Scientific Critical Thinking
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Design rigorous experiments using DOE, factorial designs, and response surfaces
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experimental-design-guideDesign rigorous experiments using DOE, factorial designs, and response surfaces
Experimental Design Guide is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins. Design rigorous experiments using DOE, factorial designs, and response surfaces
Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Research & Science, covering Experimental design. The repository describes itself as: 350+ academic research skills, MCP configs, and plugins for Research-Claw and AI agents. The licence is MIT.
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The full file from wentorai/research-plugins at commit bf44b3c, republished under its MIT licence (© wentorai). 198 words, ~1,910 tokens.
.claude/skills/experimental-design-guide/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).A skill for designing rigorous experiments using formal Design of Experiments (DOE) methodology. Covers factorial designs, fractional factorials, response surface methods, and optimal design strategies for scientific research.
from scipy import stats
import numpy as np
def power_analysis_ttest(effect_size: float, alpha: float = 0.05,
power: float = 0.80, ratio: float = 1.0) -> dict:
"""
Calculate required sample size for a two-sample t-test.
Args:
effect_size: Cohen's d (expected effect size)
alpha: Significance level
power: Desired statistical power
ratio: Ratio of n2/n1 (for unequal groups)
"""
from statsmodels.stats.power import TTestIndPower
analysis = TTestIndPower()
n1 = analysis.solve_power(
effect_size=effect_size,
alpha=alpha,
power=power,
ratio=ratio,
alternative='two-sided'
)
return {
'n_per_group': int(np.ceil(n1)),
'total_n': int(np.ceil(n1) + np.ceil(n1 * ratio)),
'effect_size_d': effect_size,
'alpha': alpha,
'power': power,
'interpretation': (
f"Need {int(np.ceil(n1))} per group "
f"(total N = {int(np.ceil(n1) + np.ceil(n1 * ratio))}) "
f"to detect d = {effect_size} with {power*100:.0f}% power."
)
}
# Example: medium effect size
result = power_analysis_ttest(effect_size=0.5, alpha=0.05, power=0.80)
print(result['interpretation'])import itertools
import pandas as pd
def create_factorial_design(factors: dict, replicates: int = 3) -> pd.DataFrame:
"""
Create a full factorial experimental design.
Args:
factors: Dict mapping factor names to lists of levels
e.g., {'Temperature': [60, 80], 'Pressure': [1, 2], 'Catalyst': ['A', 'B']}
replicates: Number of replicates per combination
"""
factor_names = list(factors.keys())
factor_levels = list(factors.values())
# Generate all combinations
combinations = list(itertools.product(*factor_levels))
# Create design matrix with replicates
rows = []
run_order = 0
for rep in range(replicates):
for combo in combinations:
run_order += 1
row = {'Run': run_order, 'Replicate': rep + 1}
for name, value in zip(factor_names, combo):
row[name] = value
row['Response'] = None # To be filled with experimental data
rows.append(row)
design = pd.DataFrame(rows)
# Randomize run order
design = design.sample(frac=1, random_state=42).reset_index(drop=True)
design['RandomizedRun'] = range(1, len(design) + 1)
print(f"Design summary:")
print(f" Factors: {len(factors)}")
print(f" Levels per factor: {[len(v) for v in factors.values()]}")
print(f" Total treatments: {len(combinations)}")
print(f" Replicates: {replicates}")
print(f" Total runs: {len(design)}")
return design
# Example: 2^3 factorial
design = create_factorial_design({
'Temperature': [60, 80],
'Pressure': [1, 2],
'Catalyst': ['A', 'B']
}, replicates=3)import statsmodels.api as sm
from statsmodels.formula.api import ols
def analyze_factorial(df: pd.DataFrame, response: str,
factors: list[str]) -> dict:
"""
Analyze a factorial experiment using ANOVA.
"""
# Build formula with all main effects and interactions
main_effects = ' + '.join([f'C({f})' for f in factors])
interactions = ' + '.join([f'C({f1}):C({f2})'
for i, f1 in enumerate(factors)
for f2 in factors[i+1:]])
formula = f'{response} ~ {main_effects} + {interactions}'
model = ols(formula, data=df).fit()
anova_table = sm.stats.anova_lm(model, typ=2)
# Effect sizes (eta-squared)
ss_total = anova_table['sum_sq'].sum()
anova_table['eta_sq'] = anova_table['sum_sq'] / ss_total
return {
'anova_table': anova_table,
'r_squared': model.rsquared,
'significant_effects': anova_table[anova_table['PR(>F)'] < 0.05].index.tolist()
}When a full factorial has too many runs:
def fractional_factorial_2k(k: int, resolution: int = 3) -> pd.DataFrame:
"""
Generate a 2^(k-p) fractional factorial design.
Args:
k: Number of factors
resolution: Design resolution (III, IV, or V)
"""
from pyDOE2 import fracfact
# Resolution III: 2^(k-p) where p minimizes runs
# Common designs:
# 2^(3-1) = 4 runs (Resolution III)
# 2^(4-1) = 8 runs (Resolution IV)
# 2^(5-2) = 8 runs (Resolution III)
# 2^(7-4) = 8 runs (Resolution III, Plackett-Burman)
design = fracfact(f'a b c {"d" if k >= 4 else ""} {"e" if k >= 5 else ""}')
df = pd.DataFrame(design, columns=[f'Factor_{i+1}' for i in range(design.shape[1])])
print(f"Fractional factorial: {len(df)} runs for {k} factors")
return dfdef central_composite_design(factor_ranges: dict) -> pd.DataFrame:
"""
Create a Central Composite Design for response surface optimization.
"""
from pyDOE2 import ccdesign
k = len(factor_ranges)
design_coded = ccdesign(k, center=(4,), alpha='orthogonal', face='circumscribed')
factor_names = list(factor_ranges.keys())
df = pd.DataFrame(design_coded, columns=factor_names)
# Convert from coded (-1, +1) to natural units
for name, (low, high) in factor_ranges.items():
center = (high + low) / 2
half_range = (high - low) / 2
df[name] = center + df[name] * half_range
return df
# Example: optimize a chemical reaction
design = central_composite_design({
'Temperature_C': [50, 90],
'pH': [5, 9],
'Time_min': [10, 60]
})For computer-generated randomization, always record and report the random seed used. Use block randomization to ensure balanced groups when enrollment is sequential.
Follow CONSORT (clinical trials), ARRIVE (animal studies), or STROBE (observational) guidelines:
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Just SKILL.md in skills/research/methodology/experimental-design-guide of wentorai/research-plugins.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit bf44b3c
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in wentorai/research-plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Experimental Design Guide next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experimental Design Guide this skillwentorai/research-plugins | 298 | 1 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Scientific Critical Thinkingweapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss | 1.9k | 22 repos | ~5.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Benchmark Paper TemplateHKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills | 8.7k | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-4.0 | |
| Claim-Driven Experiment PlannerzjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine | 128 | 6 repos | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Research Refine PipelinezjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine | 128 | 5 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Metabolic Study Planneraiming-lab/AutoResearchClaw | 15k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Evaluate research rigor. An agent skill from weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss.
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Design rigorous experiments using DOE, factorial designs, and response surfaces. Experimental Design Guide is an agent skill from wentorai/research-plugins.
Experimental Design Guide fits situations like: tasks that involve Experimental design.
Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill experimental-design-guide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/research/methodology/experimental-design-guide in wentorai/research-plugins) into .claude/skills/experimental-design-guide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill experimental-design-guide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/research/methodology/experimental-design-guide in wentorai/research-plugins) into .agents/skills/experimental-design-guide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add wentorai/research-plugins --skill experimental-design-guide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/experimental-design-guide, .gemini/skills/experimental-design-guide, .github/skills/experimental-design-guide and .opencode/skills/experimental-design-guide in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Experimental Design Guide is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
Experimental Design Guide is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Experimental Design Guide: Scientific Critical Thinking (weapp-tailwindcss/weapp-tailwindcss, 1.9k stars), Benchmark Paper Template (HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills, 8.7k stars), Claim-Driven Experiment Planner (zjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine, 128 stars) and Research Refine Pipeline (zjYao36/Auto-Research-Refine, 128 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
wentorai (a GitHub user) maintains it in wentorai/research-plugins, which has 298 GitHub stars. The repository holds 405 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 19, 2026.
Source: wentorai/research-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.