{"id":594,"date":"2017-08-02T20:24:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T20:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-writing100\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=594"},"modified":"2024-04-24T22:19:08","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T22:19:08","slug":"what-is-analysis","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/chapter\/what-is-analysis\/","title":{"raw":"What Is Analysis?","rendered":"What Is Analysis?"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objective<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identify the domain of analysis<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1290 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2483\/2017\/08\/30160320\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-30-at-9.02.14-AM-300x217.png\" alt=\"Three boxes connected to one larger box to represent parts that equal a whole.\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" \/>\r\n\r\nCritical thinking skill analysis is the process of methodically breaking something down to gain a better understanding of it. Analysis also includes the ability to connect pieces of information as the basis for generalization or explanation. \u00a0Analytic assignments in college often couple analysis with the critical thinking skills of interpretation and evaluation.\r\n\r\nAnalysis can be applied to content but can also cover form, function, and context. \u00a0For example, an analysis assignment in an art appreciation class might ask you to analyze the subject and iconography of a painting, but also expect you to analyze the use of shape, space, color, and texture (form), as well as the artist\u2019s intended purpose (function) and the culture\/time period in which the work was created (context).\r\n\r\nWhile each academic discipline characterizes the analytic process to suit its needs, the essential skills of analysis are the following:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Deconstructing information or artifacts into component parts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Uncovering relationships among those parts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Determining motives, causes, and underlying assumptions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Making inferences and finding evidence to support generalizations<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objective<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify the domain of analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1290 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2483\/2017\/08\/30160320\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-30-at-9.02.14-AM-300x217.png\" alt=\"Three boxes connected to one larger box to represent parts that equal a whole.\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Critical thinking skill analysis is the process of methodically breaking something down to gain a better understanding of it. Analysis also includes the ability to connect pieces of information as the basis for generalization or explanation. \u00a0Analytic assignments in college often couple analysis with the critical thinking skills of interpretation and evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Analysis can be applied to content but can also cover form, function, and context. \u00a0For example, an analysis assignment in an art appreciation class might ask you to analyze the subject and iconography of a painting, but also expect you to analyze the use of shape, space, color, and texture (form), as well as the artist\u2019s intended purpose (function) and the culture\/time period in which the work was created (context).<\/p>\n<p>While each academic discipline characterizes the analytic process to suit its needs, the essential skills of analysis are the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Deconstructing information or artifacts into component parts<\/li>\n<li>Uncovering relationships among those parts<\/li>\n<li>Determining motives, causes, and underlying assumptions<\/li>\n<li>Making inferences and finding evidence to support generalizations<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-594\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>What Is Analysis?. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Karen Forgette. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: University of Mississippi. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":15005,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"What Is Analysis?\",\"author\":\"Karen Forgette\",\"organization\":\"University of Mississippi\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-sa\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"3a32e00a-73f2-4fd4-af08-b219547914f9, 7e2ab7a9-4ef1-448b-b7f5-b0a11a850c42","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-594","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":589,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15005"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1294,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/594\/revisions\/1294"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/589"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/594\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}