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Of course it affects your ranking. Google puts a lot of effort in collecting data. That is what they do. They collect data and run it through their system to distil the information users are searching for. By using Google Analytics you are giving Google data they otherwise would not have. You are also giving them data that they can use to validate other data and verify estimates they already have. By doing this you are inevitably also giving them data that might expose aspects of your site or traffic that the current Google algorithms will favor or disapprove of. And that can result in a lowering of your ranking.
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