.7	203.67	264.10
		0.8	170.74	264.49
		0.9	186.09	264.64
		0.95	169.43	262.87
50	0.2	0.7	10.81	16.44
		0.8	17.38	16.54
		0.9	13.68	16.49
		0.95	15.07	16.52
	0.5	0.7	26.21	42.02
		0.8	37.03	42.20
		0.9	38.22	42.19
		0.95	46.13	42.21
	0.8	0.7	137.90	263.55
		0.8	149.56	261.40
		0.9	148.32	261.48
		0.95	120.76	263.8
100	0.2	0.7	5.04	16.15
		0.8	5.28	16.41
		0.9	4.70	16.39
		0.95	5.07	16.45
	0.5	0.7	15.11	41.08
		0.8	12.90	41.65
		0.9	13.54	41.54
		0.95	11.38	41.77
	0.8	0.7	83.39	256.69
		0.8	78.19	256.61
		0.9	67.40	257.31
		0.95	73.20	259.98