[R] Can nonlinear models be used in gee?

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Jinn-Yuh Guh wrote:

> Hi all,
> 1. Can nonlinear models be used in gee? For example, I have a dataset which contains 2 variables x and y, I wrote
> data(ex)
> atttach(ex)
> a<-100
> b<- -0.5
> c<-4.5
> d<-20
> Then:
> a. y~gee(y~d+(a-d)/(1+(x/c)^b))
> Error in terms.formula(formula, data = data) : 
>         invalid power in formula
> b. y~gee(y~d+(a-d)/(1+(x/c))
> Error in model.frame(formula, rownames, variables, varnames, extras, extranames,  : 
>         variable lengths differ
> Why?

Not in the gee function in addon package gee. Try the help!  It points you
to lm.


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