<p>This is related to, but not a duplicate of, <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12/how-should-we-deal-with-obvious-homework-questions">How should we deal with obvious homework questions</a></p>

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<p>Homework questions have certain characteristics - vague, sample data, inclusion of instructions meant for the student, labeled parts, etc. </p>

<p>Is it appropriate to go ahead and re-tag such questions as homework based on such clues and/or subjective assessment?</p>

<p>I have this on a recent question: <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/q/29168/1381">How to calculate expected value and standard deviation if I have 100 values divided into 15 groups (normal distribution)?</a></p>
