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I'm not sure that "shooting from the hip" (something I do fairly often)
is necessarily a bad thing. Giving the original poster a clue, without
an exact solution, is sometimes enough.
I don't think that "number of posts" has ever been taken as an
indicator of quality. It's just an interesting number. I've presented
the poster totals during the SAS-L BOF at SUGI the last few years; I've
never thought of it as an indicator of quality, and comments at the BOF
lead me to think that no one else does either.
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JackHamilton@FirstHealth.com
Manager, Technical Development
Metrics Department, First Health
West Sacramento, California USA
>>> "pudding man" <pudding_man@MAIL.COM> 01/21/2004 8:48 AM >>>
I'm not at all sure why anyone would automagically assume that
frequency of posts should be an indicator of total quality
of posts by a sas-l participant. Is this some sort of
collective sas-l illusion (it's been going on for years?)?
If so, what is it's origin?
Has noone seen instances in which frequency of posts was
inversely related to the total quality of posts rendered by
a particular poster? Examples might be folks who "shoot from
the hip" and/or post untested/half-baked code.
I realize that "quality" can be difficult to quantify.
But aren't the reported frequencies attempting to quantify
the non-quantifiable?
On a scale of 0-100 (where 100 is 100%), to what extent is
"quality" even an issue with the various awards? Obviously
it is relevant, but to what extent? Think carefully now, and
consider all the possibilities ... <g>
Prost,
Puddin'
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From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]
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Fehd, Ronald J. (PHPPO)
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 6:13 PM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: SAS-L 2003 From
The Year in Review,
a relatively short list of people to consider
for MVS, LROY, FOSL, etc.
at the annual SAS-L BOF: Birds of a Feather
(I didn't make up that acronym, so don't ask -me- why.)
NOTE: THISYEAR._2003 has 21,387 posts from all over the world
NOTE: WORK.FROM has 1,472 people or e-addresses
MVS : Most Valuable SAS-L (contributor)
HOF : Hall of Fame (voted MVS twice)
LROY: SAS-L Rookie/Year: New Person known for both Q & A
FOSL: Friend of SAS-L
and The Usual Suspects are:
Obs FROM COUNT PERCENT
1 ... 673 3.14677 HOF
2 DavidLCassell 614 2.87090 HOF
3 HowardSchreier 476 2.22565
4 IanWhitlock 460 2.15084 HOF
5 PeterCrawford 406 1.89835 HOF
6 HuangYa 385 1.80016 MVS
7 JackHamilton 385 1.80016
8 JimGroeneveld 374 1.74873
9 RichardADeVenezia 300 1.40272
10 PaulDorfman 279 1.30453 HOF
11 Roland 273 1.27648
12 SigurdHermansen 256 1.19699
13 DaleMcLerran 239 1.11750
14 PaulChoate 236 1.10347
15 CharlesPatridge 214 1.00061
16 DennisDiskin 204 0.95385
17 DroogendykHarry 202 0.94450
18 PrasadSRavi 199 0.93047
19 VenkyChakravarthy 183 0.85566
20 JohnWhittington 159 0.74344
21 KevinMyers 159 0.74344 LROY 2003
22 ArtoRaiskio 158 0.73877
23 RogerLustig 157 0.73409
24 SASUser 153 0.71539
25 AndreWielki 140 0.65460
26 JayWeedon 134 0.62655
27 PeterFlom 124 0.57979
28 ChangYChung 120 0.56109
29 WilliamWViergever 117 0.54706
30 GerhardHellriegel 105 0.49095
31 RandyHerbison 105 0.49095
32 MarkTerjeson 101 0.47225
33 EdHeaton 97 0.45355
34 MichaelLDavis 90 0.42082
35 MikeRhoads 89 0.41614
36 ArthurTabachneck 88 0.41146
37 KevinViel 87 0.40679 LROY 2002
38 LexJansen 81 0.37873
39 StigEide 77 0.36003
40 WilliamKossack 77 0.36003
41 MarkLamias 76 0.35536
42 PaulThompson 76 0.35536
43 RobertAbelson 74 0.34600
44 FJKelley 73 0.34133 FOSL 2003
45 GregWoolridge 70 0.32730
46 ZibaoZhang 69 0.32263
47 DianneRhodes 67 0.31327
A baker's dozen of people had multiple addresses
which I did my best to wedge into the same name
for this PROC Frequency.
My apologies if I have under-counted anyone.
Who remembers all of the MVS and HOF?
I will surely sit corrected by the end of the week.
Ron Fehd the 673 (3.14%) maven CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2@cdc.gov
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