[R] glm.fit when family argument is not a "family" object

[Bert Gunter]

...
But

glm(1~1, family = gaussian)  ## works. As does family = "gaussian"

(R 3.1.2 )

Cheers,
Bert

Bert Gunter
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On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Mathew McLean <mmclean at stat.tamu.edu> wrote:
> The documentation for glm/glm.fit indicates that the family argument "can
> be a character string naming a family function, a family function or the
> result of a call to a family function".
>
> glm.fit(1, 1, family = "gaussian")
>
> ## Error: $ operator is invalid for atomic vectors
>
> glm.fit(1, 1, family = gaussian)
>
> ## Error: object of type 'closure' is not subsettable
>
> glm.fit(1, 1, family = gaussian())  # works, results omitted
>
> sessionInfo()
>
> ## R version 3.1.2 Patched (2015-02-20 r67856)
> ## Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
> ## Running under: Windows 7 x64 (build 7601) Service Pack 1
>
> ## locale:
> ## [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252  LC_CTYPE=English_United
> States.1252
> ## [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
>
> ## [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
>
> ## attached base packages:
> ## [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> ## loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> ## [1] tools_3.1.2
>
>
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