JHU ADS 2020 Week 9 - Data analysis papers and telling stories with data

At the end of this lesson you will be able to:

• Understand the central dramatic argument, structure, and form of a data analysis

• Use “therefore” and “but” as linkers in your analysis instead of “and then”

• Be able to define the journeys to correct and interesting in a data analysis

• Know which parts of your analysis appear in each section of a data analytic paper

This week we talk about the dramatic arc of a data analysis and the journey to true and interesting as first proposed by Lucy D’Agostino McGowan:

Additional Resources

• Lucy D’Agostino McGowan’s 2020 JSM Talk

• Roger Peng’s Lecture on Storytelling in Data Analysis

• Jeff Leek’s Guide to Writing your First Paper

• 10 Simple Rules for Structuring Papers

• The Write Stuff