The marketing manager utilized a $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$ to review patterns in the footwear department sales; she found that athletic socks were also purchased $80\%$ of the time along with athletic footwear.

Group of answer choices

a$)$ market basket analysis

b$)$ strategic analysis

c$)$ information drafting

d$)$ data cloning

e$)$ redress analysis