Data mining is best described as $\_\_\_\_\_\_.$

Multiple choice question.

a type of artificial intelligence $($AI$)$ program that uses statistics to automatically identify negative trends, likely outcomes, and corrective steps or actions to take

the only means of mathematically analyzing data sets that are too large for online analytical processing $($OLAP$)$ software and simpler tools to handle

a research and analysis technique in which data analysts employ mathematical tools and artificial intelligence $($AI$)$ to search large volumes of data and discover less$-$obvious patterns and trends

the process in which businesses create a strategy and action plan based on what their data mining software has identified, modeled, and predicted from their data