Noun form of “analytic”
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I've been tasked with creating some custom website tracking for a CMS, similar to Google Analytics. I was going to title this area on the back-end as Analytics but I got a spell-check red squiggle and that sent me to a Google search which resulted in me finding out analytics isn't a real word.
So is there a noun form of analytic or am I just being stupid?
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I've been tasked with creating some custom website tracking for a CMS, similar to Google Analytics. I was going to title this area on the back-end as Analytics but I got a spell-check red squiggle and that sent me to a Google search which resulted in me finding out analytics isn't a real word.
So is there a noun form of analytic or am I just being stupid?
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"Google Analytics" is a brand name, maybe based a longer phrase ("Google Analytic Tools"?) which they wanted to shorten for marketing purposes. It sounds like the coinage of "electronics" for "electronic devices or components".
– JeffSahol
Aug 19 '11 at 20:45
Is there an analytic, in the noun sense of someone who likes to analyze things?
– Alex W
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I've been tasked with creating some custom website tracking for a CMS, similar to Google Analytics. I was going to title this area on the back-end as Analytics but I got a spell-check red squiggle and that sent me to a Google search which resulted in me finding out analytics isn't a real word.
So is there a noun form of analytic or am I just being stupid?
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asked Aug 19 '11 at 19:19
Justin808
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I've been tasked with creating some custom website tracking for a CMS, similar to Google Analytics. I was going to title this area on the back-end as Analytics but I got a spell-check red squiggle and that sent me to a Google search which resulted in me finding out analytics isn't a real word.
So is there a noun form of analytic or am I just being stupid?
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"Google Analytics" is a brand name, maybe based a longer phrase ("Google Analytic Tools"?) which they wanted to shorten for marketing purposes. It sounds like the coinage of "electronics" for "electronic devices or components".
– JeffSahol
Aug 19 '11 at 20:45
Is there an analytic, in the noun sense of someone who likes to analyze things?
– Alex W
Apr 6 '16 at 19:00
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"Google Analytics" is a brand name, maybe based a longer phrase ("Google Analytic Tools"?) which they wanted to shorten for marketing purposes. It sounds like the coinage of "electronics" for "electronic devices or components".
– JeffSahol
Aug 19 '11 at 20:45
Is there an analytic, in the noun sense of someone who likes to analyze things?
– Alex W
Apr 6 '16 at 19:00
"Google Analytics" is a brand name, maybe based a longer phrase ("Google Analytic Tools"?) which they wanted to shorten for marketing purposes. It sounds like the coinage of "electronics" for "electronic devices or components".
– JeffSahol
Aug 19 '11 at 20:45
"Google Analytics" is a brand name, maybe based a longer phrase ("Google Analytic Tools"?) which they wanted to shorten for marketing purposes. It sounds like the coinage of "electronics" for "electronic devices or components".
– JeffSahol
Aug 19 '11 at 20:45
Is there an analytic, in the noun sense of someone who likes to analyze things?
– Alex W
Apr 6 '16 at 19:00
Is there an analytic, in the noun sense of someone who likes to analyze things?
– Alex W
Apr 6 '16 at 19:00
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It absolutely is a word.
From Merriam-Webster:
an·a·lyt·ics
noun pl but singular or pl in constr ˌa-nə-ˈli-tiks
: the method of logical analysis
First Known Use of ANALYTICS
circa 1590
answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:05
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Weird, I couldn't find it anywhere. Not in the OALD nor the NOAD.
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Aug 19 '11 at 21:28
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Traditionally, the noun form is analysis. The -sis ending in Greek is a noun form that gets changed into -ikos when it is made into an adjective, from which we get out -ic ending for lots of our adjectives. The word analytics was perhaps coined a very long time ago, but it has only recently been gaining currency, I think.
answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:35
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Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 2000 at hand (though it’s a bit old edition), only shows “analytic” as an adjective to mean (1) using a logical method of thinking about sth in order to understand it, and (2) using scientific analysis in order to find out sth, and “analytically” as an adverb. Cambridge Dictionary (online) doesn’t give “analytic,” but “analytical.” Both dictionaries don’t cite the word, “analytics.” Kenkyusha’s Readers aEnglish Japanese Dictionary shows “analyticity” as a noun form of “analytic.”
Though Google NGam shows gradually increasing trend of its (analytics) use (from 0.000001% in 1880 to 0.000014%) as compared with “statistics” (0.001% in 1880 to 0.0025% in 2000), the receptivity of “analytics” doesn’t seem to be in equal level as economics, physics, and statistics. I personally think it’s better for you to let Google be a single user of unfamiliar “Analytics” for their product for the moment.
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'analytic' as a noun has the connotation of identifying a specific heuristic, as opposed to the method as denoted by 'analysis' in general
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I disagree with @MetaEd in that this does appear to be an answer to the question "is there a noun form of analytic". However, there's no evidence that it's a correct answer. Lexi, please provide a link or other evidence to demonstrate that analytic (without the "s") is a recognised noun. The accepted answer indicates that the noun form only exists as analytics. For further guidance, see How to Answer, and take the Tour. :-)
– Chappo
Nov 29 at 0:15
@Chappo I'll concede the post does imply a "yes" answer, but it actually needs to come out and say it. Plus, as you say, back it up with some facts.
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It absolutely is a word.
From Merriam-Webster:
an·a·lyt·ics
noun pl but singular or pl in constr ˌa-nə-ˈli-tiks
: the method of logical analysis
First Known Use of ANALYTICS
circa 1590
answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:05
wfaulk
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Weird, I couldn't find it anywhere. Not in the OALD nor the NOAD.
– Alenanno
Aug 19 '11 at 21:28
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It absolutely is a word.
From Merriam-Webster:
an·a·lyt·ics
noun pl but singular or pl in constr ˌa-nə-ˈli-tiks
: the method of logical analysis
First Known Use of ANALYTICS
circa 1590
answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:05
wfaulk
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Weird, I couldn't find it anywhere. Not in the OALD nor the NOAD.
– Alenanno
Aug 19 '11 at 21:28
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7
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up vote
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It absolutely is a word.
From Merriam-Webster:
an·a·lyt·ics
noun pl but singular or pl in constr ˌa-nə-ˈli-tiks
: the method of logical analysis
First Known Use of ANALYTICS
circa 1590
answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:05
wfaulk
2,68021120
It absolutely is a word.
From Merriam-Webster:
an·a·lyt·ics
noun pl but singular or pl in constr ˌa-nə-ˈli-tiks
: the method of logical analysis
First Known Use of ANALYTICS
circa 1590
answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:05
wfaulk
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answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:05
wfaulk
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answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:05
wfaulk
2,68021120
answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:05
wfaulk
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2,68021120
Weird, I couldn't find it anywhere. Not in the OALD nor the NOAD.
– Alenanno
Aug 19 '11 at 21:28
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Weird, I couldn't find it anywhere. Not in the OALD nor the NOAD.
– Alenanno
Aug 19 '11 at 21:28
Weird, I couldn't find it anywhere. Not in the OALD nor the NOAD.
– Alenanno
Aug 19 '11 at 21:28
Weird, I couldn't find it anywhere. Not in the OALD nor the NOAD.
– Alenanno
Aug 19 '11 at 21:28
add a comment |
up vote
4
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Traditionally, the noun form is analysis. The -sis ending in Greek is a noun form that gets changed into -ikos when it is made into an adjective, from which we get out -ic ending for lots of our adjectives. The word analytics was perhaps coined a very long time ago, but it has only recently been gaining currency, I think.
answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:35
Ryan Haber
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Traditionally, the noun form is analysis. The -sis ending in Greek is a noun form that gets changed into -ikos when it is made into an adjective, from which we get out -ic ending for lots of our adjectives. The word analytics was perhaps coined a very long time ago, but it has only recently been gaining currency, I think.
answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:35
Ryan Haber
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up vote
4
down vote
up vote
4
down vote
Traditionally, the noun form is analysis. The -sis ending in Greek is a noun form that gets changed into -ikos when it is made into an adjective, from which we get out -ic ending for lots of our adjectives. The word analytics was perhaps coined a very long time ago, but it has only recently been gaining currency, I think.
answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:35
Ryan Haber
1,8631015
Traditionally, the noun form is analysis. The -sis ending in Greek is a noun form that gets changed into -ikos when it is made into an adjective, from which we get out -ic ending for lots of our adjectives. The word analytics was perhaps coined a very long time ago, but it has only recently been gaining currency, I think.
answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:35
Ryan Haber
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answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:35
Ryan Haber
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answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:35
Ryan Haber
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answered Aug 19 '11 at 21:35
Ryan Haber
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Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 2000 at hand (though it’s a bit old edition), only shows “analytic” as an adjective to mean (1) using a logical method of thinking about sth in order to understand it, and (2) using scientific analysis in order to find out sth, and “analytically” as an adverb. Cambridge Dictionary (online) doesn’t give “analytic,” but “analytical.” Both dictionaries don’t cite the word, “analytics.” Kenkyusha’s Readers aEnglish Japanese Dictionary shows “analyticity” as a noun form of “analytic.”
Though Google NGam shows gradually increasing trend of its (analytics) use (from 0.000001% in 1880 to 0.000014%) as compared with “statistics” (0.001% in 1880 to 0.0025% in 2000), the receptivity of “analytics” doesn’t seem to be in equal level as economics, physics, and statistics. I personally think it’s better for you to let Google be a single user of unfamiliar “Analytics” for their product for the moment.
answered 2 days ago
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Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 2000 at hand (though it’s a bit old edition), only shows “analytic” as an adjective to mean (1) using a logical method of thinking about sth in order to understand it, and (2) using scientific analysis in order to find out sth, and “analytically” as an adverb. Cambridge Dictionary (online) doesn’t give “analytic,” but “analytical.” Both dictionaries don’t cite the word, “analytics.” Kenkyusha’s Readers aEnglish Japanese Dictionary shows “analyticity” as a noun form of “analytic.”
Though Google NGam shows gradually increasing trend of its (analytics) use (from 0.000001% in 1880 to 0.000014%) as compared with “statistics” (0.001% in 1880 to 0.0025% in 2000), the receptivity of “analytics” doesn’t seem to be in equal level as economics, physics, and statistics. I personally think it’s better for you to let Google be a single user of unfamiliar “Analytics” for their product for the moment.
answered 2 days ago
Yoichi Oishi♦
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Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 2000 at hand (though it’s a bit old edition), only shows “analytic” as an adjective to mean (1) using a logical method of thinking about sth in order to understand it, and (2) using scientific analysis in order to find out sth, and “analytically” as an adverb. Cambridge Dictionary (online) doesn’t give “analytic,” but “analytical.” Both dictionaries don’t cite the word, “analytics.” Kenkyusha’s Readers aEnglish Japanese Dictionary shows “analyticity” as a noun form of “analytic.”
Though Google NGam shows gradually increasing trend of its (analytics) use (from 0.000001% in 1880 to 0.000014%) as compared with “statistics” (0.001% in 1880 to 0.0025% in 2000), the receptivity of “analytics” doesn’t seem to be in equal level as economics, physics, and statistics. I personally think it’s better for you to let Google be a single user of unfamiliar “Analytics” for their product for the moment.
answered 2 days ago
Yoichi Oishi♦
34.6k109359733
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary 2000 at hand (though it’s a bit old edition), only shows “analytic” as an adjective to mean (1) using a logical method of thinking about sth in order to understand it, and (2) using scientific analysis in order to find out sth, and “analytically” as an adverb. Cambridge Dictionary (online) doesn’t give “analytic,” but “analytical.” Both dictionaries don’t cite the word, “analytics.” Kenkyusha’s Readers aEnglish Japanese Dictionary shows “analyticity” as a noun form of “analytic.”
Though Google NGam shows gradually increasing trend of its (analytics) use (from 0.000001% in 1880 to 0.000014%) as compared with “statistics” (0.001% in 1880 to 0.0025% in 2000), the receptivity of “analytics” doesn’t seem to be in equal level as economics, physics, and statistics. I personally think it’s better for you to let Google be a single user of unfamiliar “Analytics” for their product for the moment.
answered 2 days ago
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'analytic' as a noun has the connotation of identifying a specific heuristic, as opposed to the method as denoted by 'analysis' in general
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I disagree with @MetaEd in that this does appear to be an answer to the question "is there a noun form of analytic". However, there's no evidence that it's a correct answer. Lexi, please provide a link or other evidence to demonstrate that analytic (without the "s") is a recognised noun. The accepted answer indicates that the noun form only exists as analytics. For further guidance, see How to Answer, and take the Tour. :-)
– Chappo
Nov 29 at 0:15
@Chappo I'll concede the post does imply a "yes" answer, but it actually needs to come out and say it. Plus, as you say, back it up with some facts.
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I disagree with @MetaEd in that this does appear to be an answer to the question "is there a noun form of analytic". However, there's no evidence that it's a correct answer. Lexi, please provide a link or other evidence to demonstrate that analytic (without the "s") is a recognised noun. The accepted answer indicates that the noun form only exists as analytics. For further guidance, see How to Answer, and take the Tour. :-)
– Chappo
Nov 29 at 0:15
@Chappo I'll concede the post does imply a "yes" answer, but it actually needs to come out and say it. Plus, as you say, back it up with some facts.
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I disagree with @MetaEd in that this does appear to be an answer to the question "is there a noun form of analytic". However, there's no evidence that it's a correct answer. Lexi, please provide a link or other evidence to demonstrate that analytic (without the "s") is a recognised noun. The accepted answer indicates that the noun form only exists as analytics. For further guidance, see How to Answer, and take the Tour. :-)
– Chappo
Nov 29 at 0:15
@Chappo I'll concede the post does imply a "yes" answer, but it actually needs to come out and say it. Plus, as you say, back it up with some facts.
– MetaEd♦
2 days ago
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– MetaEd♦
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I disagree with @MetaEd in that this does appear to be an answer to the question "is there a noun form of analytic". However, there's no evidence that it's a correct answer. Lexi, please provide a link or other evidence to demonstrate that analytic (without the "s") is a recognised noun. The accepted answer indicates that the noun form only exists as analytics. For further guidance, see How to Answer, and take the Tour. :-)
– Chappo
Nov 29 at 0:15
@Chappo I'll concede the post does imply a "yes" answer, but it actually needs to come out and say it. Plus, as you say, back it up with some facts.
– MetaEd♦
2 days ago
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I disagree with @MetaEd in that this does appear to be an answer to the question "is there a noun form of analytic". However, there's no evidence that it's a correct answer. Lexi, please provide a link or other evidence to demonstrate that analytic (without the "s") is a recognised noun. The accepted answer indicates that the noun form only exists as analytics. For further guidance, see How to Answer, and take the Tour. :-)
– Chappo
Nov 29 at 0:15
I disagree with @MetaEd in that this does appear to be an answer to the question "is there a noun form of analytic". However, there's no evidence that it's a correct answer. Lexi, please provide a link or other evidence to demonstrate that analytic (without the "s") is a recognised noun. The accepted answer indicates that the noun form only exists as analytics. For further guidance, see How to Answer, and take the Tour. :-)
– Chappo
Nov 29 at 0:15
@Chappo I'll concede the post does imply a "yes" answer, but it actually needs to come out and say it. Plus, as you say, back it up with some facts.
– MetaEd♦
2 days ago
@Chappo I'll concede the post does imply a "yes" answer, but it actually needs to come out and say it. Plus, as you say, back it up with some facts.
– MetaEd♦
2 days ago
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"Google Analytics" is a brand name, maybe based a longer phrase ("Google Analytic Tools"?) which they wanted to shorten for marketing purposes. It sounds like the coinage of "electronics" for "electronic devices or components".
– JeffSahol
Aug 19 '11 at 20:45
Is there an analytic, in the noun sense of someone who likes to analyze things?
– Alex W
Apr 6 '16 at 19:00