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3.9 KiB
Task Plan: [Analytics Project Description]
Goal
[One sentence describing the analytical objective]
Current Phase
Phase 1
Phases
Phase 1: Data Discovery
- Identify and connect to data sources
- Document schemas and field descriptions in findings.md
- Assess data quality (nulls, duplicates, outliers, date ranges)
- Estimate dataset size and query performance
- Status: in_progress
Phase 2: Exploratory Analysis
- Compute summary statistics for key variables
- Visualize distributions and relationships
- Identify outliers and anomalies
- Document initial patterns in findings.md
- Status: pending
Phase 3: Hypothesis Testing
- Formalize hypotheses from exploratory phase
- Select appropriate statistical tests
- Run tests and record results in findings.md
- Validate findings against holdout data or alternative methods
- Status: pending
Phase 4: Synthesis & Reporting
- Summarize key findings with supporting evidence
- Create final visualizations
- Document conclusions and recommendations
- Note limitations and areas for further investigation
- Status: pending
Hypotheses
- [Hypothesis to test]
- [Hypothesis to test]
Decisions Made
| Decision | Rationale |
|---|---|
Errors Encountered
| Error | Attempt | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Notes
- Update phase status as you progress: pending -> in_progress -> complete
- Re-read this plan before major analytical decisions
- Log ALL errors - they help avoid repetition
- Write query results and visual findings to findings.md immediately