Estimated M_* based on the mock catalogue compared to the true values provided by the best-fit model for type 1 (red) and type 2 (blue) AGNs. The dashed line represent the 1-to-1 relation. The Pearson correlation factors for the two samples are ρ_type1 = 0.917 and ρ_type2 = 0.904, respectively. The shaded regions correspond to 1σ and 2σ confidence bands of the linear regression obtained with BCES for the two samples.