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Can we help with multiple choice homework without violating site policy?
I recently answered a multiple choice question on CV and although the OP did not label it homework it obviously was. Should we try to give hints? I had a hard time finding a way to suggest an answer ...
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Should we tag questions that smell like homework?
This is related to, but not a duplicate of, How should we deal with obvious homework questions
Homework questions have certain characteristics - vague, sample data, inclusion of instructions meant ...
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Homework tag for old exam questions?
When a user asks questions from old exams in preparation for an upcoming exam should we apply the "homework" tag, even if the old exams aren't necessarily assigned for a grade? I'm ambivalent; it's ...
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What to do with homework questions posed as non-homework?
Here is a question which is a homework question. This is problem 3.23 on page 97 of Hastie et al., Elements of Statistical Learning, 2nd. ed. (5th printing). There are several problems in my opinion:
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How should we deal with obvious homework questions
When this site takes off, we will get a number of homework questions that can be spotted a mile off. Should we
Just down vote them and not answer them.
Provide helpful hints
Make a note in the FAQ ...
