Re: st: Help for 3rd tier users of stata

["Michael S. Hanson" <mshanson@mac.com>]

On Jul 19, 2006, at 9:04 AM, n j cox wrote in part:

> The Statalist FAQ is linked to
>
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
> which has a great deal of relevant material here
	I recently came across an alternative discussion of suggestions for 
"Getting Answers" that, while formally aimed at programers, arguably is 
written for the "second-tier" and "third-tier" users identified earlier 
in this thread.  It has a number of useful suggestions from the 
perspective of a person asking for help;  summarizing the ones that 
appear most relevant and important to Statalist:

	1. Explain what doesn't work
	2. Provide everything up-front
	3. Post your code
	4. Do your research beforehand
	7. Don't post the same question repeatedly
	9. Treat the list like people

The link is <http://www.mikeash.com/getting_answers.html>.  Hope some 
folks here find the discussion there of use.

                                        -- Mike

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