There are many different types of stories that you can tell with data:
- Reporting: Tells a story about the past. For example, this could be a batting report for all the players on a specific baseball team.
- Explanatory: Tells a story about what people or things are up to and may include asking people questions via surveys. For example, this could be votes cast by fans for players to appear in the Allstar game.
- Predictive: Tells a story about the future; for example, how many runs will score based on how many outs there are and the number of players on base.
- Correlation: Tells a story about how variables relate to one another. For example, it could be that a player with more walks also has more hits than other players. ...