to such analyses requires choosing a covariance structure. Information criteria, such as AIC and BIC, are often used by … KR adjustment method, incorporating the selection of the covariance structure using AIC and BIC. Performance of the AIC … and BIC criteria in selecting the true covariance structure was also studied. The MIXED procedure (SAS v. 9) was used to …

Information Criterion (AIC), Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) , or Deviance Information Criterion (DIC) which corrects for … bias induced by sample size and number of random effects. AIC, BIC, and DIC are information criteria that measure the …