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

[Liaw, Andy]

As Doug said in his announcement, version 0.6-1 of lme4 (which is pure R
code) depends on the Matrix package, version 0.8-7.  AFAICT the Windows
binary on CRAN for Matrix is version 0.8-6.  Not sure if that will work with
the current lme4...  It's probably best to wait for the right versions of
these packages to propagate to appropriate places on CRAN...

Best,
Andy

> From: Spencer Graves
> 
> Hi, Deepayan: 
> 
>       Thanks for your reply.  How can I get the new release 
> in a Windows 
> 2000 format, downloaded and properly installed? 
> 
>       I tried "update.packages", but the new version has not yet 
> migrated within reach of the default "update.packages" 
> function call.  I 
> tried downloading "lme4 0.6-0-2.tar.gz" from 
> "http://www.stat.wisc.edu/%7Ebates/", unzipping it and 
> replacing the old 
> "\\R\rw1090pat\library\lme4" with the new.  Unfortunately, 
> when I then 
> tried to start R, I got a fatal error message: 
> 
>       Error in loadNamespace(i[[1]], c(lib.loc, libPaths()), 
> keep.source):  There is no package called 'Matrix'. 
> 
>       Fortunately, I was able to restore R to apparently functioning 
> order by merely restoring the old version. 
> 
>       Is there something easy I can do to get "lme4 
> 0.6-0-2.tar.gz" to 
> install properly for me?  Or do I need to wait until it 
> migrates to my 
> update.packages default ("http://cran.r-project.org") or some other 
> designated CRAN mirror? 
> 
>       Thanks for your excellent work in bringing this 
> excellent software 
> to its present state. 
> 
>       Best Wishes,
>       spencer graves
> 
> Deepayan Sarkar wrote:
> 
> >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
> >  
> >
> 
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