User guide

The user guide follows the lifecycle of a statistical analysis. Method-specific likelihood details live in the LMM, GLMM, and MMRM guides; every Python symbol is also indexed in the API reference.

Data and formulas

Supported inputs, missingness contracts, source-row audits, formula grammar, factor handling, and design-matrix inspection.

Data and formulas
Families and links

Probability calculations, default links, wrappers, censoring/survival objects, and the boundary between the family catalog and fit support.

Families and links
Covariance and random effects

Random blocks, structured residual covariance, visit ordering, parameterization, validation, singularity checks, and simulation.

Covariance and random effects
Fitting and convergence

Engine and method choice, compilation, numerical controls, structured convergence, warning codes, and recovery workflow.

Fitting and convergence
Inference and comparison

Coefficient covariance, linear inference, bootstrap, result comparison, scale, and degrees-of-freedom labels.

Inference and comparison
Diagnostics and simulation

Auditable residual tables, random effects, singularity, reproducible simulation, and visual predictive checks.

Diagnostics and simulation
Results and provenance

FitResult, manifests, hashes, portable archives, reports, traceability, and validation bundles.

Results, reporting, and provenance