His analyses expose hidden fractures with the clarity of an X-ray, and his rhetorical skill, though modulated in a journalistic style, owes much to the give and take of Euripides’ crisp dialogue.
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G. W. Bowersock, New York Review of Books, 6 Nov. 2008
In order to depict economic decisions mathematically, economists needed to assume that human behavior is both rational and predictable. They imagined a representative human, Homo economicus, endowed with consistent preferences, stable moods, and an enviable ability to make only rational decisions. This sleight of hand yielded some theories that had genuine predictive value, but economists were obliged to exclude from their analyses many phenomena that didn’t fit the … framework, such as stock-market bubbles, drug addiction, and compulsive shopping.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 18 Sept. 2006
Thus little more than a month before the convention was due to assemble in Philadelphia, James Madison fashioned a powerful and comprehensive analysis of the problems of federalism and republicanism.
—Jack N. Rakove, Original Meanings, 1996
Thanks to some pioneering studies, and an increasing body of editions, translations, and detailed analyses, we now have a good general picture of the spiritual culture of late-medieval women on the Continent, especially in the Low Countries and Germany.
—Nicholas Watsons, Speculum, July 1993
a scientific analysis of the data
make a chemical analysis of the soil
a detailed analysis of the bone structure of horses
performing chemical analysis of the soil
The newspaper printed an analysis of each candidate’s positions.
That’s not a bad analysis of the situation.
It’s a problem that requires careful analysis.
He has been in analysis for many years.
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Burning that oil would also produce tens of millions of tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions, the analysis found.
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Burning that oil would increase planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions by tens of millions of tons, the analysis found.
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The nonprofit first sued the Forest Service in 2003 for failing to conduct the appropriate environmental analyses to use aerial retardant; a federal court ruled the agency must do so.
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Burning that oil would increase planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions by tens of millions of tons, the analysis found.
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Burning that oil would increase planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions by tens of millions of tons, the analysis found.
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This analysis comes from the Journal’s Heard on the Street team.
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And during the same time frame, a Courier Journal analysis found that on average, third graders at just 22 of 90 JCPS elementary schools scored at or above the national average for reading.
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Other forms: analyses
Use the noun analysis to refer to the way you understand something by looking at it in different ways and studying its different parts.
Analysis is a noun that is used in many ways and by many fields. It makes sense, since it is «a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its essential features and their relations,» which means everyone does it at some point. In fact, every time you solve a problem you use analysis. Analysis is also shorthand for psychoanalysis, used for understanding psychological and mental processes.
Definitions of analysis
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noun
the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
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an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
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anatomy
a detailed analysis
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case study
a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view
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chemical analysis, qualitative analysis
the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements
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cost analysis
breaking down the costs of some operation and reporting on each factor separately
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dissection
detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work)
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fundamental analysis, fundamentals analysis
(stock exchange) the use of fundamentals as an investment strategy
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technical analysis, technical analysis of stock trends
(stock exchange) analysis of past price changes in the hope of forecasting future price changes
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uranalysis, urinalysis
(medicine) the chemical analysis of urine (for medical diagnosis)
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scatology
(medicine) the chemical analysis of excrement (for medical diagnosis or for paleontological purposes)
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polarography
an electrochemical method of chemical analysis
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quantitative analysis, quantitative chemical analysis
chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance
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spectrographic analysis, spectrometry, spectroscopic analysis, spectroscopy, spectrum analysis
the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
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dialysis
separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes
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dating, geological dating
use of chemical analysis to estimate the age of geological specimens
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thermogravimetry
the measurement of changes in weight as a function of changes in temperature used as a technique of chemically analyzing substances
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investigating, investigation
the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
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a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
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a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
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a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
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the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride’ instead of `the bride’s father’
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a·nal·y·sis
(ə-năl′ĭ-sĭs)
n. pl. a·nal·y·ses (-sēz′)
1.
a. The separation of an intellectual or material whole into its constituent parts for individual study.
b. The study of such constituent parts and their interrelationships in making up a whole.
c. A spoken or written presentation of such study: published an analysis of poetic meter.
2. Chemistry
a. The separation of a substance into its constituent elements to determine either their nature (qualitative analysis) or their proportions (quantitative analysis).
b. The stated findings of such a separation or determination.
3. Mathematics
a. A branch of mathematics principally involving differential and integral calculus, sequences, and series and concerned with limits and convergence.
b. The method of proof in which a known truth is sought as a consequence of a series of deductions from that which is the thing to be proved.
4. Linguistics The use of function words such as prepositions, pronouns, or auxiliary verbs instead of inflectional endings to express a grammatical relationship; for example, the cover of the dictionary instead of the dictionary’s cover.
5. Psychoanalysis.
6. Systems analysis.
[Medieval Latin, from Greek analusis, a dissolving, from analūein, to undo : ana-, throughout; see ana- + lūein, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]
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analysis
(əˈnælɪsɪs)
n, pl -ses (-ˌsiːz)
1. the division of a physical or abstract whole into its constituent parts to examine or determine their relationship or value. Compare synthesis1
2. a statement of the results of this
4. (Chemistry) chem
a. the decomposition of a substance into its elements, radicals, or other constituents in order to determine the kinds of constituents present (qualitative analysis) or the amount of each constituent (quantitative analysis)
b. the result obtained by such a determination
5. (Linguistics) linguistics the use of word order together with word function to express syntactic relations in a language, as opposed to the use of inflections. Compare synthesis4
6. (Mathematics) maths the branch of mathematics principally concerned with the properties of functions, largely arising out of calculus
7. (Philosophy) philosophy (in the writings of Kant) the separation of a concept from another that contains it. Compare synthesis6a
8. in the last analysis in the final analysis in the ultimate analysis after everything has been given due consideration
[C16: from New Latin, from Greek analusis, literally: a dissolving, from analuein, from ana- + luein to loosen]
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a•nal•y•sis
(əˈnæl ə sɪs)
n., pl. -ses (-ˌsiz)
1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its essential features and their relations.
3. a presentation, usu. in writing, of the results of this process.
4.
a. an investigation based on the properties of numbers.
b. the discussion of a problem by algebra, as opposed to geometry.
c. the branch of mathematics consisting of calculus and its higher developments.
5.
a. intentionally produced decomposition or separation of materials into their ingredients or elements, as to find their kind or quantity.
b. the ascertainment of the kind or amount of one or more of the constituents of materials.
[1575–85; < New Latin < Greek, =analy(ein) to loosen up (ana- ana- + lyein to loosen) + -sis -sis]
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a·nal·y·sis
(ə-năl′ĭ-sĭs)
Plural analyses (ə-năl′ĭ-sēz′)
The separation of a substance into its parts, usually by chemical means, for the study and identification of each component. ♦ Qualitative analysis determines what substances are present in a compound. ♦ Quantitative analysis determines how much of each substance is present in a compound.
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analysis
In intelligence usage, a step in the processing phase of the intelligence cycle in which information is subjected to review in order to identify significant facts for subsequent interpretation. See also intelligence cycle.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
analysis
the process of separating a whole into its parts to discover their function, relationship, etc. See also logic; psychology.
See also: Thinking
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| Noun | 1. |  analysis — an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
investigating, investigation — the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically anatomy — a detailed analysis; «he studied the anatomy of crimes» case study — a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view chemical analysis, qualitative analysis — the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements cost analysis — breaking down the costs of some operation and reporting on each factor separately dissection — detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work) fundamental analysis, fundamentals analysis — (stock exchange) the use of fundamentals as an investment strategy technical analysis, technical analysis of stock trends — (stock exchange) analysis of past price changes in the hope of forecasting future price changes |
| 2. |  analysis — the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
analytic thinking abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning — thinking that is coherent and logical partitioning, breakdown — an analysis into mutually exclusive categories cost-benefit analysis — an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs dissection — a minute and critical analysis reasoning by elimination, elimination — analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives reductionism — the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents systems analysis — analysis of all aspects of a project along with ways to collect information about the operation of its parts trend analysis — analysis of changes over time synthetic thinking, synthesis — the combination of ideas into a complex whole |
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| 3. | analysis — a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
literary criticism, criticism — a written evaluation of a work of literature |
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| 4. | analysis — the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride’ instead of `the bride’s father’
expressive style, style — a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; «all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper» |
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| 5. |  analysis — a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
math, mathematics, maths — a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement infinitesimal calculus, calculus — the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions Fourier analysis, harmonic analysis — analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components |
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| 6. |  analysis — a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; «his physician recommended psychoanalysis»
depth psychology, psychoanalysis abreaction, catharsis, katharsis — (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions psychotherapy — the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means hypnoanalysis — the use of hypnosis in conjunction with psychoanalysis anal personality, anal retentive personality — (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training) genital personality — (psychoanalysis) the mature personality which is not dominated by infantile pleasure drives oral personality — (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive and ambitious selfishness; formed in early childhood by fixation during the oral stage of development ego — (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind superego — (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience id — (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity introjection — (psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle — (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality reality principle — (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to it introject — (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent’s voice internalized ego ideal — (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives imago — (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood condensation — (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams transference — (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst latent content — (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream complex — (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person’s behavior libido — (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire penis envy — (psychoanalysis) a female’s presumed envy of the male’s penis; said to explain femininity death instinct, death wish, Thanatos — (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die libidinal energy — (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido cathexis, charge — (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; «Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge» acathexis — (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual psychosexual development — (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage anaclisis — (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure castration anxiety — (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women anal phase, anal stage — (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child’s development during which bowel control is learned genital phase, genital stage — (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person’s development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity latency period, latency phase, latency stage — (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities oral phase, oral stage — (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant’s development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting phallic phase, phallic stage — (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child’s development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure abreact — discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization anal retentive, anal — a stage in psychosexual development when the child’s interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. oral — a stage in psychosexual development when the child’s interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression |
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analysis
noun
2. examination, test, division, inquiry, investigation, resolution, interpretation, breakdown, scanning, separation, evaluation, scrutiny, sifting, anatomy, dissolution, dissection, assay, perusal, anatomization They collect blood samples for analysis at the laboratory.
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analysis
noun
1. The separation of a whole into its parts for study:
2. A close or systematic study:
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Translations
تحليلتـَحْليلتَحْلِيلتحليل رياضيتحليل مختبري
anàlisi
analýzarozborpsychoanalýza
analysepsykoanalyse
analitikoanalizo
analüüs
analyysi
analiza
analíziselemzés
greiningsálgreining
分析分析判断解析解析学
분석
analitikasanalitinisanalizėpsichoanalitikaspsichoanalizė
analīzepsihoanalīze
analýzarozbor
analizapresoja
analys
การวิเคราะห์
quá trình phân tích
analysis
[əˈnælɪsɪs] N (analyses (pl)) [əˈnælisiːz]
1. (= study) → análisis m inv
in the final or last or ultimate analysis → a fin de cuentas
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analysis
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
analysis
[əˈnæləsɪs] n (analyses (pl)) [əˈnælɪsiːz] → analisi f inv (Psych) → (psic)analisi f inv
in the last analysis → in ultima analisi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
analysis
(əˈnӕləsis) – plural aˈnalyses (-siːz) – noun
1. (a) detailed examination of something (a sentence, a chemical compound etc) especially by breaking it up into the parts of which it is made up. The chemist is making an analysis of the poison; close analysis of the situation.
2. (especially American) psycho-analysis. He is undergoing analysis for his emotional problems.
analyse (ˈӕnəlaiz) , (American) analyze verb
to examine the nature of (something) especially by breaking up (a whole) into parts. The doctor analysed the blood sample.
analyst (ˈӕnəlist) noun
1. a person who analyses. a chemical analyst.
2. (especially American) a psychiatrist.
analytical (ӕnəˈlitikl) adjective
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
analysis
→ تـَحْليل analýza analyse Analyse ανάλυση análisis analyysi analyse analiza analisi 分析 분석 analyse analyse analiza análise анализ analys การวิเคราะห์ çözümleme quá trình phân tích 分析
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a·nal·y·sis
n. análisis, prueba;
accumulation ___ → ___ de acumulación;
amino acid ___ → ___ de aminoácido;
bite ___ → ___ de la mordida;
breath ___ → ___ del aliento;
cephalometric ___ → ___ cefalométrico;
character ___ → ___ del carácter;
cost ___ → ___ de costos;
data ___ → ___ de datos;
dream ___ → ___ de los sueños;
gastric ___ → ___ gástrico;
hair ___ → ___ del pelo;
qualitative ___ → ___ cualitativo;
quantitative ___ → ___ cuantitativo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
analysis
n (pl -ses) análisis m; (psych, fam) psicoanálisis m, análisis m (fam); semen — análisis de semen
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noun, plural a·nal·y·ses [uh—nal—uh-seez]. /əˈnæl əˌsiz/.
the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its essential features and their relations: the grammatical analysis of a sentence.
a presentation, usually in writing, of the results of this process: The paper published an analysis of the political situation.
a philosophical method of exhibiting complex concepts or propositions as compounds or functions of more basic ones.
Mathematics.
- an investigation based on the properties of numbers.
- the discussion of a problem by algebra, as opposed to geometry.
- the branch of mathematics consisting of calculus and its higher developments.
- a system of calculation, as combinatorial analysis or vector analysis.
- a method of proving a proposition by assuming the result and working backward to something that is known to be true.Compare synthesis (def. 4).
Chemistry.
- intentionally produced decomposition or separation of materials into their ingredients or elements, as to find their kind or quantity.
- the ascertainment of the kind or amount of one or more of the constituents of materials, whether obtained in separate form or not.Compare qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis.
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Origin of analysis
First recorded in 1575–85; from New Latin, from Greek, equivalent to analȳ́(ein) “to loosen up” (ana- “up, against, back” + lȳ́ein “to loosen”) + -sis noun suffix; see ana-, -sis
OTHER WORDS FROM analysis
mis·a·nal·y·sis, noun, plural mis·a·nal·y·ses.o·ver·a·nal·y·sis, noun, plural o·ver·a·nal·y·ses.re·a·nal·y·sis, noun, plural re·a·nal·y·ses.
Words nearby analysis
anal stage, anal vein, analysand, analyse, analyses, analysis, analysis of variance, analysis situs, analyst, analyt., analytic
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Words related to analysis
inquiry, investigation, reasoning, scrutiny, search, study, test, evaluation, finding, interpretation, judgment, opinion, report, summary, assay, breakdown, dissection, dissolution, division, partition
How to use analysis in a sentence
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Sediment analyses suggest ancient people reached the lake during a dry stretch when the region’s rivers and lakes were shrinking.
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The robot lives inside the silo and dives into its contents when it’s time to offer analysis.
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That rate charged is unusually high for a rental home in the area, according to an analysis of local real estate listings.
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O’Brien, appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Sunday, offered a starkly different public analysis than the one he had shared privately with the president just days earlier.
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For this analysis, we’ll study the ten highest-market-cap tech companies in the Nasdaq 100.
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Analysis of the 2014 vote showed that Democrats had been hurt by an abrupt drop in Latino turnout.
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Once successfully in, I can see my Hash 160 and Taint Analysis, among other things.
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Jeff Stier is Director of the Risk Analysis Division, of the National Center for Public Policy Research.
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“How the Faithful Voted: 2012 Preliminary Analysis,” at the Pew Forum.
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«It could be anything,» said Costin Raiu, director of Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team.
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Analysis and practice in preparation are the steps over which we must climb to the platform of power.
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Recollective Analysis, or Analysis for the purpose of helping to learn by heart, is not an originating or manufacturing process.
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It is either thoughtless repetition, or thoughtful Analysis that he must use.
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At all events, let him if possible learn each of the three Groups by his own Analysis, looking at my work afterwards.
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Now the practice of Interrogative Analysis compels such persons to interrogate—to propose questions—to think.
British Dictionary definitions for analysis
noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)
the division of a physical or abstract whole into its constituent parts to examine or determine their relationship or valueCompare synthesis (def. 1)
a statement of the results of this
chem
- the decomposition of a substance into its elements, radicals, or other constituents in order to determine the kinds of constituents present (qualitative analysis) or the amount of each constituent (quantitative analysis)
- the result obtained by such a determination
linguistics the use of word order together with word function to express syntactic relations in a language, as opposed to the use of inflectionsCompare synthesis (def. 4)
maths the branch of mathematics principally concerned with the properties of functions, largely arising out of calculus
philosophy (in the writings of Kant) the separation of a concept from another that contains itCompare synthesis (def. 6a)
in the last analysis, in the final analysis or in the ultimate analysis after everything has been given due consideration
Word Origin for analysis
C16: from New Latin, from Greek analusis, literally: a dissolving, from analuein, from ana- + luein to loosen
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Scientific definitions for analysis
The separation of a substance into its constituent elements, usually by chemical means, for the study and identification of each component.♦ Qualitative analysis determines what substances are present in a compound.♦ Quantitative analysis determines how much of each substance is present in a compound.
A branch of mathematics concerned with limits and convergence and principally involving differential calculus, integral calculus, sequences, and series.
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- noun The separation of an intellectual or material whole into its constituent parts for individual study.
- noun The study of such constituent parts and their interrelationships in making up a whole.
- noun A spoken or written presentation of such study.
- noun The separation of a substance into its constituent elements to determine either their nature (qualitative analysis) or their proportions (quantitative analysis).
- noun The stated findings of such a separation or determination.
- noun A branch of mathematics principally involving differential and integral calculus, sequences, and series and concerned with limits and convergence.
- noun The method of proof in which a known truth is sought as a consequence of a series of deductions from that which is the thing to be proved.
- noun Linguistics The use of function words such as prepositions, pronouns, or auxiliary verbs instead of inflectional endings to express a grammatical relationship; for example, the cover of the dictionary instead of the dictionary’s cover.
- noun Psychoanalysis.
- noun Systems analysis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cricket, an itemized record of the play of the bowler, intended to show particularly the number of runs scored by him and the number of wickets obtained.
- noun In chem., intentionally produced decomposition: often applied to the ascertainment of the composition of a substance, whether the constituents are actually obtained in separate form or not.
- noun The resolution or separation of anything which is compound, as a conception, a sentence, a material substance, or an event, into its constituent elements or into its causes; decomposition.
- noun The regressive scientific method of discovery; research into causes; induction.
- noun In mathematics: Originally, and still frequently, a regressive method, said to have been invented by Plato, which first assumes the conclusion and gradually leads back to the premises.
- noun Algebraical reasoning, in which unknown quantities are operated upon in order to find their values.
- noun The treatment of problems by a consideration of infinitesimals, or something equivalent, especially by the differential calculus (including the integral calculus, the calculus of variations, etc.): often called infinitesimal analysis. This is the common meaning of the word in modern times.
- noun Hence — The discussion of a problem by means of algebra (in the sense of a system of symbols with rules of transformation), in opposition to a geometrical discussion of it, that is, a discussion resting directly upon the imagination of space: thus, analytical geometry is the treatment of geometrical problems by analysis.
- noun A syllabus or synopsis of the contents of a book or discourse, or of the principles of a science.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.
- noun (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.
- noun (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
- noun (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.
- noun A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
- noun A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.
- noun (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key.
- noun (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable, of a thing, theory A process of dismantling or separating into constituent elements in order to study the nature, function, or meaning.
- noun countable The result of such a process.
- noun uncountable, mathematics The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
- noun countable, logic Proof by deduction from known truths.
- noun countable, chemistry The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
- noun countable, psychology Psychoanalysis.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
- noun a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
- noun the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride’ instead of `the bride’s father’
- noun a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
- noun a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
- noun the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Medieval Latin, from Greek analusis, a dissolving, from analūein, to undo : ana-, throughout; see ana– + lūein, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]
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From Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (analusis), from ἀναλύω (analuō, «I unravel, investigate»), from ἀνά (ana, «on, up») + λύω (luō, «I loosen»).
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Understanding conceptions of analysis is not simply a matter of attending to the use of the word ˜analysis™ and its cognates ” or obvious equivalents in languages other than English, such as ˜analusis™ in Greek or
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You can see the change in a Google Trends chart of web searches and news references for the term analysis of the #OWS Twitter hashtag thanks to my colleague Dan Fletcher shows a rise over the past month, spiking ahead of the Zuccotti police action.
BusinessWeek.com — Top News
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Cost benefit analysis is code for cheaper when dead. nt
The Left’s Distraction on Health Care — Erick’s blog — RedState
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Even so, the medical conclusions have been supported by forensic experts (see Asia Times Online, Berg beheading: No way, say medical experts, and at crimelibrary. com, Bloodstain analysis from the video of Nick Berg’s murder).
Unreliable beheadings
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Even so, the medical conclusions have been supported by forensic experts (see Asia Times Online, Berg beheading: No way, say medical experts, and at crimelibrary. com, Bloodstain analysis from the video of Nick Berg’s murder).
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That is essentially analytical: the breaking down of the whole into its component parts. “… the word analysis itself… comes from a Greek root meaning subdivide” Wildavsky, 1979:8.33 It is analysis, therefore, that is the basis for strategic planning.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning
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That is essentially analytical: the breaking down of the whole into its component parts. “… the word analysis itself… comes from a Greek root meaning subdivide” Wildavsky, 1979:8.33 It is analysis, therefore, that is the basis for strategic planning.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning
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= — It is not in the above sense, however, that the term analysis is to be applied in the learning process.
Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education
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MSNBC (shameless as they are) get embarrassed by continuing to trot out Chris Tingles up my leg Matthews to offer up political analysisand believe me, I use the term analysis very loosely in this sense.
WN.com — Articles related to Gov’t drops privatization for long-term lease
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At what point does MSNBC (shameless as they are) get embarrassed by continuing to trot out Chris Tingles up my leg Matthews to offer up political analysisand believe me, I use the term analysis very loosely in this sense.
WN.com — Articles related to Gov’t drops privatization for long-term lease
Princeton’s WordNetRate this definition:3.6 / 26 votes
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analysisnoun
an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
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analysis, analytic thinkingnoun
the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
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analysisnoun
a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
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analysisnoun
the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride’ instead of `the bride’s father’
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analysisnoun
a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
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psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychologynoun
a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
«his physician recommended psychoanalysis»
WiktionaryRate this definition:3.9 / 8 votes
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analysisnoun
A process of dismantling or separating into constituent elements in order to study the nature, function, or meaning.
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analysisnoun
The result of such a process.
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analysisnoun
The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
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analysisnoun
Proof by deduction from known truths.
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analysisnoun
The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
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analysisnoun
Psychoanalysis.
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Etymology: From analysis, from ἀνάλυσις, from ἀναλύω, from ἀνά + λύω.
Samuel Johnson’s DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes
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Analysisnoun
Etymology: ἀνάλυσις.
1. A separation of a compound body into the several parts of which it consists.
There is an account of dew falling, in some places, in the form of butter, or grease, which grows extremely fetid; so that the analysis of the dew of any place, may, perhaps, be the best method of finding such contents of the soil as are within the reach of the sun.
Arbuthnot.2. A consideration of any thing in parts, so as that one particular is first considered, then another.
Analysis consists in making experiments and observations, and in drawing general conclusions from them by induction, and admitting of no objections against the conclusions, but such as are taken from experiments, or other certain truths.
Isaac Newton, Opticks.3. A solution of any thing, whether corporeal or mental, to its first elements; as, of a sentence to the single words; of a compound word, to the particles and words which form it; of a tune, to single notes; of an argument, to simple propositions.
We cannot know any thing of nature, but by an analysis of its true initial causes; till we know the first springs of natural motions, we are still but ignorants.
Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientif.
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Analysis
Analysis (PL: analyses) is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle (384–322 B.C.), though analysis as a formal concept is a relatively recent development.The word comes from the Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (analysis, «a breaking-up» or «an untying;» from ana- «up, throughout» and lysis «a loosening»). From it also comes the word’s plural, analyses.
As a formal concept, the method has variously been ascribed to Alhazen, René Descartes (Discourse on the Method), and Galileo Galilei. It has also been ascribed to Isaac Newton, in the form of a practical method of physical discovery (which he did not name).
The converse of analysis is synthesis: putting the pieces back together again in new or different whole.
Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote
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Analysisnoun
a resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis
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Analysisnoun
the separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis
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Analysisnoun
the tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles
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Analysisnoun
the resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations
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Analysisnoun
a syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order
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Analysisnoun
a brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis
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Analysisnoun
the process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key
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Etymology: [Gr. , fr. to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; up + to loose. See Loose.]
FreebaseRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote
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Analysis
Analysis is a peer-reviewed academic journal of philosophy established in 1933 that is published quarterly by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Analysis Trust. Prior to January 2009, the journal was published by Blackwell Publishing. Electronic access to this journal is available via JSTOR, Wiley InterScience, and Oxford Journals. The journal publishes short, concise articles in virtually any field of the analytic tradition.
Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes
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Analysis
an-al′is-is, n. a resolving or separating a thing into its elements or component parts—the tracing of things to their source, and so discovering the general principles underlying individual phenomena. Its converse is synthesis, the explanation of certain phenomena by means of principles which are for this purpose assumed as established. Analysis as the resolution of our experience into its original elements, is an artificial separation; while synthesis is an artificial reconstruction: (gram.) the arrangement into its logical and grammatical elements of a sentence or part of a sentence:—pl. Anal′yses.—adj. Analys′able.—n. Analysā′tion.—v.t. An′alyse, to resolve a whole into its elements: to separate into component parts.—n. An′alyst, one skilled in analysis, esp. chemical analysis.—adjs. Analyt′ic, -al, pertaining to analysis: resolving into first principles.—adv. Analyt′ically.—n.pl. Analyt′ics, the name given by Aristotle to his treatises on logic.—Analytical geometry, geometry treated by means of ordinary algebra, with a reference, direct or indirect, to a system of co-ordinates; Analytic method (logic) proceeds regressively or inductively to the recognition of general principles, as opposed to the Synthetic method, which advances from principles to particulars. [Gr. analysis, analy-ein, to unloose, ana, up, ly-ein, to loose.]
The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote
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Analysis
The determination of the elements of a case. It may be chemical, and consist in finding what a substance consists of; it may be mathematical, and consist in determining the unknown quantities in a problem; or it may belong to other branches of science. The term has a very extended application. Where the constituents are only determined in kind it is called qualitative analysis; where their quantity or percentage is ascertained it is called quantitative analysis.
Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes
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analysis
The resolution of anything into its constituent parts:
mathematically, it is the method of resolving problems by reducing them
to equations.—Analysis of curves is that which shows their
properties, points of inflection, station, variation, &c.—Analysis of
finite quantities is termed specious arithmetic or algebra.—Analysis
of infinites is a modern introduction, and used for fluxions or the
differential calculus.—Analysis of powers is the evolution or
resolving them into their roots.—Analysis of metals, fluids, solids,
earths, manures, &c.
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analysis
A detailed review of data or information to provide proof of cause, effect or fact.
They used analysis to determine the future goals of the business.
Submitted by MaryC on January 15, 2020
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Examples of analysis in a Sentence
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Mickey Mehta:
Intellectuals understand life through analysis (breaking it down to small parts), whereas intelligent ones understand through synthesis (putting the parts together). Meaning always arises out of a whole, whereas through parts, one’s understanding gets fragmented, confused. Let your perspective maximize, MickeyMize.
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William Burns:
[O]ur job is not to bend intelligence to suit political party or policy preferences or agendas. It is to deliver the best intelligence that we can gather, the best analysis that we can put together, with honesty and integrity, our job is to tell policymakers what they need to hear, not what they want to hear.
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State Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno:
We first did an analysis in terms of restructuring management at Pertamina and we will try to do the same thing for other SOEs in the future, how big or small the changes are will depend on the activities of the SOEs themselves.
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Matthew Knight:
We have never seen anything like’ Oumuamua in our solar system. It’s really a mystery still, but our preference is to stick with analogs we know, unless or until we find something unique. The alien spacecraft hypothesis is a fun idea, but our analysis suggests there is a whole host of natural phenomena that could explain it.
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Mark King:
Sometimes we’re organizing around, ‘this person is less bad than that person,’ and that’s not good. With you we can organize around your record, your progressive values and your fact based analysis.
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- تحليل رياضي, تحليل مختبري, تحليلArabic
- разлагане, анализBulgarian
- বিশ্লেষণBengali
- anàlisiCatalan, Valencian
- analýza, rozborCzech
- analyseDanish
- Analyse, AnalysisGerman
- ανάλυσηGreek
- analizo, analitikoEsperanto
- análisisSpanish
- analüüsEstonian
- تحلیل و بررسیPersian
- analyysi, tarkastelu, tutkiminenFinnish
- analyseFrench
- anailísIrish
- mion-rannsachadhScottish Gaelic
- análiseGalician
- bun-ronsagheyManx
- ניתוחHebrew
- विHindi
- analízisHungarian
- analisisIndonesian
- greining, stærðfræðileg greining, stærðfræðigreiningIcelandic
- analisiItalian
- אָנָלִיזָהHebrew
- 解析学, 解析, 分析判断, 分析Japanese
- 分析, 분석Korean
- تاوتوێکاری, شیکاریKurdish
- analysisLatin
- analizėLithuanian
- ontleding, analyseDutch
- analyseNorwegian
- analizaPolish
- análisePortuguese
- analizăRomanian
- анализ, разбор, разложение, исследованиеRussian
- analizaSerbo-Croatian
- analysSwedish
- பகுப்பாய்வுTamil
- విశ్లేషణTelugu
- การวิเคราะห์Thai
- tahlil, analizTurkish
- аналізUkrainian
- تجزیہUrdu
- phân tíchVietnamese
- אַנאַליסיסYiddish
- 分析Chinese
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There are two major classes of analyses for this alternation.
Of course the two analyses differ in one major point.
Although many different accounts of clitic climbing have been offered, certain broad questions distinguish classes of analyses.
Two analyses have been proposed for such situations.
Thirdly, most of the analyses being considered here seem to share a common problem, namely the problem of overgeneration.
Scholars differ, however, on the question of which institutions to include in their analyses.
One baby was born in the ambulance and in subsequent analyses was included with the hospital births.
We used chi-square analyses to assess group differences in race, education, and religious affiliation.
Therefore, the test results at the middle level of difficulty have not been included in the following analyses.
Fish that did not survive the 6-week period under summer conditions were omitted from all analyses involving physical condition.
Table 2 shows the results of these grouped analyses for the 3 geohelminth species.
Table 3 shows the results of the grouped analyses for the malaria species data.
Current analyses did, however, show similar scoring by diag nosis category.
Because analyses concerned parasite communities, only infected hosts were included.
The study sponsor did not have a role in the study desig n, data collection and analyses, or manuscr ipt preparation.
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