There are lots of ways to learn Matlab.  The slides from my
Matlab tutorial can be viewed here:

  http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Tutorials/Matlab/matlab-day1.pdf
  http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Tutorials/Matlab/matlab-day2.pdf
  http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Tutorials/Matlab/matlab-day3.pdf
  http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Tutorials/Matlab/matlab-day4.pdf

I've heard that this book is popular with CNBC students:

  http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-MATLAB-Duane-C-Hanselman/dp/0136013309

But this book is a lot cheaper and also has good reviews:

  http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Started-MATLAB-Introduction-Scientists/dp/0199731241/ref=pd_sim_b_4

Finally, there are Matlab tutorials at the Mathworks web site, including
videos.  Here are some links, but there are many more items to explore on the
Mathworks web site:

  https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/register.html
  http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/examples.html

-- Dave Touretzky, April 2013