Analysis is defined as the seperating of any material or abstract entity into its constituuent elements. Or in easy terms, analysis is a thorough examination. It works by doing several things: 1. Naming what you see or coding; 2. Classify or categorizing; 3. Patterns; 4. Hypothesis or theory or story (data that works); 5. Test the theory. Keep cycling through the process again if test does not work. I think I could use this method by observing children playing video games and how they affect their language among each other, and how their behavior changes due to the violent games.