The 5 W's! 

The 5 W's are helpful when looking over information because it gives you a way to organize your thoughts and help figure out what each piece of information would be classified as. It is especially helpful with information heavy things where you might not know exactly where something would fit in. The 5 W'S who what when where why and sometimes how. the who is who is involved. The what is what is the information about. The when is when was it collected or when did it happen. The where is at what place did it occur. The who is what was invloved such as the people. The why is the reason for doing the data, and finally the how is how does all the information tie into statistics.