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Thursday, February 22, 2018

What is analysis?

 

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, William Playfair

 

What is analysis? Here is my definition:

 

Analysis is a detailed examination of something with the purpose of drawing conclusions

 

I believe that analysis is not limited to a single method or set of rules. There are many different ways that a person can perform a detailed examination. Examples of analysis include writing down observations, constructing creative experiments, examining statistical data, thinking about various pieces of evidence, looking at graphs or determining the significance of something.

 

 

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