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analysis
thumb|Adriaen van Ostade, "Analysis" (1666)
decision making
thumb|alt=Lamp doesn't work. Under a Boolean reads: Lamp pluged in? If not; Plug in lamp. If yes continue to next Boolean; Bulb burnt out? If yes, replace bulb. If not continue to last instruction; replace lamp.|Sample flowchart representing a decision process when confronted with a lamp that fails to light
In psychology, decision-making (also spelled decision making and decisionmaking) is regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options. It could be either rational or irrational. The decision-making proce
PEST analysis
framework of macro-environmental factors used in the environmental scanning component of strategic management
descriptive linguistics
work of objectively describing the state of a linguistic system; as opposed to prescribing perceived norms of usage
philosophical analysis
general term for techniques typically used by philosophers in the analytic tradition
citation analysis
mathematical and statistical bibliometric method used to explore scientific communication

Pinch analysis
methodology for minimising energy consumption of chemical processes

accident analysis
process to determine the cause or causes of an accident or series of accidents so as to prevent further incidents of a similar kind
force-field analysis
framework in the field of social science

state of affairs
philosophical concept
paradox of analysis
Philosophical paradox by G. E. Moore
decision analysis
discipline covering formal decision making
malware analysis
the study of the functionality, origin and potential impact of malware samples
true-cost accounting
analysis of Western European colonialism and colonization
Gompertz constant
special constant related to the exponential integral