Analyst
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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 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 coures 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
- 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 authority.
- Web metrics analyst, in webometrics an indvidual who examines trends and patterns in the use and expansion of the World Wide Web
