[R] Negative intercept in glm poisson model

[Federico Gherardini]

On Tuesday 01 March 2005 14:31, Douglas Bates wrote:
> Not really.  The negative intercept is on the scale of the linear
> predictor.  The expected response, which is the exponential of the
> linear predictor, is always positive.
Thank you very much for the quick response. Actually I used link = linear, so 
I suppose that the response is on the same scale of the linear predictor, 
isn't it?

Cheers,
Federico