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Ben Bolker bbo|ker @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Thu Feb 22 15:48:29 CET 2024


   I agree that the posting guide is due for updating.

   If the mailing list maintainers were willing I think r-consult might 
not be a terrible idea. I do think the center of gravity has moved to 
Cross Validated, and it might be minimally sufficient to point people 
there (or Math Overflow for probability/math questions) rather than 
starting a new group.

On 2024-02-21 12:53 p.m., Joakim Linde wrote:
> Lisa, this seems to be fairly straight forward to do in R and I'm happy to help you get started. However, please be aware that you do have to have knowledge of statistics to do the analysis/modeling.
> 
> Rolf, Jeff, I do appreciate your view that this is not a R probelm. It's more a 'how to use R' / 'help me get started' problem. The posting guidelines point to "Usenet groups sci.stat.consult (applied statistics and consulting) and sci.stat.math (mathematical stat and probability)." Since Google announced [1] that Google groups will not support new usenet content starting tomorrow, would it make sense to have a r-consult mailing list or tag it [consult] on r-help?
> 
> Regards,
> Joakim
> 
> [1]: https://support.google.com/groups/answer/11036538
> 
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2024, at 1:28 AM, Jeff Newmiller via R-help wrote:
>> Regarding 1 and 2, please read the Posting Guide mentioned at the
>> bottom of every R-help post. R does not equal statistics... and
>> education about statistics is way too ambitious to include in this
>> mailing list that is about a tool that happens to be useful for
>> statisticians.
>>
>> There are forums online that do cater to statistical methods (e.g.
>> Cross Validated or many results from a search engine)... but such
>> conversations can be extensive so as Rolf suggests this is a good time
>> to learn what resources your educational institutions can provide...
>> online forums may be too limiting when your questions are so vague.
>>
>> On February 20, 2024 2:14:58 PM PST, Rolf Turner <rolfturner using posteo.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 17:39:23 +0100
>>> Lisa Hupfer via R-help <r-help using r-project.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am writing my master thesis in which I compared two cultures . So
>>>> for my statistics I need to compare Age,Sex,Culture as well as have a
>>>> look at the tasks scores .
>>>>
>>>> Anyone familiar with this ?
>>>> I’d love to share my script so you guide me where I did wrong .
>>>
>>> (1) This post is far too vague to be appropriate for this list.
>>>
>>> (2) You should learn some statistics; probably linear modelling.
>>>
>>> (3) You should talk to your thesis advisor.
>>>
>>> (4) Please see fortunes::fortune(285).
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>> Rolf Turner
>>>
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
>>
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