The phrase "a starting point for analysis" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when introducing a concept, idea, or data that will be examined or explored further in a discussion or study.
Example: "This data serves as a starting point for analysis in our research on consumer behavior."
Alternatives: "an initial basis for examination" or "a foundation for evaluation".
We suggest this work to be a starting point for analysis of the surface infrastructure and plant design and economics of CO2-based EGS.
This research is an applied case study of the 2009 General Motors bailout using John Heskett's economics as a starting point for analysis.
Flow over an isolated rotating disc can be used as a starting point for analysis of flow in a rotor-stator disc system where a disc rotates in close proximity to a stationary disc.
Significantly, we will show how digital techniques can be used to investigate these differences further, using point cloud data as a starting point for analysis rather than an end point.
Other styles may be top-down oriented and portfolio managers pay primary attention to analyzing entire sectors or macroeconomic trends as a starting point for analysis and stock selection.
Those explanations are going to be self-serving, but they can be a starting point for analysis and debate.
To sum up, percentage changes represent a useful starting point for analysis, not an endpoint.
A classification of EST sequences according to the GO vocabulary [33] represents a convenient starting point for analysis of large amounts of data, such as microarray data.
As a starting point for this analysis, the RTOG recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) classification of brain metastasis that has been validated in lung and breast cancer patients (Gasper et al, 2000) was applied to this group of patients.
About 40% of all oil wells generate "associated" natural gas at or above that level, so it seemed an appropriate starting point for analysis.
progressiveMauve alignments also make an excellent starting point for analysis of genome rearrangement patterns.
