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Error structure for GLM

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Subject: Error structure for GLM
From: "Anthony Richardson" <ANR@mail.pml.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 18:50:53 +0000
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Dear All

I have a query about the appropriate type of error structure to specify in a 
GLM. I have a response variable that is an ordered factor with 4 levels (0, 1, 
2, 3). I also have continuous predictors which are abundances per cubic metre 
(and are thus transformed counts). I would like to know which is the 
appropriate error structure to specify for a GLM. I have looked at Venables and 
Ripley (2002), but am not sure whether it is possible to use a Gaussian error 
structure or which other error structure would be more appropriate. Thank you 
in advance for your help. I am using S-Plus 6.0 Release 2 on Windows.

Yours sincerely
Anthony Richardson


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