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Statistical Analysis Skill
Apply statistical methods including descriptive stats, trend analysis, outlier detection, and hypothesis testing. Use when analyzing distributions, testing for significance, detecting anomalies, computing correlations, or interpreting statistical results.
Open in PhởWhat the skill covers
The sections of its instructions, in order.
- 01 Descriptive Statistics Methodology
- Central Tendency
- Spread and Variability
- Percentiles for Business Context
- Describing Distributions
- 02 Trend Analysis and Forecasting
- Identifying Trends
- Seasonality Detection
- Forecasting (Simple Methods)
- 03 Outlier and Anomaly Detection
- Statistical Methods
- Handling Outliers
- Time Series Anomaly Detection
- 04 Hypothesis Testing Basics
- When to Use
- The Framework
- Common Tests
- Practical Significance vs. Statistical Significance
- Sample Size Considerations
- 05 When to Be Cautious About Statistical Claims
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Frequently asked questions
What does Statistical Analysis Skill do?
Apply statistical methods including descriptive stats, trend analysis, outlier detection, and hypothesis testing. Use when analyzing distributions, testing for significance, detecting anomalies, computing correlations, or interpreting statistical results.
Is Statistical Analysis Skill free to use?
Yes. Statistical Analysis Skill is published by Anthropic under the Apache 2.0 licence, and you can use it with a free Phở account.
How do I use Statistical Analysis Skill in Phở?
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Does Statistical Analysis Skill need other tools?
No. It works in a normal Phở chat with what you type or upload.
Copied unchanged from anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins at commit d900840 and credited to Anthropic, who is not affiliated with Phở. The full instructions and licence text ship with the skill inside Phở.