R: Model Deviance

deviance {base} | R Documentation

## Model Deviance

### Description

Returns the deviance of a fitted model object.

### Usage

    deviance(object, ...)
    deviance.lm (object, ...)
    deviance.glm(object, ...)
    deviance.mlm(object, ...)
    deviance.default(object, ...)

### Arguments

`object` | an object for which the deviance is desired.
`...` | additional optional argument.

### Details

This is a generic function which can be used to extract deviances for fitted models. Consult the individual modeling functions for details on how to use this function.

There is no default method for this function.

### Value

The value of the deviance extracted from the object `object`.

### See Also

`df.residual`, `extractAIC`, `glm`, `lm`.

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