<p>"Can we attract enough knowledgeable statisticians for answers/discussion, and how to do that". </p>

<p>Or formulated otherwise:</p>

<p>"What can we offer to seasoned statisticians as an extra value and how to show them?"</p>

<p>As for the other SO sites, it is crucial to have enough people with a strong statistical background to provide answers and meaningful discussion. I have the feeling it'll be more difficult to convince statisticians than it is to convince programmers. stackoverflow has quite a number of "hobby coders", teenagers and young adults that can have a serious knowledge about programming. </p>

<p>With statistics, this becomes a lot harder. You need the professionals, and you can expect an audience of students looking for cheap advice. This might be a prejudice, but it's likely to be a common idea among statisticians, especially when they're working at a university.</p>
