From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Psychology, psychiatry, Nurses, doctors, etcanalysisa‧nal‧y‧sis /əˈnælɪsɪs/ ●●○S3W3AWL noun (plural analyses /-siːz/)1[countable, uncountable]a)EXAMINEa carefulexamination of something in order to understand it betteranalysis of
a detailed analysis of the week’s news
Further analysis of the data is needed.do/carry out/conduct an analysis
They were doing some type of statistical analysis.b)the way in which someone describes a situation or problem, and says what causes it to happenanalysis of
Do you agree with Marx’s analysis of the failure of free-market capitalism?2[countable, uncountable]EXAMINEa careful examination of a substance to see what it is made ofanalysis of
analysis of genetic materialfor analysis
Blood samples were sent for analysis.
You’ll get the results when the analysis is complete.3[uncountable]MP a process in which a doctor makes someone talk about their past experiences, relationships etc in order to help them with mental or emotional problemsSYN psychoanalysis, → therapy
She’s been in analysis for three years.4 →in the final/last analysisCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + analysisa detailed/in-depth analysisa detailed analysis of the firm’s earningsan in-depth analysis (=detailed analysis)an in-depth analysis of global warminga careful/close analysisStudents learn to make a close analysis of the texts.a brief analysisLet’s start with a brief analysis of the situation.statistical analysis (=using statistics)Their research was based on statistical analysis.a critical analysis (=that makes judgements about how good or bad something is)Write a critical analysis of the following poem.economic/political/scientific etc analysisHis book provided a scientific analysis of human behaviour.data analysisthe use of databases for data analysisverbsbe based on an analysis of somethingThis work has been based entirely on an analysis of large mammals.do/carry out/perform/conduct an analysisNo similar analysis has been done in this country.provide/produce an analysisThe report provided an analysis of the problems we need to address.an analysis shows somethingDNA analysis shows that the blood and the saliva come from the same person.an analysis suggests/indicates somethingOur analysis suggests that these problems are widespread.Examples from the Corpusanalysis• A more accurateanalysis of ulcerrecurrence can be derived using lifetable analysis.• Bringing these out in the open and subjecting them to scrutiny and analysis will yieldfruitful results.• The article provides a detailedanalysis of variousresearchdesigns.• Just sitting down together as a family to draft an agreement can encourageanalysis and co-operation.• In the finalanalysis, it is the better organizedparty that will probably win.• In 1984 primiparous women over 35 were too few for analysis.• This type of analysis is helpful to agencycreative people, but has practicallimitations.• Our analysis shows that proposedcost for the new highway is unrealistic.• Phonological analysis also interacts with syntactic and semantic analysis.• In terms of the analysis of the previoussection, the imperfectindustryshares become free to vary.• Such an inquiry could have produced serious questions and a thoroughanalysis regarding the precepts of Centralism that underlay the entirescheme.statistical analysis• In fact this seems to be the criticalvariable, and statistical analysis of signmeasuresprovessignificant.• The research is conducted by statistical analysis of secondary data on client companies and on marketprices.• The democraticprinciple is one person one vote, as is the principle of statistical analysis.• As far as we know, no other statistical analysissimulationsoftware has even pro-posed doing this.• Simplestatistical analysis of the spreadsheets resulted in totals and percentages of responses to each question for each practice.• This paperbackoriginal is the first publication, with Blackwell Scientific doing a more technicalstatistical analysis at the same time.• Comparing many countries is susceptible to statistical analysis, which helps eliminatepossiblesources of selectionbias and spuriousness.• Fortunately, our customer was running the same problem on a traditionalstatistical analysisprogram.From Longman Business Dictionaryanalysisa‧nal‧y‧sis /əˈnælɪsɪs/ noun (plural analyses /-siːz/) [countable, uncountable]1a careful examination of something in order to understand it betterThe researchers carried out a detailed analysis of recent trends in share prices.different methods of statistical analysis →break-even analysis →cluster analysis →competitive analysis →cost-benefit analysis →credit analysis →critical path analysis →economic analysis →factor analysis →financial analysis →gap analysis →industry analysis →job analysis →lifecycle analysis →Pareto analysis →PEST analysis →ratio analysis →regression analysis →risk analysis →sales analysis →sensitivity analysis →step analysis →strategic analysis →structural analysis →technical analysis →training needs analysis2someone’s opinion about a situation, after examining it and thinking about it carefullyMany other economists agree with his analysis.What’s your analysis of the situation? → see alsocertificate of analysisOriginanalysis(1500-1600)Modern LatinGreek, from analyein“to break up”
