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HTML

<select name="analysis" id="analyses">
     <option value="" disabled="disabled">Select Analysis</option>
      <option value="distance" selected="selected">distance</option>
      <option value="clustered">clustering</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){

if (document.getElementById("analyses").value == 'distance'){
console.log('fired');
} else {
console.log('not fired');
}
});