Asking Good Questions

Asking Good Questions
Author

Yingchao Zhou

Published

January 26, 2023

Prompt:

Asking good questions is a valuable skill to have - asking questions in an online setting is both easier and harder than asking questions in person: we can prepare to ask a question but we are also expected to prepare. The links posted here give some advice on how to ask good questions:

Follow these links and read through the advice given, then

  1. Pick at least one question from stackoverflow or the R help and answer it.

Write a blog post answering the following questions:

  1. Document which question you answered (link to your answer).

I answered one question from stackoverflow about plotting data with longitude and latitude on a map. Here is the link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75228497/how-can-i-plot-a-map-using-ggplot2-that-includes-the-latitude-and-longitude-of-t/75229784#75229784

  1. Relate your experience of answering the question to your reading.

ome questions I see on stackoverflow are long and messy, with many code chunks and I feel hard to read and understand them. Although the titles seem not too difficult, after clicking in, I gave up reading them. Giving a minimal reproducible example can really make it much easier for answerers.

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