The book "Telling stories with data" is aimed at Vietnamese readers . Author Lai Thi Hanh is a data analyst and has many years of teaching on "Data Analysis", "Data Visualization" and "Telling stories with data". Thanks to that rich experience, the book is written for Vietnamese readers to be easy to understand and apply.
“Telling stories with data” includes 3 parts: Part 1 is called "Tell stories with data, why not?", the author guides readers through small steps to understand the important role that storytelling with data plays. What is important and what data is needed in the current digital age?
Part 2 - "Finding a model for storytelling with data", answers the important question: "How to tell stories with data?".
Part 3 - "Engrave - engrave", synthesize what you know in the previous two chapters to practice creating a compelling story from data.
“Telling stories with data” is a highly applicable handbook that helps readers practice data skills - one of the indispensable skills in the 4.0 era . The author has a simple, easy-to-understand, witty way of writing, turning dry knowledge and information into stories that bring more interesting information.
Besides, difficult-to-understand information is visualized with charts in sharp and easy-to-read color pages. There are many different charts to analyze data such as: iPhone sales chart, social network platforms chart, population change chart or even poultry consumption charts. All of them give readers the most general and easy-to-understand view of how data is expressed.
"It can be seen that we are living in the age of data. Data is created at breakneck speed and we ourselves are contributing significantly to that huge data warehouse in each of our activities. But data are still just dry numbers if we cannot make those numbers "talkative", stories that are easy to remember, unforgettable and motivate listeners to take action thanks to an emotional connection with the listener. . Data stories are a combination of data and stories, thus having greater persuasive power, because it is all based on very clear, specific and vivid evidence and data" - the author comments.
