An analyst is attempting to understand whether the frequency of faulty units coming out of production last month is different for Eastern location plants relative to all plants across the entire company. This analyst is engaging in what type of data analysis?
A) Linear regression
B) Outlier detection
C) Cluster analysis
D) Association analysis

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The analyst is attempting to understand if there is a difference in frequency of faulty units between Eastern location plants and all plants across the entire company. This is an example of association analysis, as the analyst is exploring the relationship between two variables (location and frequency of faulty units). Linear regression involves predicting a continuous outcome based on one or more predictor variables, outlier detection involves identifying data points that are significantly different from the rest of the dataset, and cluster analysis involves grouping similar datapoints together.

An Analyst Is Attempting to Understand Whether the Frequency of Faulty