[R] Compare lm() to glm(family=poisson)

[Alain Zuur]

Mark Na wrote:
> 
> Dear R-helpers,
> I would like to compare the fit of two models, one of which I fit using
> lm()
> and the other using glm(family=poisson). The latter doesn't provide
> r-squared, so I wonder how to go about comparing these
> models (they have the same formula).
> 
> Thanks very much,
> 
> Mark Na
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The decision which distribution to use (Normal versus Poisson) should be an
a priori choice. If you really want to compare them, then inspect the
residuals of both models and see which model doesn't have any residual
patterns.

Alain

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