I simply wish to take a second to plug Statalist. I’m a member and I hope to persuade you to hitch Statalist, too, however even when I don’t succeed, it’s worthwhile to know concerning the web-based Statalist Archives as a result of they’re a terrific useful resource for locating solutions to questions on Stata, and also you don’t have to hitch Statalist to entry them.
Statalist’s Archives are discovered at http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/, or you’ll be able to click on on “Statalist archives” on the suitable of this weblog web page, underneath Hyperlinks.
As soon as on the Archives web page, you’ll be able to click on on a 12 months and month to get an concept of the flavour of Statalist. Extra importantly, you’ll be able to search the archives. The search is Powered by Google and works effectively for extremely particular, directed inquiries. For generic searches akin to random numbers or survival evaluation, nevertheless, I desire to go to Superior Search and ask that the outcomes be sorted by date as an alternative of relevance. It’s often the newest postings which might be essentially the most fascinating, and by-date outcomes are listed in simply that order.
Anyway, the subsequent time you’re puzzling over one thing in Stata, I recommend that along with looking out the Stata FAQs at http://www.stata.com/assist/faqs/, you additionally search the Statalist Archives.
Sufficient concerning the archives. You’ll be able to be part of Statalist and, if you happen to don’t prefer it, you’ll be able to stop. Statalist is an email-based listserver, so after subscribing, you’ll get a few dozen emails per day. If that doesn’t enchantment to you, you’ll be able to subscribe in digest type, after which Statalist mails to you a composite of the day’s exercise in a single electronic mail.
To subscribe to Statalist, electronic mail [email protected] and put subscribe statalist or subscribe statalist-digest within the physique of the message. What you placed on the topic line doesn’t matter.
To unsubscribe, electronic mail the identical deal with, [email protected], and put unsubscribe statalist or unsubscribe statalist-digest within the physique of the message. As with subscription requests, the topic line doesn’t matter on cancellation requests.
When you’ve joined, you’ll be able to submit to Statalist, and even ask questions, by emailing to [email protected]. Earlier than asking questions, I like to recommend you lurk some time or browse the Statalist Archives so that you just perceive the sorts of questions which might be acceptable for Statalist. Generally, questions acceptable for Statalist are questions that may be inappropriate for StataCorp Technical Assist, and vice-versa. Substantive questions are at all times acceptable on Statalist. There’s no assure you’ll get a solution, however those that make investments just a little time in writing their query clearly and supplying the supporting element often get way over they anticipated.
See the Statalist FAQ earlier than you make your first posting, whether or not it’s a query or not.
