Link Function

Use this option to specify the Link function to be applied for fitting the generalized linear model.

To Specify a Link Function:

8      Select the appropriate function using the drop-down menu.

If no function is specified, the following default link functions are applied:

Data Distribution

Default Link Function

Beta

Logit

Binary

Logit

Binomial

Logit

Exponential

Log

Gamma

Log

Gaussian/Normal

Identity

Generalized Poisson

Log

Geometric

Log

Inverse Gaussian

Power with Exponent -2

Lognormal

Identity

Multinomial

Cumulative Logit (for Ordinal Data)

or

Generalized Logit (for Nominal Data)

Negative Binomial

Log

Poisson

Log

t

Identity

Please refer to the SAS PROC GLIMMIX documentation for more details.