deviance                package:stats                R Documentation

_M_o_d_e_l _D_e_v_i_a_n_c_e

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Returns the deviance of a fitted model object.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     deviance(object, ...)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

  object: an object for which the deviance is desired.

     ...: additional optional argument.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     This is a generic function which can be used to extract deviances
     for fitted models.  Consult the individual modeling functions for
     details on how to use this function.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     The value of the deviance extracted from the object 'object'.

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Chambers, J. M. and Hastie, T. J. (1992) _Statistical Models in
     S._ Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'df.residual', 'extractAIC', 'glm', 'lm'.

