amanthro-data-analysis
Use when executing and reporting the analysis/interpretation for an American Anthropologist (AA) manuscript so it survives expert anonymous review — disciplined ethnographic/qualitative inference, honest interpretation, and (for biological/archaeological work) sound quantitative analysis. Guides analysis and interpretation norms; it does not fabricate evidence or quotations.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amanthro-data-analysis --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Analysis & Interpretation (amanthro-data-analysis) AA reviewers are expert and read across four fields, so the same results section may be read by an ethnographer, an archaeologist, and a bioanthropologist at once. At AA, **interpretation is analysis**: qualitative inference is held to a real standard, not waved through as "context." This skill covers execution and reporting norms; design decisions live in `amanthro-research-design`. ## When to trigger - Building the results/interpretation section from fieldnotes, transcripts, material, or measurements - A reviewer asked for more evidence, alternative readings, or robustness - Reconciling what interlocutors say with what they do, or pre-planned vs. emergent themes - Making the analysis transparent enough to be credible without exposing protected sources ## Analysis & interpretation norms AA expects 1. **Show the evidence behind the claim.** Ground each interpretive claim in specific, quoted, or described evidence (a fieldnote moment, an utterance, an artifact, a measurement) — not assertion. 2. **Pursue the alternative reading.** Name the strongest rival interpretation and show why the evidence favors yours; report where it doesn
- When to trigger
- Analysis & interpretation norms AA expects
- Mixed-methods / computational specifics
- AA four-field evidence-and-care ledger
- Transparency while you work (not at the end)
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- What AA reviewers probe, by mode
- Calibration anchors (hedged)
- Supplementary resources
What does the amanthro-data-analysis skill do?
Use when executing and reporting the analysis/interpretation for an American Anthropologist (AA) manuscript so it survives expert anonymous review — disciplined ethnographic/qualitative inference, honest interpretation, and (for biological/archaeological work) sound quantitative analysis. Guides analysis and interpretation norms; it does not fabricate evidence or quotations.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amanthro-data-analysis --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.