Setting the Context
Explore how to set the context for data stories using Altair by defining insights and crafting relevant background information. Understand techniques such as using examples, statistics, metaphors, and scenarios to help your audience grasp the significance of the data and enhance communication.
Setting the context of a data story is crucial to ensure that the audience understands the data and its significance. Introducing the context is the first step to telling a data story, but when building the data story, the first step is identifying the insight and message. Once we have defined the message of the story, the second step is to define the context, which corresponds to bringing all audience members to the same level of understanding. The context contains all and only the information needed to understand the insight.
Context types
Consider the following context types: