Re: before you post: a reminder

[Richard Sherman <richard.sherman@mac.com>]

Rafal wrote:

> I may note that Statalist is very cultured and polished as compared  
> to,
> let's say, the R-help list where you may hear an occasional "rtfm."
> While I am not in favor of applying this policy to Statalist, some
> postings do abuse/take advantage of the generosity of its members.
> rafal
True, but less, I think, a cultural difference than a difference of  
software and documentation.  A few days with the Stata manuals puts  
you in good shape to start doing all sorts of complicated things,  
while a few days with the R documentation leaves you a bit  
flummoxed.  My experience, anyway.  The R list is also a bit wilder,  
with a typical statalist post asking how to reshape, estimate a  
slightly complicated model, etc., and a typical R-list post asking  
about neural-network backwards minimum unlikelihood estimation, or  
some such thing.

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Richard Sherman
Department of Political Science, Leiden University
Leiden, Netherlands
http://homepage.mac.com/richard.sherman

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