cloglog link [was "Re: [R] glm null deviance"]

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "Yudi" == Yudi Pawitan <yudi at hermes.ucd.ie> writes:

      ..... (lots of very helpful notes) ....  [ omitted ]

    Yudi> Question to the devel:
    Yudi> shouldn't the cloglog = log(-log(p))?
    Yudi> rather than   log(-log(1-p)) as implemented?

The current implementation is consistent with  the other 
link functions for the binomial: 
     It is monotonely INcreasing

BTW: Try  
	   plot(function(p) log(-log(1-p)))

     if your R version is >= 0.63.2


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