# Demo for the maximum likelihood estimation of parameters from # some selected distributions # At the moment this is copied from some .Rd file ## Negative binomial distribution ## Data from Bliss and Fisher (1953). appletree <- data.frame(y = 0:7, w = c(70, 38, 17, 10, 9, 3, 2, 1)) fit <- vglm(y ~ 1, negbinomial(deviance = TRUE), data = appletree, weights = w, crit = "coef", half.step = FALSE) summary(fit) coef(fit, matrix = TRUE) Coef(fit) deviance(fit) # NB2 only; needs 'crit = "coef"' & 'deviance = TRUE' above ## Beta distribution set.seed(123) bdata <- data.frame(y = rbeta(nn <- 1000, shape1 = exp(0), shape2 = exp(1))) fit1 <- vglm(y ~ 1, betaff, data = bdata, trace = TRUE) coef(fit1, matrix = TRUE) Coef(fit1) # Useful for intercept-only models # General A and B, and with a covariate bdata <- transform(bdata, x2 = runif(nn)) bdata <- transform(bdata, mu = logit(0.5 - x2, inverse = TRUE), prec = exp(3.0 + x2)) # prec == phi bdata <- transform(bdata, shape2 = prec * (1 - mu), shape1 = mu * prec) bdata <- transform(bdata, y = rbeta(nn, shape1 = shape1, shape2 = shape2)) bdata <- transform(bdata, Y = 5 + 8 * y) # From 5 to 13, not 0 to 1 fit2 <- vglm(Y ~ x2, data = bdata, trace = TRUE, betaff(A = 5, B = 13, lmu = elogit(min = 5, max = 13))) coef(fit2, matrix = TRUE)