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Analysis (from Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 ?????s??, "a breaking up") is the process of breaking a complex topic
Complexity

In general usage, complexity tends to be used to characterize something with many parts in intricate arrangement. In science there are at this time a number of approaches to characterizing complexity, many of which are reflected in this article....
 or substance into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics
Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
 and logic
Logic

Logic is the study of the principles of valid demonstration and inference. Logic is a branch of philosophy, a part of the classical Trivium . The word derives from Greek language ?????? , fem....
 since before Aristotle
Aristotle

Aristotle was a Greeks philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, Poetics , theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology....
, though analysis as a formal concept is a relatively recent development.

As a formal concept, the method has variously been ascribed to Ibn al-Haytham, René Descartes
René Descartes

Ren? Descartes , , also known as Renatus Cartesius , was a French philosophy, mathematician, scientist, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic....
 (Discourse on the Method) and Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was a Grand Duchy of Tuscany physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution....
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Analysis (from Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 ?????s??, "a breaking up") is the process of breaking a complex topic
Complexity

In general usage, complexity tends to be used to characterize something with many parts in intricate arrangement. In science there are at this time a number of approaches to characterizing complexity, many of which are reflected in this article....
 or substance into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics
Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, space, change, and related topics of pattern and form. Mathematicians seek out patterns whether found in numbers, space, natural science, computers, imaginary abstractions, or elsewhere....
 and logic
Logic

Logic is the study of the principles of valid demonstration and inference. Logic is a branch of philosophy, a part of the classical Trivium . The word derives from Greek language ?????? , fem....
 since before Aristotle
Aristotle

Aristotle was a Greeks philosopher, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. He wrote on many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, Poetics , theater, music, logic, rhetoric, politics, government, ethics, biology and zoology....
, though analysis as a formal concept is a relatively recent development.

As a formal concept, the method has variously been ascribed to Ibn al-Haytham, René Descartes
René Descartes

Ren? Descartes , , also known as Renatus Cartesius , was a French philosophy, mathematician, scientist, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Dutch Republic....
 (Discourse on the Method) and Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei was a Grand Duchy of Tuscany physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution....
. It has also been ascribed to Isaac Newton, in the form of a practical method of physical discovery (which he did not name or formally describe).

Use in specific fields


Chemistry

The field of chemistry
Chemistry

Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions....
 uses analysis to break down chemical processes
Chemical process

In a "Process " sense, a chemical process is a method or means of somehow changing one or more chemicals or chemical compounds. Such a chemical process can occur by itself or be caused by somebody....
 and examine chemical reactions
Chemical reaction

A chemical reaction is a process that always results in the interconversion of chemical substances. The substance or substances initially involved in a chemical reaction are called reactants....
 between elements
Chemical element

A chemical element is a type of atom that is distinguished by its atomic number; that is, by the number of protons in its atomic nucleus. The term is also used to refer to a pure chemical Chemical substance composed of atoms with the same number of protons....
 of matter. For example, analysis of the concentration of elements is important in managing a nuclear reactor
Nuclear reactor

A nuclear reactor is a device in which nuclear chain reactions are initiated, controlled, and sustained at a steady rate, as opposed to a nuclear bomb, in which the chain reaction occurs in a fraction of a second and is uncontrolled causing an explosion....
, so nuclear scientists will analyze neutron activation
Neutron activation analysis

Neutron Activation Analysis is a nuclear reaction process used for determining certain concentrations of chemical element in a vast amount of materials....
 to develop discrete measurements within vast samples. A matrix
Matrix (chemical analysis)

In chemical analysis, matrix refers to the components of a sample other than the analyte. The matrix can have a considerable effect on the way the analysis is conducted and the quality of the results obtained; such effects are called matrix effects....
 can have a considerable effect on the way a chemical analysis is conducted and the quality of its results. Analysis can be done manually or with a device
Analyser

An analyser, American and British English spelling differences#-yse / -yze analyzer, is a device that analyses given data. It examines in detail the structure of the given data and tries to find patterns and relationships between parts of the data....
. Chemical analysis is an important element of national security
National security

The late political scientist Hans Morgenthau, author of Politics Among Nations, defines national security as the integrity of the national territory and its institutions....
 among the major world powers
Great power

A great power is a nation or state that has the ability to exert its influence on a global scale. Great powers characteristically possess economics, military, diplomacy, and soft power strength, which may cause other, smaller nations to consider the opinions of great powers before taking actions of their own....
 with Materials
Materials MASINT

Materials MASINT is one of the six major disciplines generally accepted to make up the field of Measurement and Signature Intelligence , with due regard that the MASINT subdisciplines may overlap, and MASINT, in turn, is complementary to more traditional intelligence collection and analysis disciplines such as SIGINT and IMINT....
 Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT)
Measurement and Signature Intelligence

Measurement and Signature Intelligence, or MASINT, refers to list of intelligence gathering disciplines activities that bring together disparate elements that do not fit within the definitions of the major disciplines mentioned above....
 capabilities.
Isotopes
Chemists can use isotopes
Isotope

Isotopes are any of the different types of atoms of the same chemical element, each having a different atomic mass . Isotopes of an element have atomic nucleus with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutron....
 to assist analysts with issues in anthropology
Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humans and humanity in its totality. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, and the humanities. In Great Britain it was originally divided into physical anthropology and cultural anthropology, which itself was divided into archaeology, technology, ethnology and sociology ....
, archeology, food chemistry
Food chemistry

Food chemistry is the study of chemical processes and interactions of all biological and non-biological components of foods. The biological substances include such items as meat, poultry, lettuce, beer, and milk as examples....
, forensics
Forensics

Forensic science is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or to a civil action....
, geology
Geology

Geology is the science and study of the solid and liquid matter that constitute the Earth. The field of geology encompasses the study of the composition, structural geology, physical properties, dynamics, and History of the Earth of Earth materials, and the processes by which they are formed, moved, and changed....
, and a host of other questions of physical science
Physical science

Physical science is an encompassing term for the branches of natural science and science that study non-living systems, in contrast to the biology sciences....
. Analysts can diecsrn the origins of natural and man-made isotopes in the study of environmental radioactivity
Environmental radioactivity

Environmental radioactivity is the study of radioactive materials in the human Ecosystem. While some radioisotopes are only found on Earth as a result of human activity, such as Strontium-90 and Technetium-99 , and some isotopes like Potassium-40 are only present due to natural processes, a few isotopes are present as a result of both natu...
.

Computer science

  • Analysis of algorithms
    Analysis of algorithms

    To analyze an algorithm is to determine the amount of resources necessary to execute it. Most algorithms are designed to work with inputs of arbitrary length....
  • Competitive analysis (online algorithm)
    Competitive analysis (online algorithm)

    Competitive analysis is a method invented for analyzing Online algorithm, in which the performance of an online algorithm is compared to the performance of an optimal offline algorithm that can view the sequence of requests in advance....
    , shows how online algorithms perform and demonstrates the power of randomization in algorithms
  • Worst-case execution time, determines the longest time that a piece of software can take to run
  • Program analysis (computer science)
    Program analysis (computer science)

    Computer program analysis is the process of automatically analysing the behavior of computerprograms.Two main approaches in program analysis...
    , the process of automatically analysing the behavior of computer programs
  • Static code analysis
    Static code analysis

    Static code analysis is the Program analysis that is performed without actually executing programs built from that software . In most cases the analysis is performed on some version of the source code and in the other cases some form of the object code....
    , the analysis of computer software that is performed without actually executing programs built from that software
  • Syntax analysis, a process in compilers that recognizes the structure of programming languages, also known as parsing
  • Semantic analysis (computer science), a pass by a compiler that adds semantical information to the parse tree and performs certain checks
  • Lexical analysis
    Lexical analysis

    In computer science, lexical analysis is the process of converting a sequence of characters into a sequence of tokens. Programs performing lexical analysis are called lexical analyzers or lexers....
    , the process of processing an input sequence of characters and producing as output a sequence of symbols
  • Object-oriented analysis and design
    Object-oriented analysis and design

    Object-oriented analysis and design is a software engineering approach that models a system as a group of interacting object s. Each object represents some entity of interest in the system being modeled, and is characterised by its class, its state , and its behavior....
    , ŕ la Booch
  • Structured Systems Analysis and Design Methodology, ŕ la Yourdon


Economics

  • Business analysis
    Business Analysis

    Business Analysis is the set of tasks, knowledge, and techniques required to identify business needs and determine solutions to business problems....
    , involves identifying the needs and determining the solutions to business problems
  • Agroecosystem analysis
    Agroecosystem analysis

    Agroecosystem analysis is a thorough analysis of an agricultural environment which considers aspects from ecology, sociology, economics, and politics with equal weight....
  • Financial analysis
    Financial analysis

    Financial analysis refers to an assessment of the viability, stability and profitability of a business, sub-business or project.It is performed by professionals who prepare reports using ratios that make use of information taken from financial statements and other reports....
    , the analysis of the accounts and the economic prospects of a firm
  • Fundamental analysis
    Fundamental analysis

    Fundamental analysis of a business involves analyzing its financial statements and health, its management and competitive advantages, and its competitors and markets....
    , a stock valuation method that uses financial analysis
  • Input-output model
    Input-output model

    The Input-output model of economics uses a matrix representation of a nation's economy to predict the effect of changes in one industry on others and by consumers, government, and foreign suppliers on the economy....
     if applied to a region, is called Regional Impact Multiplier System
  • Principal components analysis
    Principal components analysis

    Principal component analysis involves a mathematical procedure that transforms a number of possibly correlated variables into a smaller number of uncorrelated variables called principal components....
    , a technique that can be used to simplify a dataset
  • Technical analysis
    Technical analysis

    Technical analysis is a security analysis technique that claims the ability to forecast the future direction of prices through the study of past market data, primarily price and volume....
    , the study of price action in securities markets in order to forecast future prices
  • Price Analysis
    Price Analysis

    Price analysis involves the breakdown of a price to a unit figure. Usually per square metre or square foot of accommodation or per hectare or even square metre of land....
    , involves the breakdown of a price to a unit figure
  • Market analysis
    Market analysis

    A Market analysis is a documented investigation of a Market that is used to inform a firm's planning activities particularly around decision of: inventory, purchase, work force expansion/contraction, facility expansion, purchases of capital equipment, promotional activities, and many other aspects of a company....
    , consists of suppliers and customers, and price is determined by the interaction of supply and demand


Engineering


Intelligence

The field of intelligence
Intelligence (information gathering)

Intelligence is not information, but the product of evaluated information, valued for its currency and relevance rather than its detail or accuracy —in contrast with "data" which typically refers to precision or particular information, or "fact," which typically refers to veracity information....
 employs analysts to break down and understand a wide array of questions. intelligence agencies
Intelligence agency

An intelligence agency is a Government Government agency that is devoted to the information gathering for purposes of national security and Defense ....
 may use heuristics, inductive
Inductive reasoning

Induction or inductive reasoning, sometimes called inductive logic, is reasoning which takes us "beyond the confines of our current evidence or knowledge to conclusions about the unknown." The premises of an inductive logical argument support the conclusion but do not entailment it; i.e....
 and deductive reasoning
Deductive reasoning

Deductive reasoning, sometimes called deductive logic, is reasoning which constructs or evaluates deductive Argument s.In logic, an argument is said to be deductive when the truth of the conclusion is purported to follow necessarily or be a logical consequence of the premises and its corresponding conditional is a necessary truth....
, social network analysis, dynamic network analysis
Dynamic Network Analysis

Dynamic network analysis is an emergent scientific field that brings together traditional social network analysis , link analysis and multi-agent systems ....
, link analysis, and brainstorming
Brainstorming

Brainstorming is a creativity technique designed to generate a large number of ideas for the solution of a problem. The method was first popularized in the late 1930s by Alex Faickney Osborn in a book called Applied Imagination. Osborn proposed that groups could double their creative output with brainstorming....
 to sort through problems they face. Military intelligence
Military intelligence

Military intelligence , is a military service that uses List of intelligence gathering disciplines which informs the commanders' decision making process by providing intelligence analysis of Intelligence from a wide range of sources including forecast environmental changes , and opposing force intentions....
 may explore issues through the use of game theory
Game theory

Game theory is a branch of applied mathematics that is used in the social sciences , biology, engineering, political science, international relations, computer science , and philosophy....
, Red Teaming
Red Team

In military simulation, the opposing force or OPFOR in a simulated military conflict may be referred to as red team and may also engage in Red Team activity, which is used to reveal weaknesses in military readiness....
, and wargaming
Military simulation

Military simulations, also known informally as military exercise, are simulations in which theories of warfare can be tested and refined without the need for actual hostilities....
. Signals intelligence applies cryptanalysis
Cryptanalysis

Cryptanalysis is the study of methods for obtaining the meaning of encrypted information, without access to the secret information which is normally required to do so....
 and frequency analysis
Frequency analysis

In cryptanalysis, frequency analysis is the study of the letter frequencies or groups of letters in a ciphertext. The method is used as an aid to breaking classical ciphers....
 to break codes
Code (cryptography)

In cryptography, a code is a method used to transform a message into an obscured form, preventing those who do not possess special information, or key , required to apply the transform from understanding what is actually transmitted....
 and ciphers
Cipher

In cryptography, a cipher is an algorithm for performing encryption and decryption — a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure....
. Business intelligence
Business intelligence

Business intelligence refers to skills, technologies, applications and practices used to help a business acquire a better understanding of its commercial context....
 applies theories of competitive intelligence analysis
Competitive intelligence

A broad definition of Competitive Intelligence is the action of gathering, analyzing, and applying information about products, domain constituents, customers, and competitors for the short term and long term planning needs of an organization....
 and competitor analysis
Competitor analysis

Competitor analysis in marketing and strategic management is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors....
 to resolve questions in the marketplace
Marketplace

A marketplace is the space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. The term is also used in a trademark law context to denote the actual consumer environment, ie....
. Law enforcement
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
 intelligence applies a number of theories in crime analysis
Crime analysis

Crime analysis is a law enforcement function that involves systematic analysis for identifying and analyzing patterns and trends in crime and disorder....
.

Linguistics

Linguistics began with the analysis of Sanskrit and Tamil
Tolkappiyam

The Tolkappiyam is a work on the grammar of the Tamil language and the earliest extant work of Tamil literature. It is written in the form of noorpaa or short formulaic compositions and comprises three books - the Ezhuttadikaram, the Solladikaram and the Poruladikaram....
; today it looks at individual languages and language
Language

A language is a form of symbol communication in which elements are combined to represents something other than themselves. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon....
 in general. It breaks language down and analyses its component parts: theory
Theoretical linguistics

Theoretical linguistics is the branch of linguistics that is most concerned with developing models of linguistic knowledge. The fields that are generally considered the core of theoretical linguistics are syntax, phonology, morphology , and semantics....
, sounds and their meaning
Phonology

Phonology is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning in any spoken human language, or the field of linguistics studying this use. Just as a language has syntax and vocabulary, it also has a phonology in the sense of a sound system....
, utterance usage
Pragmatics

Pragmatics or intent is the study of how the arrangement of words and phrases can alter the meaning of a sentence, it deals with the structural ambiguity in a sentence....
, word origins
Morphology (linguistics)

Morphology is the identification, analysis and description of structure of words . While words are generally accepted as being the smallest units of syntax, it is clear that in most languages, words can be related to other words by rules....
, the history of words
Etymology

Etymology is the study of the roots and history of words; and how their form and meaning have changed over time.In languages with a long detailed history, etymology makes use of philology, the study of how words change from culture to culture over time....
, the meaning of words
Lexical semantics

Lexical semantics is a subfield of linguistics semantics. It is the study of how and what the words of a language denote . Words may either be taken to denote things in the world, or concepts, depending on the particular approach to lexical semantics....
 and word combinations
Phraseology

Phraseology appeared in the domain of lexicology and is undergoing the process of segregating as a separate branch of linguistics. The reason is clear ? lexicology deals with words and their meanings, whereas phraseology studies such collocations of words , where the meaning of the whole collocation is different from the simple sum of literal...
, sentence construction
Syntax

In linguistics, syntax is the study of the principles and rules for constructing Sentence s in natural languages. In addition to referring to the discipline, the term syntax is also used to refer directly to the rules and principles that govern the sentence structure of any individual language, as in "the Irish syntax"....
, basic construction beyond the sentence level
Discourse analysis

Discourse analysis , or discourse studies, is a general term for a number of approaches to analyzing written, spoken or signed language use....
, stylistics
Stylistics (linguistics)

Stylistics is the study of varieties of language whose properties position that language in wiktionary:context. For example, the language of advertising, politics, religion, individual authors, etc., or the language of a period in time, all are used distinctively and belong in a particular situation....
, and conversation
Conversation analysis

Conversation analysis is the study of talk in interaction. CA generally attempts to describe the orderliness, structure and sequential patterns of interaction, whether this is institutional or casual conversation....
. It examines the above using statistics and modeling
Computational linguistics

Computational linguistics is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the Statistics and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective....
, and semantics
Semantic analysis (linguistics)

In linguistics, semantic analysis is the process of relating syntax structures, from the levels of phrases, clauses, sentence s and paragraphs to the level of the writing as a whole, to their language-independent meaning , removing features specific to particular linguistic and cultural contexts, to the extent that such a project is possible....
. It analyses language in context of anthropology
Anthropological linguistics

Anthropological linguistics is the study of the relations between language and culture, and the relations between human biology, cognition and language....
, biology
Biolinguistics

Biolinguistics is the study of the biology and evolution of language. It is a highly interdisciplinary field, including Linguistics, biologists, Neuroscience, psychologists, mathematicians, and others....
, evolution
Evolutionary linguistics

Evolutionary linguistics is the scientific study of the origin of language. The main challenge in this research is the lack of empirical data: spoken language leaves no traces....
, geography
Language geography

Language geography is the branch of human geography that studies the geographic distribution of language or its constituent elements. There are two principal fields of study within the geography of language: the "geography of languages", which deals with the distribution through history and space of languages, and "linguistic geography", whi...
, history
Historical linguistics

Historical linguistics is the study of language change. It has five main concerns:* to describe and account for observed changes in particular languages;...
, neurology
Neurolinguistics

File:Gray726-Brodman.pngFile:DTI-sagittal-fibers.jpgNeurolinguistics is the study of the Neuron mechanisms in the human brain that control the comprehension, production, and acquisition of language....
, psychology
Psycholinguistics

Psycholinguistics or psychology of language is the study of the psychology and neurobiology factors that enable humans to acquire, use, and understand language....
, and sociology
Sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistics is the study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used....
. It also takes the applied
Applied linguistics

Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of study that identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems....
 approach, looking at individual language development
Developmental linguistics

Developmental linguistics is the study of the development of linguistic ability in an individual, particularly the Language acquisition in childhood....
 and clinical
Clinical linguistics

Clinical Linguistics is a sub-discipline of linguistics and involves the application of Theoretical linguistics to the field of Speech-Language Pathology....
 issues.

Literature

Literary theory
Literary theory

Literary theory in a strict sense is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for analyzing literature. However, literary scholarship since the 19th century often includes?in addition to, or even instead of literary theory in the strict sense?considerations of intellectual history, moral philosophy, social prophecy,...
 is the analysis of literature
Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
. Some say that literary criticism
Literary criticism

Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals....
 is a subset of literary theory. The focus can be as diverse as the analysis of Homer or Freud
Psychoanalytic literary criticism

Psychoanalytic literary criticism refers to literary criticism which, in method, concept, literary theory, or form, is influenced by the tradition of psychoanalysis begun by Sigmund Freud....
. This is mainly to do with the breaking up of a topic to make it easier to understand.

Mathematics

Mathematical analysis
Mathematical analysis

Mathematical analysis, which mathematicians refer to simply as analysis, has its beginnings in the rigorous formulation of calculus. It is the branch of mathematics most explicitly concerned with the notion of a limit , whether the limit of a sequence or the limit of a function....
 can be applied in the study of classical
Classical mathematics

Classical mathematics, as a term of art in mathematical logic, refers generally to mathematics constructed and proved on the basis of classical logic and ZFC set theory, i....
 concepts of real numbers
Real analysis

Real analysis, or theory of functions of a real variable is a branch of mathematical analysis dealing with the Set of real numbers. In particular, it deals with the analytic function properties of real function and sequences, including convergence and limit s of sequences of real numbers, the calculus of the real numbers, and continu...
, such as the complex variables
Complex analysis

Complex analysis, traditionally known as the theory of functions of a complex variable, is the branch of mathematics investigating Function of complex numbers....
, trigonometric functions, and algorithms
Numerical analysis

Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms for the problems of continuous mathematics .One of the earliest mathematical writings is the Babylonian tablet YBC 7289, which gives a sexagesimal numerical approximation of , the length of the diagonal in a unit square....
, or of non-classical
Non-classical analysis

In mathematics, non-classical analysis is any system of analysis, other than classical real analysis, and complex, vector, tensor, etc., analysis based upon it....
 concepts like constructivism
Constructivist analysis

In mathematics, constructive analysis is mathematical analysis done according to the principles of constructivist mathematics.This contrasts with classical analysis, which simply means analysis done according to the principles of classical mathematics....
, harmonics
Harmonic analysis

Harmonic analysis is the branch of mathematics that studies the representation of functions or signals as the superposition of basic waves. It investigates and generalizes the notions of Fourier series and Fourier transforms....
, infinity
Non-standard analysis

Non-standard analysis is a branch of mathematics that formulates mathematical analysis using a rigorous notion of an infinitesimal number.Non-standard analysis was introduced in the early 1960s by the mathematician Abraham Robinson....
, and vectors
Functional analysis

Functional analysis is the branch of mathematics, and specifically of mathematical analysis, concerned with the study of vector spaces and operators acting upon them....
.

Music

  • Musical analysis
    Musical analysis

    Musical analysis can be defined as an attempt to answer the question how does this music work?. The method employed to answer this question, and indeed exactly what is meant by the question, differs from analyst to analyst, and according to the purpose of the analysis....
    , a process attempting to answer the question "How does this music work?"
  • Schenkerian analysis
    Schenkerian analysis

    Schenkerian analysis is a method of musical analysis of tonal music based on the theory of Heinrich Schenker. The goal of a Schenkerian analysis is to reveal the underlying structure of a tonal work; in fact its basic tenets can be viewed as a way of defining tonality in music....


Philosophy

  • Philosophical analysis
    Philosophical analysis

    Philosophical analysis is a general term for techniques typically used by philosophy in the analytic philosophy that involve "breaking down" philosophical issues....
    , a general term for the techniques used by philosophers
  • Analysis
    Analysis (journal)

    Analysis is a major international journal of philosophy started in 1933. It is published four times per year by the Oxford University Press on behalf of the Analysis Trust; prior to January 2009, the journal was published by Blackwell Publishing....
     is the name of a prominent journal in philosophy.


Psychotherapy

  • Psychoanalysis
    Psychoanalysis

    Psychoanalysis is a body of ideas developed by Austrian physician Sigmund Freud and his followers, which is devoted to the study of human psychological functioning and behaviour....
    , seeks to elucidate connections among unconscious components of patients' mental processes
  • Transactional analysis
    Transactional analysis

    Transactional analysis, commonly known as TA to its adherents, is an integrative approach to the theory of psychology and psychotherapy....


Signal processing

  • Finite element analysis, a computer simulation technique used in engineering analysis
  • Independent component analysis
    Independent component analysis

    Independent component analysis is a computational method for separating a multivariate signal into additive subcomponents supposing the mutual statistical independence of the non-Gaussian source signals....
  • Link quality analysis
    Link quality analysis

    Link quality analysis : In adaptive high-frequency radio, the overall process by which measurements of Signalling quality are made, assessed, and analyzed....
    , the analysis of signal quality
  • Path quality analysis
    Path quality analysis

    Path quality analysis: In a telecommunication path, an analysis that includes the overall evaluation of the electronic component quality measures, the individual data link quality measures, and the aggregate path quality measures, and is performed by evaluating communications parameters, such as bit error ratio, Signalling -plus-noise-plus...


Statistics

  • Analysis of variance
    Analysis of variance

    In statistics, analysis of variance is a collection of statistical models, and their associated procedures, in which the observed variance is partitioned into components due to different explanatory variables....
     (ANOVA), a collection of statistical models and their associated procedures which compare means by splitting the overall observed variance into different parts
  • Meta-analysis
    Meta-analysis

    In statistics, a meta-analysis combines the results of several studies that address a set of related research hypotheses. This is normally done by identification of a common measure of effect size, which is modelled using a form of meta-regression....
    , combines the results of several studies that address a set of related research hypotheses
  • Time-series analysis, methods that attempt to understand a sequence of data points spaced apart at uniform time intervals


Other

  • Aura analysis, a technique in which supporters of the method claim that the body's aura, or energy field is analysed
  • Bowling analysis
    Bowling analysis

    In the sport of cricket, a bowling analysis usually refers to a notation summarising a bowler 's performance in terms of over bowled, how many of those overs are maidens , total run conceded and number of wicket taken....
    , a notation summarizing a cricket bowler's performance
  • Lithic analysis
    Lithic analysis

    In archaeology, lithic analysis is the analysis of stone tools and other chipped stone Artifact using basic scientific techniques. At its most basic level, lithic analyses involve an analysis of the artifact?s morphology, the measurement of various physical attributes, and examining other visible features ....
    , the analysis of stone tools using basic scientific techniques
  • Protocol analysis
    Protocol analysis

    Protocol analysis is a psychology research method that elicits verbal reports from research participants. Protocol analysis is used to study thinking in cognitive psychology , cognitive science , and behavior analysis ....
    , a means for extracting persons' thoughts while they are performing a task
  • Another form, is that of depth. To read and understand so much so that it can only comprehended by one who can put two and two together. Hard to find, you say? Well, then, I suggest that you analyze more than just this, my friend. Find what it means to you, determine how it reflects upon the world that surrounds you. Then, tell me you don't understand what it is to analyze.


See also

  • List of thinking-related topics
  • Scientific method
    Scientific method

    Scientific method refers to techniques for investigating phenomenon, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering observable, empirical and Measure evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning....