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

[Marcello Pagano <pagano@hsph.harvard.edu>]

Dear Statalisters especially new users,

First, you are not 3rd tier.  There is no such thing.  Statalist was 
started for all users.  Some, longer in the tooth, may have been around 
longer, but there is no ladder to climb.  Please feel free to ask any 
question you want. Sometimes you will get an answer sometimes you  
won't.  Some people who answer will also have this yearning to have you 
learn more and want to teach you how to answer other questions by 
yourself--education, teaching a man to fish, etc.--and they may add 
comments about Stata Help and archives etc. Take them for what they are 
worth.  Usually they are offered in good spirit.  Sometimes it may seem 
a bit gruff.  I am sure this is not the first time in your life you have 
heard a gruff remark. Surely you have met teachers with different 
teaching styles.  Even textbooks have different styles.  The ones I 
dislike are the ones who seem to be authored by individuals who feel 
they have to prove how smart they are.  That's life.  But please keep 
the questions coming--this list is for us, we learn from the questions 
and the answers given.   Don't worry too much about pontifications such 
as this.

m.p.


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