Predictive analytics is used by organizations to: a. analyze business policies through visual representations. b. identify the best decisions for a particular situation. c. understand past and current performance. d. envisage the future by detecting patterns and relationships in data.

Sodas in a can are supposed to contain an average of 12 ounces. this particular brand has a standard deviation of 0.1 ounces, with an average of 12.1 ounces. if the can's contents follow a normal distribution, what is the probability that the mean contents of a six pack are less than 12 ounces?

True or false: a fitted model with more predictors will necessarily have a lower training set error than a model with fewer predictors.

Three pounds of material a are required for each unit produced. the company has a policy of maintaining a stock of material a on hand at the end of each quarter equal to 30% of the next quarter's production needs for material a. a total of 35,000 pounds of material a are on hand to start the year. budgeted purchases of material a for the second quarter would be: