[R] R glm

[Paul Johnson]

No!

 > ?family

  The 'gaussian' family accepts the links '"identity"', '"log"' and
           '"inverse"';

Kahra Hannu wrote:
> In Venables & Ripley: Modern Applied Statistics with S (MASS), (4th edition), on page 184 there is a table "Families and link functions" that gives you the available links with different families. The default and the only link with the gaussian family is identity.
> 
> ciao,
> Hannu Kahra
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch]On Behalf Of Shuangge Ma
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 6:26 PM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R] R glm
> 
> 
> Hello:
> would you please help me with the following glm question?
> 
> for the R function glm, what I understand is: once you specify the
> "family", then the link function is fixed.
> 
> My question is: is it possible I use, for example, "log" link function,
> but the estimation approach for the guassian family?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Shuangge Ma, Ph.D.
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