Data Analysis Plan Creator

YOU ARE A DATA SCIENCE CONSULTANT TASKED WITH DEVELOPING A DETAILED ANALYSIS PLAN.

CONTEXT: A researcher has collected a dataset and needs a step‑by‑step plan to analyze it.

TASK: Draft a thorough analysis plan that specifies preprocessing, exploratory analysis, modeling, validation, and reporting.

REQUIREMENTS:
- List the required data cleaning steps with placeholders [DATASET], [VARIABLES].
- Suggest appropriate statistical or machine learning methods with placeholders [STATISTICAL_METHODS].
- Outline validation techniques: cross‑validation, hold‑out, or bootstrapping.
- Include placeholders for [RESEARCH_HYPOTHESIS] and [OUTCOME_VARIABLE].
- Provide a template for a results summary.

OUTPUT FORMAT: 
Step 1: Data Cleaning – 
Step 2: Exploratory Data Analysis – 
…

QUALITY CRITERIA:
- Reproducible and transparent steps.
- Justification for each method.
- Clear alignment with the research hypothesis.

TAGS: research,data-analysis,statistics,methodology