I can't say what you need.
Historically the abbreviation -glim- (or more
precisely GLIM) was used for software implementing
generalized l.m.s (sensu Nelder and Wedderburn).
My guess is that -glm- was used in Stata as a
slightly different name precisely to avoid any
inference (implication, too) that -glm- matched
GLIM one-to-one, which it certainly did not.
But if Joe Hilbe is watching he can beat guessing
and tell us why he chose that name.
Nick
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Ricardo Ovaldia
> Thank you Nick. I new that generalized linear models
> were not what I need it. Using the acronym "GLM" for
> both general and generalized is very confusing. I
> think that maybe -mvreg- is what I really need.
Nick Cox
> > Usually, -regress- or -glm-, except that
> > neither captures absolutely all the
> > functionality that some authors associate
> > with GLM. Note that general linear models
> > and generalised linear models are not
> > the same families.
Ricardo Ovaldia
> > > What command can I use to fit a General linear
> > Model in Stata?
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