Rolf Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Peter Dalgaard wrote:
> 
> > Rolf Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> > > summary(object)$cov.unscaled
> > 
> > You need to multiply that with sigma. However, vcov(object) is easier. 
> 
>       Well, I thought unscaled meant unscaled --- the plain
>       unvarnished covariance matrix!  I figure that multiplying
>       the *covariance* matrix by something would be scaling
>       it.  Silly me.

Think (quasi-)binomial glm() and things become clearer. Unscaled
corresponds to a scale factor of 1.
 
>       Also:
> 
>       (a) Shouldn't that be ``multiply by sigma^2'' rather
>       than by sigma?

Yup

>       (b) Wouldn't it be helpful to have a pointer (``see also'')
>       to vcov() in the help on summary.lm()?

Well, it *is* in ?lm ...

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