Summary Method for Fitted Generalized Linear Models

DESCRIPTION:
Returns a summary list for fitted generalized linear models.

USAGE:
summary.glm(object, dispersion=NULL, correlation=T)

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:
object:
fitted glm model object. This is assumed to be the result of some fit that produces an object inheriting from the class "glm", in the sense that the components returned by the glm() function will be available.

OPTIONAL ARGUMENTS:
dispersion:
a supplied value for the dispersion parameter. The default is 1 for the binomial or poisson families. For other families the default is the residual Chi-square statistic divided by the residual degrees of freedom. For the Gaussian family, for example, the dispersion parameter is the error variance and the default is the Residual sum of squares divided by the residual degrees of freedom. Supplying a value of 0 causes the Chi-squared estimate to be used in all cases.
correlation:
optional argument. If False, the correlation matrix for the coefficients is not computed (useful for models with many coefficients).

VALUE:
a list is returned with the following components.
call,:
as contained on object
coefficients:
A matrix with three columns, containing the coefficients, their standard errors and the corresponding t-statistic.
dispersion:
the dispersion parameter used in the computations (see dispersion argument).
df:
The number of degrees of freedom for the model and for residuals.
deviance.resid:
the deviance residuals, as produced by residuals(object).
cov.unscaled:
The unscaled covariance matrix; i.e, a matrix such that multiplying it by the dispersion parameter, or estimate thereof, produces an estimated (asymptotic) covariance matrix for the coefficients.
correlation:
The computed correlation matrix for the coefficients in the model.
nas:
a logical vector indicating which, if any, coefficients are missing.

DETAILS:
This function is a method for the generic function summary for class "glm". It can be invoked by calling summary for an object of the appropriate class, or directly by calling summary.glm regardless of the class of the object.

SEE ALSO:
summary , glm.object .