analytics
analytics Lexical Profile
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• noun
The systematic computational analysis of data or statistics, especially for discovering, interpreting, and communicating meaningful patterns in business, science, or technology.
"The marketing team relies on predictive analytics to forecast seasonal customer demand."
Information, metrics, and statistical patterns resulting from the systematic analysis of data.
"The website analytics show a significant increase in mobile traffic over the past month."
The branch of logic dealing with the study of formal reasoning and the resolution of propositions into their elemental truths.
"Aristotle's treatises on analytics established the foundational principles of deductive reasoning."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Analytics" is plural in form: it takes a singular verb when referring to the field or systematic methodology of data analysis, and a plural verb when referring to specific metrics or data points.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from Late Latin analyticus and Ancient Greek analytika ('matters of analysis', the title of Aristotle's treatise on logic), from analyein ('to unloose or resolve into elements').