[R] GLMM(..., family=binomial(link="cloglog"))?

[Deepayan Sarkar]

On Tuesday 01 June 2004 17:25, Spencer Graves wrote:
>       I'm having trouble using binomial(link="cloglog") with GLMM in
> lme4, Version: 0.5-2, Date: 2004/03/11.  The example in the Help file
> works fine, even simplified as follows:
>
>       fm0 <- GLMM(immun~1, data=guImmun, family=binomial,
> random=~1|comm)
>
>       However, for another application, I need
> binomial(link="cloglog"),
>
> and this generates an error for me:
>  > fm0. <- GLMM(immun~1, data=guImmun,
>  > family=binomial(link="cloglog"),
>
> random=~1|comm)
> Error in getClass(thisClass) : "family" is not a defined class
> Error in GLMM(immun ~ 1, data = guImmun, family = binomial(link =
> "cloglog"),  :
>         S language method selection got an error when called from
> internal dispatch for function "GLMM"
>
>       Any suggestions?

This should work better in the new lme4 (0.6-x) announced earlier today 
on r-packages. There is still a bug with cases (like in your example) 
with only one fixed effect where the show and summary methods produce 
an error, but that should be fixed soon.

Deepayan