{ "schema": "aiblocks-page/1", "id": "agency-academic-statistician", "type": "agent", "name": "Statistician agent", "summary": "Test a claim or plan a study. Get the right design, sample size, assumptions and an honest read of what your numbers can and cannot prove.", "headline": "Statistician agent", "subhead": "Give it a claim with its numbers, or a question you want to test. It finds the weakest link, or designs the study with a sample size worked out before you collect data. You get the result as an estimate and a range, with a plain bottom line.", "job": { "id": "analyse-data", "name": "Analyse data and explain the results" }, "level": "intermediate", "thinking": "high", "tested": true, "updated": "2026-11-03", "first_published": "2026-10-26", "inputs": [ { "type": "question", "required": true, "label": "Question", "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like" }, { "type": "source_text", "required": false, "label": "Source text", "what": "a long source in full: an article, a video or talk transcript, or notes from a book, with its title, author and link" } ], "outputs": [ { "type": "plan", "required": true, "label": "Plan", "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step" }, { "type": "audit_report", "required": true, "label": "Audit report", "what": "findings with evidence, severity, missing inputs and next actions" } ], "you_give": [ "The claim or question, in plain words, such as \"Do users of the new feature stay longer?\"", "What was measured, in whom and compared with what.", "Your numbers. Paste sample sizes, averages, ranges, p-values or a small data table.", "The decision it feeds and the smallest effect that would matter to you, such as 2 points.", "What you can control, such as whether you can pick groups at random, and your limits on time and people (optional)." ], "you_get": [ "The question named as describing, linking or causing, since the right method depends on it.", "A review of the claim, with the weakest link named, and the other stories that could explain it.", "For a new study, the design, the main outcome, the analysis plan and the sample size, with the assumptions shown.", "A result report with the estimate, the range, the comparison, the assumptions and the limits.", "A bottom line in plain words that says how sure to be and what would change it.", "The checks still needed, such as data to collect or a tool to run." ], "use_when": [ "Someone shows you a chart or a stat, such as \"this change raised sign-ups\", and you doubt it.", "You plan an A/B test and need to know how many visitors or days it needs.", "You have survey or sales numbers and need to know what they can and cannot prove.", "You must pick between a trial, a before and after check and a survey to answer a question." ], "skip_when": [ "You want the final analysis of raw data for a medical, legal or money decision: use a qualified statistician.", "You have a finished store A/B test and want a quick ship or stop call: use the Store experiment result reviewer.", "You want to log tests over time and what you learned: use the Experiment tracker or the Experiment plan and results reviewer.", "You want to check a machine learning model: use the Machine learning model reviewer.", "You want to make a chart or a spreadsheet model from raw rows: ask your AI for that directly, or use a spreadsheet tool." ], "output_sample": { "input": [ "The claim or question, in plain words", "What was measured, in whom and compared with what", "Your numbers, such as sample sizes, averages or a small table", "The decision it feeds and the smallest effect that would matter" ], "prerequisites": [ "An AI that reads pasted text, such as Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini", "A calculator, spreadsheet, R or Python, to check the sums for an important call" ], "output": [ { "name": "Question type", "contains": "Whether you are describing, linking or testing a cause, and the claim restated so you can test it." }, { "name": "Evidence chain", "contains": "The measurement, sample, comparison, analysis and chance check, with the weakest link named." }, { "name": "Other stories", "contains": "The biases and hidden causes that could produce the same numbers." }, { "name": "Study design", "contains": "The design, the main outcome, the plan set in advance and the sample size with its assumptions." }, { "name": "Result report", "contains": "The effect in real units with a range, the assumptions and what the data cannot say." }, { "name": "Bottom line", "contains": "A plain call, how sure to be, what would change it and the checks still needed." } ] }, "output_shape": "QUESTION TYPE\n | Claim restated \n\nEVIDENCE CHAIN\n Measurement | Sample \n Comparison | Analysis \n Chance and bias | Weakest link \n\nOTHER STORIES\n | Why it fits \n\nSTUDY DESIGN\n Design | Main outcome | Analysis plan \n Sample size | Assumptions \n\nRESULT REPORT\n Estimate | Range | Compared with \n Assumptions | Limits \n\nBOTTOM LINE\n | Confidence | Would change if | Checks still needed ", "how_to_use": [ "Download the pack. Add it to your AI as a skill, or paste SKILL.md and then references/source-agent.md into a new chat.", "State the claim or question first. Then paste your numbers and say how they were collected. Ask: Review this claim. Do not invent numbers.", "Check the table of what you gave it. Correct anything it got wrong before you read the verdict.", "For a new study, give the usual rate today and the smallest change that matters. Check the sample size with an online calculator or a tool such as R or Python.", "Take the checks it lists back to your data. Paste the new numbers and ask for an updated read.", "Save the plan before you collect data, so you cannot change the analysis later to fit the result." ], "checks": [ "The result addresses your actual task and cites the evidence used.", "Examples, role-play experience and targets are kept separate from verified results.", "Claims of tests, memory, tool access or completed actions match what actually happened." ], "next": [ { "name": "A/B test results analyst", "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/a-b-test-verdict-maker", "why": "A/B test results analyst" } ], "source": { "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors", "repo": "msitarzewski/agency-agents", "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/academic/academic-statistician.md", "licence": "MIT", "original_name": "Statistician", "commit": "b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219" }, "credits": [ { "title": "Statistician", "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors", "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/academic/academic-statistician.md", "used": "Original agent profile, preserved in references/source-agent.md; AI Blocks adds setup and review instructions." } ], "files": [ "LICENSE", "references/source-agent.md", "SETUP.md", "source.json" ], "links": { "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-academic-statistician", "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-academic-statistician.md", "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-academic-statistician.json", "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-academic-statistician/SKILL.md", "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-academic-statistician.zip", "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/agency-academic-statistician", "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/agent/agency-academic-statistician", "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp" } }