Try to be creative and think of a school. You don’t need to use the tools to solve world peace or hunger, but newspapers and magazines are filled with data.
The charts, diagrams, etc. can be hand-sketched and scanned. If you don’t have a scanner, go to a library, Kinkos, an office supply store, etc. You can use Word shapes, charts; or other computerized method; or whatever means is easiest for you. Don’t worry about how neat they are, as long as they can be read.
1. Construct a tally sheet of something that is of interest to you. If you have a job, look at types of defects produced over a period of time (this is easy if you can find a scrap bin and can identify the types of defects). Or, you can simply visit a restaurant and record the types of mistakes you see being made around you by the waiter, greeter, cook, bus boy, etc.. It doesn’t need to be mistakes. Have an interest in the types of trees in your yard or a nearby park – take a walk around and construct a tally sheet of them. Want to know the makes of cars in the parking lot…I think you get it.