<p>As I think about how to craft better questions, I wonder if the length of a question influences the probability of receiving an answer?  Or increases the time to receive answer?</p>

<p>I know as a community we are simply not just interested in providing answers.  However, I have often noticed long questions that provide a lot of information about the problem seem to receive less attention than short questions where the problem is less clear.  Further, I often see those short question get a lot of comments, which help the questioner edit/develop a better question.  As a result of this iterative process, it seems an answer is provided.  Perhaps this is simply some sort of "confirmation bias" on my part, however.</p>
