[R] Simple question about function with glm

[Ben Bolker]

 <Bill.Venables <at> csiro.au> writes:

> 
> Finally, I'm a bit puzzled why you use glm() when the simpler lm() would
> have done the job.  You are fitting a linear model and do not need the
> extra paraphernaila that generalized linear models require.
> 
> Bill Venables. 
> 

  Perhaps the original poster is confused about the difference
between general (a la PROC GLM) and generalized (glm) linear
models?

  The code is also a little puzzling because the same tests
seem to be run whether p>0.05 or not.  Perhaps the code
will eventually be written to log-transform the data
if it fails the normality test?

 [ hint: ?boxcox in the MASS package might be a better way
to go ]

  Ben Bolker