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st: A comment on abbreviations


From   Svend Juul <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: A comment on abbreviations
Date   Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:52:51 +0200

Abbreviations make it easier to write a text, but more difficult to read it. Especially if your experience with the language is limited, abbreviations make life difficult. I have the impression that the use of abbreviations at Statalist have increased during the last months, and recently a response included this:
   prob f p w
 
It means
   probit foreign price weight
- and that is much easier to read.
 
The Statalist FAQ includes good advice, mostly to less experienced users seeking help. I think it should also include this advice to the more experienced users offering help:
 
   Be helpful. Avoid abbreviations.
 
Right?
 
Svend
 
 
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