Re: st: RE: how to compare the values of a variable at different observations

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 05:23 PM 7/18/2005 +0100, Nick Cox wrote:
> Sending emails by replying to others' posts without
> deleting them is poor practice. Although that should
> be self-evident, it is explicitly advised against
> in the Statalist FAQ.
To add to that a bit - hitting "reply" to start a new thread, even if you 
totally erase everything from the old one, is not a good idea either.  Even 
though you have seemingly deleted all traces of the original, Stata still 
thinks you are replying to the original message.  For an example, see

http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2005-07/

and note how Jeff Pitblado's original post on svy variance estimation (July 
18, 2005) has now morphed into 2 other unrelated topics!  This clutters up 
the original topic and will make it harder for anyone using the archives to 
find what they want.


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