[R] R glm

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Martin Henry H. Stevens wrote:

> Upon examining Table 7.1 on page 184 of V&R 4th edition, I can see 
> where the ambiguity would arise, however. Always best to check the 

No ambiguity.  That book is about S, and S only supports the identity 
link.  (Extensions in just one of R or S-PLUS are often not mentioned.)

> help, I guess.
> Hank
> On Sep 23, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
> 
> > No!
> >
> > > ?family
> >
> >  The 'gaussian' family accepts the links '"identity"', '"log"' and
> >           '"inverse"';
> >
> > Kahra Hannu wrote:
> >> In Venables & Ripley: Modern Applied Statistics with S (MASS), (4th 
> >> edition), on page 184 there is a table "Families and link functions" 
> >> that gives you the available links with different families. The 
> >> default and the only link with the gaussian family is identity.
> >> ciao,

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