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Social Science Research Assistants
Assist social scientists in laboratory, survey, and other social science research. May help prepare findings for publication and assist in laboratory analysis, quality control, or data management.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Design and create special programs for tasks such as statistical analysis and data entry and cleaning.People already use AI for this at work
- 02Provide assistance with the preparation of project-related reports, manuscripts, and presentations.People already use AI for this at work
- 03Prepare tables, graphs, fact sheets, and written reports summarizing research results.People already use AI for this at work
- 04Perform descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses of data, using computer software.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Verify the accuracy and validity of data entered in databases, correcting any errors.AI could speed this up a lot
- 06Develop and implement research quality control procedures.People already use AI for this at work
- 07Prepare, manipulate, and manage extensive databases.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Perform data entry and other clerical work as required for project completion.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Conduct internet-based and library research.People already use AI for this at work
- 10Present research findings to groups of people.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss44%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
67%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 68% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.