[R] error using user-defined link function with mixed models (LMER)

[Douglas Bates]

Was make.link() used in the example code?

On 2/11/07, Ken Knoblauch <knoblauch at lyon.inserm.fr> wrote:
>
> Isn't it the case, that since R 2.40 that all one ought to need do is
> define one's own link and pass it to the family, rather re-defining the whole
> family?
>
> CHANGES IN R VERSION 2.4.0
>
> ...
>
>  o      make.link() now returns an object of class "link-glm".
>         The GLM families accept an object of this class for their
>         'link' argument, which allows user-specified link functions.
>         Also, quasi() allows user-specified variance functions.
>
> I thought that was the point of the example on the family help page.
>
> ken
>
>
> Douglas Bates a écrit :
> Look at the 'link' component of the two lists.  In the binomial family
> object the link component is a character vector of link 1.  In your
> logexposure family object it is a list of length 5.
>
> On 2/10/07, Jessi Brown <jessilbrown at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ok, I've tried checking out the structure of the binomial and
> > logexposure families, the big difference  appears to be the valideta
> > parameter (it's "NULL" in the logexposure family).
> >
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