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Select probability distributions for GAM and GLM

Source: R/auxiliary_functions.R
family_selector.Rd

Select probability distribution available in gamlss.dist suited for a given response variables (e.g., count, zero-inflated) used to fit GAM and GLM models. See gamlss.family for more details.

Usage

family_selector(data, response)

Arguments

data

data.frame or tibble. Database with species abundance

response

character. Column name with species abundance

Value

tibble with family_name, family_call, range, and discrete columns (if family distribution or not discrete)

Examples

if (FALSE) {
data(sppabund)

family_selector(data = sppabund, response = "ind_ha")
}