The phrase "a wider analysis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a more comprehensive or extensive examination of a subject or issue.
Example: "In order to understand the implications of the policy change, we need to conduct a wider analysis of its effects on the community."
Alternatives: "a broader examination" or "an expanded assessment".
To be fair, in Unspeakable Things, Penny uses her own raw experience as a jumping-off point for a wider analysis of eating disorders and self-harm, rape culture and sexual violence.
The Treasury Select Committee last month asked the Chancellor to provide a wider analysis of the redistributive effects of the Budget, but this has not been forthcoming as yet.
The report, part of a wider analysis completed in advance of this week's government spending review, also found that 33 transport projects are in the pipeline for London and the South-east, compared with just three for the North-east; and that eight of the top 10 most expensive regional projects were allocated to the London and the South-east.
The researchers said while the elite group had been identified before, this is the first time it had been placed within a wider analysis of the class structure, as it was normally put together with professionals and managers.
The EEF made its call as part of a wider analysis of the government's industrial strategy, in which it urged ministers to make faster progress towards rebalancing the economy and achieving a sustainable recovery.
And it's also true, in a wider analysis, that the Obama administration has been sympathetic in tone to the Islamic world, starting with the much-maligned "Apology Tour" that began in 2009 in Cairo.
This comparison suggests that a genome-wide analysis favors an unbiased global view of a big gene family.
This perspective only becomes possible through a system-wide analysis of a metabolic network.
Given only 58 SNPs analyzed here, this work is not a demonstration of a genome-wide analysis.
The consequential effects may have an impact in a wider system analysis.
A wider consequential analysis would be needed, and still the results would likely be case-specific.
