The critical act of breaking something down to study its component parts is best defined as (points : 1)
analysis.
interpretation.
evaluation.
inference.

This would be the first option: analysis.

interpretation is the attribution of a meaning for after the analysis, and evaluation is also for after the analysis.

inference is the generalization from some facts (such as the sample) to a more generalised situation, (such as the whole population)

Early 18th century british industries were generally small scale and relatively unsophisticated. most textile production, for example, was centred on small workshops or in the homes of spinners, weavers and dyers: a literal ‘cottage industry’ that involved thousands of individual manufacturers. such small-scale production was also a feature of most other industries, with different regions specialising in different products: metal production in the midlands, for example, and coal mining in the north-east.two illustrations of 18t