m</code>.</p></dd>


<dt>method</dt>
<dd><p>the method to be used in fitting the model. The default value for
<code>fnctl = "mean"</code> and <code>fnctl = "geometric mean"</code> is <code>"qr"</code>, and the default value for
<code>fnctl = "odds"</code> and <code>fnctl = "rate"</code> is <code>"glm.fit"</code>. This argument is passed into the
lm() or glm() function, respectively. You may optionally specify <code>method = "model.frame"</code>, which
returns the model frame and does no fitting.</p></dd>


