<p>New users have <a href="http://stats.stackexchange.com/help/privileges/new-user">restrictions that are removed</a> when their reputation is at least 10.</p>

<p>Getting started as a new user can be hard, and possibly even frustrating. Here are some effective approaches to get you going, preferably also in the order specified:</p>

<ol>
<li>Visit the <a href="http://stats.stackexchange.com/help">Help Center</a> (after taking the tour), which contains lots of valuable information.</li>
<li><a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7931/faq-for-stack-exchange-sites">Read the FAQ</a>, failure to do so is asking for problems.</li>
<li>Read questions from the Cross Validated meta site, tagged with <a href="/questions/tagged/faq" class="post-tag moderator-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;faq&#39;" rel="tag">faq</a>.</li>
</ol>

<p>For other questions targeted towards new users, use also <a href="http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/new-users" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;new-users&#39;" rel="tag">new-users</a>.</p>

<p><sub>Reference: excerpt and wiki adapted from the <a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/tags/new-users/info">meta Stack Exchange site</a>.</sub></p>
