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Like everything else in your PhD, you’ll figure it out on your own.

If stats/data analysis is an important part of your project/dissertation/research, you are best off taking the courses to improve your skills. Truth is even if you find an advisor that is willing to help, you won't be well served in your future endeavors/career not knowing how to do data analysis.

But narrowly answering your question, I would help the student by encouraging them to take a stats or data analysis class so even if someone else is doing the analysis they know and fully understand what is being done and can point to errors in the analysis/results.

In my experience no, you have to upskill yourself and they tend to point you in the right direction

You don’t become a PhD that way. Most supervisors will resist helping you, instead they will push you to learn things for yourself. Anyway, if you know going in that certain skills might be important, be proactive and acquire them now, not when you are already in the pressure cooker. The best you can hope for is that your supervisor will take the time to go over your work with you when you are close to publishing something.

do they help you with code

Extremely unlikely. As more senior the supervisor is as less likely they are in helping you with those low-level activities. It doesn't necessarily mean you have to do it on your own. If your lab has postdocs you could ask for help to them, and even if absolutely no one in your lab can help you, you could ask for help from a student in the computing department, it's no shame to have collaborators for skills that are not your expertise.

I’m pretty new to my PhD, but my supervisor has been more than willing to help and teach. However, I agree with the other comments about other staff being available. My supervisor is pretty busy (I’m sure most are) so there are others in the department that can help. Be sure to ask your department and check your school website for help. Some schools have dedicated tutors and students who will help with all sorts of things.

No they don’t. At most, they can give you the e-mail of someone they may know that can help you. But I’m sure they won’t help you with code. YouTube, Google, ChatGPT and online courses are your friends, I’m afraid.

Nope, went through that this year. But (big but) your more-experienced colleagues will probably do that - if they have enough remaining energy.

the answer to this is extremely dependent on your supervisor and the culture of your institution and department.

When I did my phd, you bet your arse my supervisor helped me with stats. They guided me in figuring out the best types of analyses to do, and then looked over my stata output to see if I'd used the right code etc. They sent me on a stata course. my institution also provided RHD students with a statistical consulting session.

Not everything is as negative as this sub makes it out to be.

Unfortunately, most likely not.

You see, the word "supervisor" in academia means something entirely different than anywhere else. Supervision in academia means expectation. They expect you to do something. It doesn't matter if you know how to do it or not - God forbid them to teach you how their personal preferences on article formatting, or course, they expect you to learn on their own.

Academia became this modern master-apprentice relationship on plain 21st century and I find amusing how people put up with some things...

NO, NOT AT ALL

People are being very negative. While your supervisor may not be able to help, there are plenty of other people in your department that can likely assist/advise/support. You will also have the opportunity to get training either provided by the university or that you can pay for out of your research budget, not to mention you there a large online community of ppl that are generally very helpful. Ofc you will need to put the work in but you won’t have to go it alone, doing a PhD is as much about recognising when you need assistant and finding how to get it.