I guess it depends on what you are looking for. If you expect the acronym, you may not see it often, but also look at how many times people refer questioners to sections of the manual without detailing full answers.

Personally, I like to do that because if someone hasn't even bothered to look at the help but just ask the question, then it seems an imposition to expect a full answer. It comes back to the hoary old statement about fishing, which ends "give him a rod and he'll eat for life".

Besides, I refer to it as the Factual Material!!!

Kind regards

David

-----Original Message----- From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of Arild S Sent: Tuesday, 10 July 2007 12:11 AM To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU Subject: Re: Monday OT: Best day of week for SAS questions

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007 09:34:19 -0400, Vincent Dufort <VDUFORT@NHQIO.SDPS.ORG> wrote: >Good morning, >For some reason which I could probably never explain, the recent exchange >on jettisoning old SAS books has reminded me of the advice I heard many >years ago: "don't buy a car that was build on a Friday". This lead me to >wonder, has anyone figured the best day of the week for SAS questions on >this list? Alternately, what day of the week produces the 'best' answers? >I have searched the archives and have not found the answer. I apologize in >advance if I was not using the correct search terms. >Thank you, Vincent Dufort, PhD

I don't know, I think more importantly quality posts, with ready-made test data and well phrased questions tend to get (suprise..) better answers. This one is well known, I guess: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#rtfm though maybe it applies more to forums less friendly than this... Btw, I haven't seen a "RTFM" reply on SAS-L yet? :=)