model{ # Model specification for linear growth curve model for (i in 1:N){ LS[i,1:2]~dmnorm(muLS[i,1:2], Inv_cov[1:2,1:2]) muLS[i,1]<-bL[1] muLS[i,2]<-bS[1] for (t in 1:5){ y[i, t] ~ dt(muY[i,t], Inv_Sig_e2, k) muY[i,t]<-LS[i,1]+LS[i,2]*t } } k~dexp(.1) #Priors for model parameter for (i in 1:1){ bL[i] ~ dnorm(0, 1.0E-6) bS[i] ~ dnorm(0, 1.0E-6) } Inv_cov[1:2,1:2]~dwish(R[1:2,1:2], 2) R[1,1]<-1 R[2,2]<-1 R[2,1]<-R[1,2] R[1,2]<-0 Inv_Sig_e2 ~ dgamma(.001, .001) para[6] <- 1/Inv_Sig_e2 Cov[1:2,1:2]<-inverse(Inv_cov[1:2,1:2]) para[1]<-bL[1] para[2]<-bS[1] para[3] <- Cov[1,1] para[4] <- Cov[2,2] para[5] <- Cov[1,2] para[7] <- k }