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trend analysis

trend analysis

1 3.9
To look at information over time to find patterns
  • noun
  • /trɛnd əˈnæləsɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : análisis de tendencias
  • The marketing team conducted a trend analysis to understand consumer behavior and adjust their strategies accordingly.
  • longitudinal trend analysis
  • qualitative trend analysis
  • conduct trend analysis

If you, if you do like a, a Google trends analysis of Paleo and CrossFit, they grew and they lived and died in lockstep with each other.

Examples

  • Further supporting temporal shifts, trend analyses found that IRL dolphin abundance was significantly larger during the winter compared to the summer season.

    Academic text (2016)
  • All trend analyses were age-adjusted and stratified by gender unless otherwise indicated.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The situation can cause missing measurement points, making trend analysis more difficult.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Trend analysis is used to make up for a lower number of processors in the collection system.

    Academic text (2000)
  • A trend analysis for a period of about twenty-five years is thus possible.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The mean scores for psychological health were then examined for these groups using a trend analysis.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Trend analysis is performed on this number, which is compared with industry norms.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Nevertheless, they provide quantitative information about students, which helps the task of trend analysis.

    Academic text (1992)
  • As a result, comparisons and trend analyses were difficult to report accurately and interpret with confidence.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The trend analysis using the MK test confirms the results of the subperiod comparison described above.

    Academic text (2018)

How Rigorous

statistical analysis
  • Specialized
14 4.4
trend extrapolation
  • Specialized
7.2
trend analysis
  • Specialized
1 3.9
observation
211 3.0

Surface Forms

trend analysis singular

Morphology

trend + analysis

The meaning 'the process of examining data to identify patterns' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'trend' (direction of change) with 'analysis' (systematic examination). This noun–noun composition follows a common, cross-linguistic logic, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Trend analysis comes from the simple image of watching a line or path over time: trend is the line's direction and analysis is the careful study of that line. So, looking at a chart or data to find a 'pattern' or 'direction' is why the phrase means studying data over time to spot consistent changes.