In this exercise, you'll work with your group to explore one of the data sources listed on this guide. Follow a link, find some data (in tabular or spreadsheet form) that interests you and take a few minutes to get acquainted with the data. As you do so, try to answer the following questions:

• Who produced the data?
• When the data were collected?
• Scope: geography, time period, universe of included/excluded
• Units of measurement
• How were data collected (e.g., what methods or equipment were used)?
• Are there more data available than what is here? If so, where?
• Look for download options: what formats are available?
• What comes with the download: metadata, definitions, citation?

As you are exploring, note places where you run into roadblocks. After you spend a few minutes investigating, we will discuss your experience and do some troubleshooting together as well as reporting about particularly interesting data.