I re-read the posting guide every night before going to bed. The usefulness of this list stems partly from it being a broad church with lots of experts. And my concern wasn't with the "off-topic" label so much as with the slightly inspecific title (although I should have made this clear - mea culpa). A clearer heading might have attracted more readers. In my (personal) view none of the other lists you mention really compare to this one (R-help), but allstat might be added also.
David Winsemius wrote: > > > On Jun 19, 2009, at 6:36 AM, Paul Artes wrote: > > [...] >> You should consider re-posting your most >> interesting question with a less apologetic title - perhaps you will >> get a >> larger range of replies. >> > You might consider (re-?) reading the Posting Guide. The OP was > correct in thinking this is off topic. > There are other venues where it would not be so. There are three stats > newsgroups (which unlike the r-lists specifically encourage cross- > posting: sci.stat.math, sci.stat.edu, and sci.stat.consult and one > GoogleGroup, MedStats, where such a question might be on-topic. > > > David Winsemius, MD > Heritage Laboratories > West Hartford, CT > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/off-topic-but-need-your-pointers-about-statistics-tp24098656p24111585.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
