42.35. Tell a story

42.35.1. Instructions

Data Science is all about storytelling. Pick any dataset and write a short paper about a story you could tell about it. What do you hope your dataset can reveal? What will you do if its revelations prove problematic? What if your data doesn’t easily unlock its secrets? Think of the scenarios your dataset might present and write them down.

42.35.2. Rubric

Exemplary	Adequate	Needs Improvement
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A one-page essay is presented in .doc format with the dataset explained, documented, credited, and a coherent story is presented about it with detailed examples from the data. A shorter essay is presented in a less detailed format | The essay is found lacking in one of the above details.

42.35.3. Acknowledgments

Thanks to Microsoft for creating the open-source course Data Science for Beginners. It inspires the majority of the content in this chapter.