<p>The problem with trying to edit newbie questions is that they are sometimes so incoherent that editing would have very real risk of making them something other than what the OP wanted.</p>

<p>I often link to a blog post I wrote called <a href="http://www.statisticalanalysisconsulting.com/how-to-ask-a-statistics-question/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"How to ask a statistics question";</a> that has what I hope are some helpful pointers. </p>

<p>The question that was linked to is certainly not what I would consider a "newbie" question. </p>
