For each of the situations described below, select the type of analytics that would address the specific organizational need and justify your selection.
a. A mid-sized bank would like to provide as much automated support for its lending decisions as possible.
b. A large retail chain wants to understand what factors contributed to the overall sales decline it experienced in a specific month in the past.
c. To support staffing analysis for a holiday season, a clothing store wants to improve its understanding of the number of customers that are likely to visit each of its stores during the November 15-January 15 time frame.
d. A gaming company wants to provide all of its employees an up-to-date graphical representation of the number of downloads of its game products and in-app revenue associated with them.