How to Write a Data Science Report

The ten main components of a report that would be delivered at the end of a data science project are:

INTRODUCTION

1.Cover page followed by the title, names of authors, their affiliations, and contacts, name of the institutional publisher (if any), and the date of publication

2. Table of contents(ToC) contains a list of topics sub-topics, charts, graph and other pictorial information used in the report.

3. Abstract or summary of the report.

4. Introductory section which contains gently introduced to the subject matter and written in easily understandable formate.

BODY OF REPORT

5. Data Section: Include written descriptions of data and follow with relevant spreadsheets or variables in the data source.

6. Methodology Section — Contains research methods and data sources used in the report.

7. Analysis Section — Explain what we analyzed. Include any charts here.

8. Result Section followed by a discussion section. Describe the results of your analysis in the result section. The discussion section is where you rely on the power of narrative to enable numbers to communicate the thesis to your readers.

CONCLUSION

9. Conclusion Section: Concluding the overall report, outcomes of the report, application of the research in future.

10.References and acknowledgement section. Appendix is optional