[Rd] nobs.glm

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 24/04/2012 14:36, Wincent wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The nobs method  of (MASS:::polr class) takes into account of weight,
> but nobs method of glm does not. I wonder what is the rationale of
> such design behind nobs.glm. Thanks in advance. Best Regards.
>
>> library(MASS)
>> house.plr<- polr(Sat ~ Infl + Type + Cont, weights = Freq, data = housing)
>> house.logit<- glm(I(Sat=='High') ~ Infl + Type + Cont, binomial,weights = Freq, data = housing)
>> nobs(house.plr)
> [1] 1681
>> nobs(house.logit)
> [1] 72
>

Well, the interpretation of 'weights' for a GLM depends on the family. 
They may be equivalent to duplicated observations for a binomial GLM, 
but they are not for a Gaussian one.  The nobs method for class "glm" 
(there is no visible nobs.glm) follows the "lm" method.

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