factor-identification

$npx mdskill add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/factor-identification

Identify variables for an experiment

  • Clarify experimental design by distinguishing variable types
  • Relies on hypothesis, system description, and prior work inputs
  • Classifies variables based on their role in the experiment
  • Returns structured list of independent, dependent, and control variables

SKILL.md

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---
name: factor-identification
description: "Identify independent, dependent, and control variables for an experiment"
version: 1.0.0
category: experiment-execution
type: sop
execution: subagent
prompt: ./prompt.md
used-by:
  - factor-level-design
  - scaling-design
  - robustness-design
  - budget-constrained-design
input: hypothesis, system description, prior work
output: structured factor list with classifications
---

# SOP: Factor Identification

Identify all independent variables (factors to manipulate), dependent variables (outcomes to measure), and control variables (confounds to hold constant) for the experiment.

Subagent — spawned via subagent-spawning/spawn-agent skill.

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