2riaot6 Haw do gethalp on hamawork quastions on MATLAB Answers? - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central Pan 15 votes = Fiag How do | get help on homework questions on MATLAB Answers? ‘Asked by Doug Hull on 1 Jun 2011 Latest activity Commented on by Simon on 14 Nov 2013 Accepted Answer by Matt Fig There are many students that come to MATLAB Answers looking for help with their homework. Some students make thelr question interesting and of use to other people (other people not in thelr class, that is) and they are responded to quickly. Some students copy and paste their question with ite apparent effort, They are often ignored, A related question is: How does someone ask a good question? However, | would like to have an answer specifically targeted to struggling students. § OComments GR Comment on this Question Tags homework meta tutorial Products No products are associated with this question & 6 Answers itptww mathurorks.comimatlabcertralfanswersi8626-how-do--gsthelp-on-hamework-quostons-on-mailab-answors2riaot6 Haw do gethalp on hamawork quastions on MATLAB Answers? - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central 12votes (= Flag 2 Link ‘Answer by Matt Fig on 4 Jun 2014 Accepted answer MATLAB Answers is a place you can get help from the user community on specific MATLAB questions. It is nat int place to have strangers do your hamework far you ded as a Desiring help with homework is fine, but + show what you have done so far (post some code and explain what you are thinking about how to solve the problem). ‘ask a specific question about either specific MATLAB syntax/constructs, or general guidance (such as "what functions ‘should | look at to achieve [resul]") make sure your question is answerable, A non-answerable question looks like, "How can | use MATLAB for Image Processing | you need help wth the very basics of MATLAB, please read the geiting started documentation & 3. Comments Matt Fig on 4 Jun 2014 2 Link Flag ‘Adapted from a post by Matt Tearle, ‘Sean de Woleki on 1 Jun 2011 2 Link Flag ‘Show respect: dont say urgent and spell “please” correctly ‘Simon on 14 Nov 2013, 2 Link Flag Be patiant! Don't post your question every hour with a new tlle if you didnt receive an answer. [GB Comment on this Answer itptww mathurorks.comimatlabcertralfanswersi8626-how-do--gsthelp-on-hamework-quostons-on-mailab-answors2riaot6 Haw do gethalp on hamawork quastions on MATLAB Answers? - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central 7 votes ™ Flag 2 Link ‘Answer by Jan Simon on 1 Jun 2011 + Consider, that your teacher of assistent knows MATLAB Answers, too. A copy of her or his question does not cause ‘amusement. A copy of an answer is cheating +The community ether spend hours to assist you, or saconds to ignore your question. So read your own question and estimate iftcatchs the attention and cortain enough information for a meaningful answer. Do not sond question by email. Answering in this public forum isa leisure acy, answering emails is work § O.Comments GB Comment on this Answer (™ Flag 2 Link ‘Answer by Soan de Wolski on 4 Jun 2011 Do not copy and paste the assignment ‘Summarize it in your own words tuned to your specie question § OComments GBLComment on this Answer itptww mathurorks.comimatlabcertralfanswersi8626-how-do--gsthelp-on-hamework-quostons-on-mailab-answors2ivante Haw do gethalp on hamawork quastions on MATLAB Answers? - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central Svotes (= Flag 2 Link ‘Answer by Walter Roberson on 7 Jun 2014 | wrote the following to someone in email few months ago; fee! free to adapt as appropriate: ‘The people who answer questions here ar all volunteers. Your best strategy for geting assistance from them is to make your {question a8 easy and enjoyable to answer as you can. Making your question as easy to answer as possible includes asking specific questions, and posting specific emor messages you have encountered, and indicating the line you encountered the problem on, and indudes you doing some elementary debugging such as determining (and posting) the size and data class of the variables involved Making the question as enjoyable to answer as possible is mare subtle, as different things appeal to different people. Long experience has shown that giving students complate cade for a complex topic Seldom works wel: frequertly, what the student “learns” from the inleraction is thal ather people will do thalr homework oF project for them, giving them an advantage that others did not have, Its in the interest of society that students lear how to ask good questions and how to cooperate with others, and learn how to eam, and how to manage thair time well. The abilty to leam and work with society is more important in many ways than that the student grasp everything immediately or get the highest marks ~ a good student will keep an leaming after they graduate and wil come to understand mare things in time, The other side ofthis is that iis inthe interest of socity that sludents who are unable to do leam to ask good questions or work with others, or whe do not show an clear interest in learning, do not graduate. For example, a candidate Engineer who copies an important assignment on Loading and Bearing is a menace to socily, as sociaty trusts Engineers to be competent al what they claim to know. A solo final year project is test of your ability to do research and work things through from theory. Having a completed example cf your pojeet before you will nat help you In these ~ and wauld tend to strongly direct you towards the way af thinking of the person who wrote the example, rather than encouraging you to innovate and find ways to put ideas together. If you are not able te research and innovate and requite a completed example to work from, then it ig better for yourself and society that you ‘withdraw from the course and obtain a degree or diploma that reflects what you aro capable of Its thus inadvisable to suggest that people who are hinting that you are taking the wrong approach should say nothing: such people are giving you valuable advice on “how to play the game, and learning how to intoract with an environment can be more valuable than the answer to any one question, 1 Comment [Bjom Gustavsson on 7 Jun 2011 2 Link = Flag To the end of the second paragraph ane could add: Isolating and exposing the eror is beneficial in eeveral ways: 1, You might actually find the error or bug yoursel! 2, You show that you have seriously tied to find the bug or error yourself, Inteasing the possibilty to get someone to try to help. GB Comment on this Answer itptww mathurorks.comimatlabcertralfanswersi8626-how-do--gsthelp-on-hamework-quostons-on-mailab-answors2riaot6 Haw do gethalp on hamawork quastions on MATLAB Answers? - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central 3 votes Flag 2 ink ‘Answer by Doug Hull on 3 Jun 2011 | leamed MATLAB by doing my MATLAB homework. | know how to debug, architect code, and solve problems because | have failed at doing these things MANY, MANY times. | stil do. (OF all he things | leamed in college, MATLAB has by far been the most valuable (economically and in general). Every job | have gotten sinoe | was a junior in college | have gotten almost entirely because | knew MATLAB better than most ofthe people in my ‘ever increasing applicant pool There is a difference between secking help and “outsourcing your homework". If you ask a homework question, ‘Show what you have done + Link to wikipedia about any concept we might not know about + Dornot just paste a bunch of code, shorten it tothe small bi that is giving the ertor. Most MATLAB errors can be reproduced ina few tines, + Your problem is urgent to you. Its not urgent to us. Putting urgent!!!" on the question, counterintutively tells us to ignore it We will not e-mail you directly, dont ask ‘Struggle withthe homework, ask your professor. Getting a good relationship with your professors starts with seeing thom in their office. My frst research gig, my job tutoring a professor in MATLAB, my first book contract all ame from relationships with Professors. | sill make it a point to call several of them once a year. They are a great place to find new hires for The MathWorks. When I call thom up to ask for the resumes of the newest crop of MATLAB geniuses, they are going to think about the people that are in their office talking MATLAB: with them. Be that person. ‘What | am trying to say, is there fs moro at stako than fnishing this one assignment hore. Do yourself a favor, struggle and fall at your MATLAB programming. You will come out stronger fori @ 1Comment Harsha Varahan Rao Avunoori on 3 Jun 2011 2 Link = Flag @Doug...Exactly this is working for me. The mare I fallin programming the more | am leamning. Thanks Mathworks for creating this wonderful Answers forum :) GB Comment on this Answer itptww mathurorks.comimatlabcertralfanswersi8626-how-do--gsthelp-on-hamework-quostons-on-mailab-answors2riaot6 Haw do gethalp on hamawork quastions on MATLAB Answers? - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central Al = Ovotes ™ Flag 2 Link ‘Answer by Baalzamon on 2 Jul 2011 This is not an answer as such but something | think wil be @ useful function. Many times! have asked various questions - usually simple ones at that. Now I find that I leam best when reading, being shown land doing. This is to say explain, show with some code as an example and then | whizz of to try something on my machine. |am all for people giving hints (though some often sound like vague and cryptic jargon to the unknowing - such as look at doc (function) | am also totally in favour of people who want to give the code solution at any level. | learnt matlad by seeing code in other things and then using them for my stuf. Eventually |leamt a bit more and thought can | do this or this with that. Coding isnot a race to be excellent at optimizedirobust code and know your functions inside out but rather a its base level being able to make something that vill assist your problem. ‘The function | would tke to s8@ is an option to hide the code! Much in the same way film sites hide the spoilers * This would have to follow hand in hand with people using the insert code thing instead of doing what | do and just type the code Into the reply box o_O ( which I sil havenit used or realy know how to - I Just skim over that section) OComments GB Comment on this Answer Answer this question This place i reserved for an answer tothe question, + To danty tho question, eat it + To thank answerers, add your vote to helpful answers and accept the best one, + To ask for clarification, submit a comment tothe question or answer Body BolaltalicMonospacedBulleted IstNumbered listCodeHypetlinkimageAttach fleHelp PreviewDisable itptww mathurorks.comimatlabcertralfanswersi8626-how-do--gsthelp-on-hamework-quostons-on-mailab-answors2riaot6 How do | gethalp on homework qustions on MATLAB Answers? - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central MATLAB Academy New to MATLAB? 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