Questions tagged [too-broad]
This tag refers to the "too broad" close reason, concerning questions with either too many possible answers, where answers would be too long, or where a question's focus needs to be narrowed.
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Is this an opinion question?
This question is put on hold as opinion based. The tldr version of the question is "Why are some people saying Frequentist statistics is no good?".
I have partial sympathy with putting it on hold. ...
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On the "too broad" reason for closing
Regarding "too broad". I think there are two sorts of ways a question could be too broad. One is the sort of question that amounts to summarizing an entire course or text book: "Please tell me all ...
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Suggestions on modeling or forecast techniques - too many possible solutions
Some questions, often from new users, pose a practical problem of modeling or forecasting a behaviour of some system and ask for suggestions for modeling or forecasting techniques. In some cases the ...
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Soliciting feedback vs asking a question
Is it ever appropriate to share one's thoughts on a topic as a way to garner constructive feedback and opinions from the community instead of asking a direct question, or is there another place for ...
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How can requests for references be "too broad"?
I have seen several questions asking for references that someone (or more than one) has marked as too broad. E.g. https://stats.stackexchange.com/review/close/190889 asks for references about using ...
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I asked 2 questions in 1 post, now I have 2 answers, each one answers another question, which one to accept?
In 1 post I asked 2 questions. I asked them together, since they occurred together for me, even though in hindsight I could've asked them separately.
However, now I have an answer that answers my ...
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Should my two part question be asked separately?
I've asked a question about error analysis and included a follow up question which is strongly related to the first one. I'm unsure whether it would be best to post them as separate questions.
I'm ...
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Request to reopen too broad question about standard/best practice for dealing with discovered ancillary patterns not hypothesized
A couple of days ago I asked the question on main
When conducting a study, what is standard practice with patterns you find along the way? and it was put on hold earlier this morning as 'too broad'.
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Creation of "Topics" Instead of Questions, for Linking with Course Notes
For background details see http
://www.fharrell.com/2017/08/integrating-audio-video-and-discussion.html
I am interested in using stats.stackexchange as a place to ...
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