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Thanks again. Best, Yingge On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote: > Yingge Lin: > > Rest assured that Maarten has a long track record of helping many, > many people on this list and also that he and Ben Jann are on entirely > good terms. Maarten did not explain his comment fully, but it is not > necessary to add to his remarks on the episode he mentioned. He was > merely trying to explain that Ben is no longer a member of this list, > so that it follows that you should ask Ben directly about his > programs. Even if users of these programs comment directly, that > remains good advice. > > The Statalist FAQ explains that you should assume goodwill even when > it is not evident. I would summarize Maarten's main advice as that it > is difficult to help you if you do not help yourself by asking precise > questions. > The purpose of such advice is not to shoot you down but to encourage > you to ask precise questions. Despite all that, it remains difficult > to comment on your experiences, including whether you have made > mistakes, as you give no details on exactly what command syntax you > used nor exactly what results you got. > > I am commenting on your general aspersions; I don't use either of the > commands you mention. > > Nick > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Yingge Lin <yingge.lin@gmail.com> wrote: >> Maarten >> >> Sorry if my question made you uncomfortable, but I think you should >> know that your answer has certainly made me very uncomfortable. I >> thought statalist is a place where people discuss the questions about >> STATA and learn from each other. All I wanted was some feedback from >> those who also have used -oaxaca- and -decompose-, and see whether I >> made mistake or one of the commands have some error. The -oaxaca- and >> -decompose- can be installed by ssc install. >> >> I do not know whether there is anything going on between Ben Jann and >> you, but it was never my intention to waste anybody?s time. But I do >> not appreciate that you tried to accuse me of looking for a shortcut >> only and wasting someone else time. It is untrue, and certainly if you >> felt so strongly that answering my questions was a waste of your time >> or were having a bad day, you really could have just chosen to ignore >> my questions. >> >> Yingge >> >> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Maarten Buis <maartenlbuis@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Yingge Lin wrote: >>>> I am using STATA10. Ben Jann also have -oaxaca- for earlier version of >>>> stata (8 and 9). Hope these clarify a little bit of my questions. >>> >>> That was not what I was asking. I asked where you got the user written >>> software from (-oaxaca- and -decompose-), not which version of Stata >>> you were using. However, you should also have told use which version >>> of Stata you were using. Since you did not say so in your original >>> question I assumed, per the Statalist FAQ, you used the most recent >>> (12). >>> >>> I realize that often we want answers quickly, and thus take >>> short-cuts, like not reading the FAQ. But this illustrates that short >>> cuts often lead to more work. If this only meant that you wasted your >>> own time, than that is not so bad: hopefully you have learned >>> something in the process. However, you are also wasting our time. >>> Since you rely on our good will to get answers, wasting our time is >>> not a good idea. So I strongly suggest that you take your time to read >>> the FAQ carefully before posting anything on the list. >>> >>> Anyhow, my answer remains the same: Ben Jann is no longer active on >>> the list (a sad story, involving one of the most dysfunctional periods >>> on statalist), so you need to contact him directly. >>> > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/