http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/23/r-questions-answers/ The blog of John D. Cook Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:07:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/23/r-questions-answers/comment-page-1/#comment-21585 Jannis Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:01:29 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2723#comment-21585 Thanks! That looks helpful, I didn't know about that site yet. Thanks! That looks helpful, I didn’t know about that site yet.

]]> http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/23/r-questions-answers/comment-page-1/#comment-21576 R questions on StackOverflow - Brendan O'Connor's Blog Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:55:06 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2723#comment-21576 [...] Mike Driscoll (who organized an in-person conference event to get this bootstrapped) pointed out that in many ways StackOverflow is a nicer forum for help than a mailing list.  (i.e. the impressive but hard-to-approach R-help.)  It’s more organized, easier to browse, and repetition and wrong answers can get downvoted.  (And more thoughts from John Cook.) [...] [...] Mike Driscoll (who organized an in-person conference event to get this bootstrapped) pointed out that in many ways StackOverflow is a nicer forum for help than a mailing list.  (i.e. the impressive but hard-to-approach R-help.)  It’s more organized, easier to browse, and repetition and wrong answers can get downvoted.  (And more thoughts from John Cook.) [...]

]]> http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/23/r-questions-answers/comment-page-1/#comment-21575 Brad Gilbert Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:55:38 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2723#comment-21575 Note R programming language related questions are tagged [<a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/r" rel="nofollow"><code>r</code></a>]. If anyone wants to discuss the tag, you should go to the <a href="http://meta.stackoverflow.com" rel="nofollow">Meta Stack Overflow</a> page <a href="http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/8202/retag-request-sort-out-r-vs-r-language" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Note R programming language related questions are tagged [r]. If anyone wants to discuss the tag, you should go to the Meta Stack Overflow page here.

]]> http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/07/23/r-questions-answers/comment-page-1/#comment-21571 Winawer Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:34:03 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=2723#comment-21571 Sounds like a great idea! Especially because I'm not going anywhere near R-help after my first attempt to get help there left me feeling like a complete ass for daring to ask for assistance... Sounds like a great idea! Especially because I’m not going anywhere near R-help after my first attempt to get help there left me feeling like a complete ass for daring to ask for assistance…

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