For Statisticians ·
What you'll accomplish
Every new statistical analysis plan starts closer to a blank page than it should, even when your organization already has a consistent structure and house voice. This guide sets up a standing Claude Project loaded with your own SAP templates and style conventions, so a new section starts from your team's actual patterns instead of a generic outline. It is a drafting workspace you return to for every new SAP, not a one-off prompt.
What you'll need
Before anything goes near Claude, strip anything study-specific, sponsor-specific, or otherwise confidential from two or three prior SAPs.
What you should see: A document that still reads like a real SAP in structure and voice, with nothing left that ties it to a specific study or sponsor. Troubleshooting: If you are not sure whether something counts as confidential, ask your team lead or your organization's legal or regulatory contact before uploading. When in doubt, cut it.
What you should see: A Project workspace with a place for standing instructions and a place to attach knowledge files, separate from your regular chat history. Troubleshooting: If you cannot find a Projects option, confirm you are signed into an account with Project access. The feature is available on both free and paid tiers, but rollout and labeling can vary by account type.
In the instructions area, describe what you want every draft in this Project to follow.
You are helping draft sections of a statistical analysis plan for a corporate statistics team. Match the structure, section order, and voice of the uploaded reference SAPs exactly. Use formal, precise statistical language. Do not invent numeric results, effect sizes, or citations. When a detail is not provided, mark it clearly as [NEEDS INPUT] rather than guessing.
Save the instructions.
What you should see: A list of uploaded files attached to the Project, available to every conversation started inside it.
What you should see: A section that reads like it belongs with your uploaded references in structure and tone, with study-specific placeholders filled from what you described, not invented.