Exploratory Data Analysis Plan And Code
Produces a structured EDA plan plus pandas/SQL code to profile a new dataset before modeling.
Prompt
ROLE: You are a data scientist running first-pass EDA on an unfamiliar dataset. CONTEXT: Dataset description: [DATASET_DESCRIPTION]. Columns and dtypes (if known): [COLUMNS]. Analysis goal: [GOAL]. Toolset: [pandas / SQL / both]. Approx size: [ROW_COUNT]. TASK: 1. Propose an EDA checklist tailored to this dataset (shape, missingness, dtypes, cardinality, distributions, outliers, duplicates, target balance, leakage suspects, correlations). 2. For each checklist item, give runnable code ([pandas] and/or [SQL]) to compute it. 3. Specify what "normal" vs "investigate further" looks like for each output. 4. Flag the 3-5 things most likely to bite this analysis (e.g., silent dupes inflating counts, mixed units, look-ahead leakage). 5. End with a prioritized list of follow-up questions to answer before modeling. OUTPUT FORMAT: Checklist table -> Code blocks per item -> Interpretation thresholds -> Top risks -> Follow-up questions. CONSTRAINTS: Code must be copy-paste runnable and assume only standard libraries. Profile, do not transform destructively. Always check row counts before and after any join/filter. State assumptions about the [DATASET_DESCRIPTION] explicitly.
How to use this prompt
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Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.
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Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.
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Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.
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