Telling Stories With Data

I'm moving through some great data science material via Cognitive Class (Big Data University) via a course titled (appropriately) Introduction to Data Science. One of the modules discussed one of the many areas in which a great data scientist must possess strength, storytelling.

1. Tell readers, at the outset, what they might gain by reading your paper.
2. Make the aim of the work clear. 
3. Explain the significance of your contribution.
4. Have you set your work in the appropriate context by giving sufficient background (including a complete set of relevant references) to your work?
5. Have you addressed the question of practicality and usefulness?
6. Have you identified future developments that might result from your work?
7. Have you structured your paper in a clear and logical fashion?

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