Provide assistance with the preparation of project-related reports, manuscripts, and presentations.

“Provide assistance with the preparation of project-related reports, manuscripts, and presentations.” is a core task performed by Social Science Research Assistants. Among the occupation's 23 rated tasks, workers place it 19th by importance (#5 most important). About 90% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Present research or technical information. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.003% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 68% of that use is work-related
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.4 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 98% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Design and create special programs for tasks such as statistical analysis and data entry and cleaning. · importance 4.5
• Obtain informed consent of research subjects or their guardians. · importance 4.5
• Administer standardized tests to research subjects, or interview them to collect research data. · importance 4.4
• Prepare tables, graphs, fact sheets, and written reports summarizing research results. · importance 4.2
• Recruit and schedule research participants. · importance 4.2
• Screen potential subjects to determine their suitability as study participants. · importance 4.2
• Perform descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses of data, using computer software. · importance 4.1
• Track research participants, and perform any necessary follow-up tasks. · importance 4.1
• Verify the accuracy and validity of data entered in databases, correcting any errors. · importance 4.0
• Develop and implement research quality control procedures. · importance 4.0
• Prepare, manipulate, and manage extensive databases. · importance 3.9
• Edit and submit protocols and other required research documentation. · importance 3.9
• Perform data entry and other clerical work as required for project completion. · importance 3.9
• Code data in preparation for computer entry. · importance 3.9

See all tasks on the Social Science Research Assistants page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-12953,
  title  = {Provide assistance with the preparation of project-related reports, manuscripts, and presentations.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-12953}
}