Create a heat map of
state cigarette taxes. What patterns do you observe from this map?
Explore the relationship
between state gross domestic product (GDP) and cessation expense.
Is the claim that states with greater economic output spend more
on cessation programs supported by the data? Adjust state GDP for
population size. This will give the economic output on a per capita
basis. Do you think these two variables should be compared using
adjusted or unadjusted values? Explain your reasoning using correlation
coefficients.
Search the Internet
for examples where smoking related data is presented. Select two
examples and critique the data presentation in the context of the
intended audience.