<p>I think this site could be improved by the addition of a tag for a &quot;general&quot; question, or a &quot;non-specific&quot; question.</p>
<p>This tag could be used when the person asking the question is interested in a general answer not in help solving a specific statistical problem or troubleshooting an issue.</p>
<p>I think this would help people answer questions, as they wouldn't have to ask a poster for more details about the specifics of their problem when they have no specifics to give. Instead they could concentrate on a general answer or not answer if they think it would take too long.</p>
<p>I also think this would make the site more friendly to new people who might have broad open questions about statistics, but no particular use case in mind. I think having good answers to broader, less specific questions will make the site more useful, and more used. It may also result in more answered questions!</p>
<p>Finally, I think it would avoid frustration on both ends caused by a misfit of intentions and expectations!</p>
<p><strong>Edit:</strong></p>
<p>As noted in the comments this is a grievance of mine, so all the examples are my own questions! Here are some examples:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/613150/do-you-lose-information-when-you-encode-numerical-columns-with-two-values">Do you lose information when you encode numerical columns with two values?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/611222/are-large-samples-always-needed-for-a-z-test">Are large samples always needed for a Z-Test?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/611236/calculating-the-probability-my-observation-y-i-is-drawn-from-a-random-variab">Calculating the probability my observation, $Y_i$, is drawn from a random variable $X$?</a> (Long string of comments and revisions before an answer is given, when what I was after was mdhak's comment, but as an authoritative answer).</li>
</ol>
<p>I'll add more as I find them.</p>
