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'''Analyst''' generally is a term for an individual or tool of whom or which the primary function is a deep examination of a specific, limited area and may mean:
* [[Accounting analyst]], in business an individual who examines the financial statements of public companies.
* [[Business analyst]], in business an employee who examines the needs and concerns of clients and stakeholders to determine where potential problems and opportunities lie, known also as a ''Business Systems Analyst''.
* [[Color analyst]], in sports broadcasting an individual who, as against a play-by-play announcer, provides analysis and commentary.
* [[Cost analyst]], in business an employee who analyzes business operations to determine which courses of action are most efficacious.
* [[Financial analyst]], in economics and finance an individual who analyzes securities and business equity.
* [[Industry analyst]], in business and finance an individual who performs market research on segments of specific industries toward the identification of trends.
* [[Patent analyst]], in the field of intellectual property an individual who performs patent and non-patent literature searches to determine the patentability of an invention.
* [[Psychoanalyst]], in psychotherapy a practitioner who acts to elucidate connections in a patient's unconscious or subconscious mind.
* [[Public analyst]], in the [[United Kingdom]] a duly qualified [[chemist]] appointed by a [[Local government|local authority]].
* [[Public policy analyst]].
* [[Systems Analyst]] or [[Information Analyst]] in computer science is an individual who analyzes technical design and functional design for development of new software.
* [[Web metrics Analyst]], in [[webometrics]] an individual who examines trends and patterns in the use and expansion of the [[World Wide Web]].
* An analyst in mathematics is an individual who focuses in the area of [[mathematical analysis]].
== See also ==
* [[The Analyst]]0
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