Ten ChatGPT Prompts That Make It Work Like a Senior Data Analyst

A data professional recounts how a technically strong churn model failed to impress a VP because it offered no clear recommended action. That experience led them to adopt a method of briefing AI tools the way they once learned from senior analysts, focusing on decisions and critical scrutiny rather than simply requesting code. The article presents ten prompts designed to audit datasets, plan cleaning steps, compare query approaches, prioritize exploratory questions, and select statistical tests. The author argues that data preparation consumes roughly half of a data scientist's time, which these prompts aim to reduce. The prompts are intended primarily for analysts already comfortable with tools like pandas and SQL.