Manual: Import Paths and Structure

Import Paths and Structure

We offer two ways of importing functions and classes from statsmodels:

1. API import for interactive use
   • Allows tab completion
2. Direct import for programs
   • Avoids importing unnecessary modules and commands

API Import for interactive use

For interactive use the recommended import is:

import statsmodels.api as sm

Importing statsmodels.api will load most of the public parts of statsmodels. This makes most functions and classes conveniently available within one or two levels, without making the “sm” namespace too crowded.

To see what functions and classes available