GLIM (an

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for Generalized Linear Interactive Modelling) is a

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program for fitting

generalized linear models In statistics, a generalized linear model (GLM) is a flexible generalization of ordinary linear regression. The GLM generalizes linear regression by allowing the linear model to be related to the response variable via a ''link function'' and b ...

(GLMs). It was developed by the Royal Statistical Society's Working Party on

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(later renamed the GLIM Working Party), chaired initially by

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. It was first released in 1974 with the last major release, GLIM4, in 1993. GLIM was distributed by the

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(NAG). GLIM was notable for being the first package capable of fitting a wide range of

in a unified framework, and for encouraging an interactive, iterative approach to statistical modelling. GLIM used a

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and allowed users to define their own macros. Many articles in

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s were written about the use of GLIM. GLIM was reviewed in ''

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'' in 1994, along with other software for fitting generalized linear models. The GLIMPSE system was later developed to provide a

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d front-end for GLIM. GLIM is no longer actively developed or distributed.

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