Your company recently reported sales from the third quarter. You have the chart shown in the following exhibit. 

Which type of analysis is shown in the fourth quarter? 

Answer options:

A. predictive
B. prescriptive
C. descriptive
D. diagnostic

A

Predictive, to answer the question: What will happen? 

Reference: https://demand-planning.com/2020/01/20/the-differences-between-descriptive-diagnostic-predictive-cognitive-analytics/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/answering-whats-happening-whys-happening-and-what-will-happen-with-iot-analytics/