## Fitting Generalized Linear Models

## Usage

    glm(formula, family=gaussian, data, weightst=NULL, subsett=NULL,
            na.action=na.fail, start=NULL, offset=NULL,
            control=glm.control(epsilon=0.0001, maxit=10, trace=FALSE),
            model = TRUE, method = "glm.fit", x = FALSE, y = TRUE)
    glm.control(epsilon=0.0001, maxit=10, trace=FALSE)
    glm.fit(x, y, weights=rep(1, nrow(x)),
            start=NULL, offset=rep(0, nrow(x)),
            family=gaussian(), control=glm.control(),
            intercept=TRUE)

## Arguments

`formula` | a symbolic description of the model to be fit. The details of model specification are given below.
`family` | a description of the error distribution and link function to be used in the model. See `family` for details.
`data` | an optional data frame containing the variables in the model. By default the variables are taken from the environment which `lm` is called from.
`weights` | an optional vector of weights to be used in the fitting process.
`subset` | an optional vector specifying a subset of observations to be used in the fitting process.
`na.action` | a function which indicates what should happen when the data contain `NA`s. The default action (`na.omit`) is to omit any incomplete observations. The alternative action `na.fail` causes `lm` to print an error message and terminate if there are any incomplete observations.
`start` | starting values for the parameters in the linear predictor.
`offset` | this can be used to specify an a-priori known component to be included in the linear predictor during fitting.
`control` | a list of parameters for controlling the fitting process. See the documentation for `glm.control` for details.
`model` | a logical value indicating whether model frame should be included as a component of the returned value.
`method` | the method to be used in fitting the model. The default (and presently only) method `glm.fit` uses iteratively reweighted least squares.
`x,y` | logical values indicating whether the response vector and design matrix used in the fitting process should be returned as components of the returned value.

## Description

`glm` is used to fit generalized linear models.

Models for `glm` are specified by giving a symbolic description of the linear predictor and a description of the error distribution. A typical predictor has the form `reponse ~ terms` where `response` is the (numeric) response vector and `terms` is a series of terms which specifies a linear predictor for `response`. A terms specification of the form `first+second` indicates all the terms in `first` together with all the terms in `second` with duplicates removed. A specification of the form `first:second` indicates the the set of terms obtained by taking the interactions of all terms in `first` with all terms in `second`. The specification `first*second` indicates the cross of `first` and `second`. This is the same as `first+second+first:second`.

## Value

`glm` returns an object of class `glm` which inherits from the class `lm`. The function `summary` (i.e., `summary.glm`) can be used to obtain or print a summary of the results and the function `anova` (i.e., `anova.glm`) to produce an analysis of variance table.

The generic accessor functions `coefficients`, `effects`, `fitted.values` and `residuals` can be used to extract various useful features of the value returned by `glm`.

## See Also

`anova.glm`, `summary.glm`, etc. for `glm` methods, and the generic functions `anova`, `summary`, `effects`, `fitted.values`, and`residuals`. Further, `lm` for non-generalized linear models.

## Examples

    ## Annette Dobson (1990) "An Introduction to Statistical Modelling".
    ## Page 93: Randomized Controlled Trial :
    counts <- c(18,17,15,20,10,20,25,13,12)
    outcome <- gl(3,1,9)
    treatment <- gl(3,3)
    print(d.AD <- data.frame(treatment, outcome, counts))
    glm.D93 <- glm(counts ~ outcome + treatment, family=poisson())
    anova(glm.D93)
    summary(glm.D93)

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