Generalized Linear Models
Development of the generalized linear model begins with the definition of the exponential family of statistical distributions.
The normal distribution is a member of the exponential family.
The Binomial distribution is a member of the exponential family.
The Poisson distribution is a member of the exponential family.
It is easy to find the mean and variance for members of the exponential family.
Formalization of the generalized linear model.
Proc Genmod and Proc Logistic give the same estimates.
Proc Genmod, Poisson Regression.
Homework
use the data set lipid2018_b to fit a linear model relating age (independent variable) to sbp (dependent variable)
a. Using PROC REG
b. Using PROC GENMOD