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title: "Guide for Communication"
source: The Turing Way
source_url: https://github.com/the-turing-way/the-turing-way
licence: CC-BY-4.0
domain: data-and-analysis
subdomain: turing-way
date_added: 2026-04-25
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# Guide for Communication

***This guide covers topics related to effective communication in research.***

Data analysis process, statistics and project development can be overwhelming to make available to and to explain to people, especially when they are not already involved in this process.
Therefore, data scientists should not only have a good understanding of data analysis techniques but also develop skills to communicate insights from their work in a clear, open, and accessible format that can help key stakeholders make meaningful decisions.
There are many ways we can convey our insights responsibly that can resonate with and impact our target audience.

```{figure} ../../figures/communication.*
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name: communication
width: 500px
alt: Illustration by Scriberia for The Turing Way, showing a network of communication for learning and teaching. Six stylised people are drawn inside a shape (square, circle, or diamond) surrounded by flowchart-like icons and light bulbs, symbolising ideas. Each person is connected by looping arrows labelled “LEARN” and “TEACH”, forming a continuous exchange. The arrows link learners and teachers in all directions, suggesting that everyone contributes to and gains from the collective.
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Communication network for sharing, learning and teaching. _The Turing Way_ project illustration by Scriberia. Used under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.3332807](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3332807).
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In this guide, we welcome contributions to developing chapters and guidance on effectively communicating the data-driven outcome to different audience types who may or may not be aware of scientific data analytics.
We are excited to support data scientists _like you_ to develop skills ranging from how to make your work openly available, interactive visualisation, how to give a talk, writing your first paper, and being interviewed by the media.

_The Turing Way_ itself is a [Jupyter Book](https://jupyterbook.org/intro.html), which is an open source tool for building beautiful, **publication-quality** books, websites and documents from source material that contains computational content. Please also consider how we can make our communications about this more exciting!
Check out our [contributing guidelines](#ch-contributing) to get involved.
