family-class              package:lme4              R Documentation

_C_l_a_s_s "_f_a_m_i_l_y"

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Family objects describe the error distributions and link functions
     used in generalized linear models and its extensions. It is used
     by functions such as `glm' and  `GLMM'.

_O_b_j_e_c_t_s _f_r_o_m _t_h_e _C_l_a_s_s:

     This is an S3 style class. No objects may be created from it using
     `new'.

_E_x_t_e_n_d_s:

     Class `"oldClass"', directly.

_M_e_t_h_o_d_s:

     No methods defined with class "family" in the signature.

