[R] does multinomial logistic model from multinom (nnet) has logLik?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, ronggui wrote:

> I want to get the logLik to calculate McFadden.R2 ,ML.R2 and
> Cragg.Uhler.R2, but the value from multinom does not have logLik.So my
> quetion is : is logLik meaningful to multinomial logistic model from
> multinom?If it does, how can I get it?

>From the help page:

Value:

      A 'nnet' object with additional components:

deviance: the residual deviance.

So it has a residual deviance.  That is -2 log Lik in many cases (but not 
if the argument 'summ' is used)

> Thank you!
>
> ps: I konw  VGAM has function to get the multinomial logistic model
> with  logLik,  but I prefer use the function from "official" R
> packages .
>
> --
> ronggui
> Deparment of Sociology
> Fudan University

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