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Weaving a story together
From the course: Learning Data Science
Weaving a story together
- A story is not any narrative that you might say. Saying that I waited a long time to check out at the grocery store isn't a story. Remember that stories help an audience connect to some larger meaning. There's no larger meaning in the fact that I waited a long time to check out. I wasn't struggling to find meaning. I was just trying to make dinner. There are different story helpers that you can try to weave together your larger data science story. These are anecdotes, case studies, examples, scenarios and vignettes. Anecdotes are usually the most useful at the start of your story. There are short personal account of something that's relevant to your larger topic. The key here is short and relevant. You want your anecdote to be long enough to be interesting, but short enough to not distract from your story. Many customers abandon their purchases before checkout. You might start out by telling a small anecdote about times that you left the store without purchasing any items. Another…
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