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FAILSAFE: Stata module for postestimation statistical diagnostic linting

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  • Christina Laternser

    (Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago)

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failsafe is a read-only postestimation command that inspects fitted Stata models for metadata and statistical conditions that may warrant review. It reports estimation-sample information, omitted terms, convergence status, variance-covariance problems, user-specified cluster-count thresholds, binary-outcome event counts, categorical cell structure, estimator-reported perfect-prediction metadata, and estimator-native Cox and Fine–Gray event counts when available. The command emits stable signal codes but does not refit models, select specifications, apply a generic events-per-variable rule, or declare a model valid or invalid.

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  • Christina Laternser, 2026. "FAILSAFE: Stata module for postestimation statistical diagnostic linting," Statistical Software Components S459911, Boston College Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s459911
    Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install failsafe". The module is made available under terms of the MIT license (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
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