[R] R glm

[Martin Henry H. Stevens]

Upon examining Table 7.1 on page 184 of V&R 4th edition, I can see 
where the ambiguity would arise, however. Always best to check the 
help, I guess.
Hank
On Sep 23, 2004, at 1:04 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:

> 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-----
>> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
>> [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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