The Standard · Function
Research and Insight
The Standard names 14 skills in Research and Insight. You can be examined on one of them, or on the function as a whole.
A badge names one skill: “Applied AI Badge: Academic Research”. The two titles name the function: “Applied AI Specialist (Research and Insight)”. Learn either any way you like; no book or course is required.
The skills in Research and Insight
None of these can be examined today. A skill opens once its questions are approved and tested, and we will say so here.
- Academic Research
Conducts academic research with AI and verifies every source and claim.
- Market Research
Runs market research with AI and separates evidence from confident guesswork.
- Policy Research
Researches policy with AI and confirms every citation against the primary text.
- Academic Writing
Writes academically with AI's help, with sources real, cited and read.
- Critical Evaluation
Evaluates claims and evidence critically with and about AI.
- Customer Research & Insight
Gathers customer insight with AI and checks that the synthesis reflects what customers said.
- Competitor Analysis
Analyses competitors with AI and verifies the facts before they shape strategy.
- Qualitative Research Methods
Applies qualitative methods with AI support and keeps interpretation rigorous and human.
- Systematic Literature Reviews
Runs systematic literature reviews with AI and confirms every included study exists and says what is claimed.
- Quantitative Research & Statistics
Runs quantitative analysis with AI and checks the statistics and the assumptions.
- Laboratory Research & Experimental Design
Designs experiments and analyses lab data with AI, with every result reproducible.
- Fieldwork & Ethnographic Research
Uses AI to organise and analyse fieldwork while protecting participants and context.
- Textual & Discourse Analysis
Analyses text and discourse with AI and validates the coding against the source.
- Clinical Research & Evidence-Based Practice
Applies evidence-based practice with AI and verifies every clinical claim against the literature.
A credential for the whole function
Applied AI Specialist and Applied AI Strategist draw their tasks from the skills of one function. The briefs read like your own week, and the credential names Research and Insight on the public register. You hold both for life.
45 minutes
Applied AI Specialist (Research and Insight)
Practitioners responsible for the quality of AI-assisted work in their field.
This exam is not open yet. Write to registrar@straitsai.institute and we will tell you when it opens.
US$149
What it asks60 minutes
Applied AI Strategist (Research and Insight)
Practitioners with at least two years of experience applying AI who design team workflows.
This exam is not open yet. Write to registrar@straitsai.institute and we will tell you when it opens.
US$349
What it asks
Where to start today
- Applied AI Foundations
- Free, 5 minutes, and it covers any job. Take it now.
- Applied AI Certified
- US$49, the general credential for anyone whose job involves AI. What it asks.
- Practice
- Free, up to 50 sessions a day, once a skill in Research and Insight has exercises.
- Any job
- 12 skills apply to every function, whatever you do. Read the Standard.
- Learn first
- Every skill in Research and Insight has a book in the AI+ Library. No book is required to pass.
Nothing in Research and Insight can be examined today. The free Applied AI Foundations exam and Applied AI Certified are open to everyone, and both cover any job.
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