Table 1 Summary of results for example one: paracetamol for pain relief

REML

0.083

(0.011, 0.633)

Gen Q ($a_i={\sigma }_i^{-2}$)

0.115

(0.003, 0.691)

Gen Q ($a_i={\sigma }_i^{-1}$)

0.261

(0.000, 1.125)

Paule-Mandel/Q profile

0.219

(0.002, 1.487)

Bayesian

0.135

(0.011, 0.495)