the process of interpreting the meaning of data collected in an experiment, finding patterns in the data, and thinking about what the patterns mean.
- make hypotheses - look for what is not there - scrutinize for the obvious - keep your mind open - trust the data - watch the &"n&"
*organize data to show trends,  *develop graphs of data,  *show all mathematical calculations with units,  *apply any statistical analysis,  *summarize results.