General Questions for Any Data Display

What is the data trying to show?
Is the data reliable? What is the source?
What does the data show overall?
Summarize the trend this data reflects
What information about your state does this data show
Compare three states on this graph/table. What can you conclude about these states?
What does this data have to do with state or federal law?
Why is this data important?
What questions do you have about this data?
What is most surprising about this data? Why?

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