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  <p><em>Is CV an appropriate place to ask such questions?</em></p>
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<p>No, because the Stack Exchange platform has a policy that questions which seek primarily opinion-based answers are off-topic.</p>

<p>You can visit the <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic">help center page</a> to learn more about which subjects are on topic in this community. I'd also like to recommend the following reading from the help center:</p>

<p><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask">What types of questions should I avoid asking?</a> An excerpt of it is:</p>

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  <p>You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.</p>
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<p>About the second question:</p>

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  <p><em>Where else may these questions (e.g. how can I transfer to field of statistics from being an economist at xyz) be posed?</em></p>
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<p>You can ask in the CV's chat room <a href="http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/18/ten-fold">Ten Fold</a>. However, there you will find a more informal environment and only a few users participating in relation to the main site.</p>
