The test failures are with numpy 1.3., this has been changed in trunk http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/changeset/7262/trunk/numpy/testing allow inf-inf and nan-nan comparisons to be True in testing below are the results of the test run, (the same failures are in trunk) >add_statsmodels-skipper_path.py C:\Josef\eclipsegworkspace\statsmodels-skipper\scikits\statsmodels\__init__.pyc Running unit tests for numpy NumPy version 1.3.0 NumPy is installed in C:\Programs\Python25\lib\site-packages\numpy Python version 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Int el)] nose version 0.11.1 ....Warning message: package 'MASS' was built under R version 2.7.2 .SS....K.S....SS......S........S............S............S........SS......S....S .......S....SS......S........S.......KSS......S...KSS......S....SS......S....... .S.............F.F......... Attaching package: 'car' The following object(s) are masked from package:Hmisc : recode Warning message: package 'car' was built under R version 2.7.2 ................................................................F.F............. ..F.F...............F.F..............................S..........SS.S.S..S....... S.........................................S....S..S.........S....S..S........S.. .......S....S..S........S....................................................... ....... ====================================================================== FAIL: test_regression.TestDataDimensions.test_fvalue ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\programs\python25\lib\site-packages\nose-0.11.1-py2.5.egg\nose\case.p y", line 183, in runTest self.test(*self.arg) File "C:\Josef\eclipsegworkspace\statsmodels-skipper\scikits\statsmodels\tests \test_regression.py", line 95, in test_fvalue assert_almost_equal(self.res1.fvalue, self.res2.fvalue, DECIMAL) File "C:\Programs\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\testing\utils.py", line 265 , in assert_almost_equal raise AssertionError(msg) AssertionError: Items are not equal: ACTUAL: -inf DESIRED: -inf ====================================================================== FAIL: test_regression.TestDataDimensions.test_mean_squared_error ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\programs\python25\lib\site-packages\nose-0.11.1-py2.5.egg\nose\case.p y", line 183, in runTest self.test(*self.arg) File "C:\Josef\eclipsegworkspace\statsmodels-skipper\scikits\statsmodels\tests \test_regression.py", line 88, in test_mean_squared_error assert_almost_equal(self.res1.mse_model, self.res2.mse_model, DECIMAL) File "C:\Programs\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\testing\utils.py", line 265 , in assert_almost_equal raise AssertionError(msg) AssertionError: Items are not equal: ACTUAL: -inf DESIRED: -inf ====================================================================== FAIL: test_regression.TestNxNx.test_fvalue ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\programs\python25\lib\site-packages\nose-0.11.1-py2.5.egg\nose\case.p y", line 183, in runTest self.test(*self.arg) File "C:\Josef\eclipsegworkspace\statsmodels-skipper\scikits\statsmodels\tests \test_regression.py", line 95, in test_fvalue assert_almost_equal(self.res1.fvalue, self.res2.fvalue, DECIMAL) File "C:\Programs\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\testing\utils.py", line 265 , in assert_almost_equal raise AssertionError(msg) AssertionError: Items are not equal: ACTUAL: -inf DESIRED: -inf ====================================================================== FAIL: test_regression.TestNxNx.test_mean_squared_error ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\programs\python25\lib\site-packages\nose-0.11.1-py2.5.egg\nose\case.p y", line 183, in runTest self.test(*self.arg) File "C:\Josef\eclipsegworkspace\statsmodels-skipper\scikits\statsmodels\tests \test_regression.py", line 88, in test_mean_squared_error assert_almost_equal(self.res1.mse_model, self.res2.mse_model, DECIMAL) File "C:\Programs\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\testing\utils.py", line 265 , in assert_almost_equal raise AssertionError(msg) AssertionError: Items are not equal: ACTUAL: -inf DESIRED: -inf ====================================================================== FAIL: test_regression.TestNxNxOne.test_fvalue ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\programs\python25\lib\site-packages\nose-0.11.1-py2.5.egg\nose\case.p y", line 183, in runTest self.test(*self.arg) File "C:\Josef\eclipsegworkspace\statsmodels-skipper\scikits\statsmodels\tests \test_regression.py", line 95, in test_fvalue assert_almost_equal(self.res1.fvalue, self.res2.fvalue, DECIMAL) File "C:\Programs\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\testing\utils.py", line 265 , in assert_almost_equal raise AssertionError(msg) AssertionError: Items are not equal: ACTUAL: -inf DESIRED: -inf ====================================================================== FAIL: test_regression.TestNxNxOne.test_mean_squared_error ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\programs\python25\lib\site-packages\nose-0.11.1-py2.5.egg\nose\case.p y", line 183, in runTest self.test(*self.arg) File "C:\Josef\eclipsegworkspace\statsmodels-skipper\scikits\statsmodels\tests \test_regression.py", line 88, in test_mean_squared_error assert_almost_equal(self.res1.mse_model, self.res2.mse_model, DECIMAL) File "C:\Programs\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\testing\utils.py", line 265 , in assert_almost_equal raise AssertionError(msg) AssertionError: Items are not equal: ACTUAL: -inf DESIRED: -inf ====================================================================== FAIL: test_regression.TestNxOneNx.test_fvalue ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\programs\python25\lib\site-packages\nose-0.11.1-py2.5.egg\nose\case.p y", line 183, in runTest self.test(*self.arg) File "C:\Josef\eclipsegworkspace\statsmodels-skipper\scikits\statsmodels\tests \test_regression.py", line 95, in test_fvalue assert_almost_equal(self.res1.fvalue, self.res2.fvalue, DECIMAL) File "C:\Programs\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\testing\utils.py", line 265 , in assert_almost_equal raise AssertionError(msg) AssertionError: Items are not equal: ACTUAL: -inf DESIRED: -inf ====================================================================== FAIL: test_regression.TestNxOneNx.test_mean_squared_error ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\programs\python25\lib\site-packages\nose-0.11.1-py2.5.egg\nose\case.p y", line 183, in runTest self.test(*self.arg) File "C:\Josef\eclipsegworkspace\statsmodels-skipper\scikits\statsmodels\tests \test_regression.py", line 88, in test_mean_squared_error assert_almost_equal(self.res1.mse_model, self.res2.mse_model, DECIMAL) File "C:\Programs\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\testing\utils.py", line 265 , in assert_almost_equal raise AssertionError(msg) AssertionError: Items are not equal: ACTUAL: -inf DESIRED: -inf ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ran 518 tests in 123.437s FAILED (KNOWNFAIL=3, SKIP=46, failures=8)