This document discusses the application of statistics in business analytics. It explains that business analytics uses methods like data mining, predictive analysis, and statistical analysis to analyze data and make smarter, data-driven decisions. Some key applications of statistics in business analytics are data mining, marketing, and retail management. Data mining involves converting raw data into useful information through techniques like classification, clustering, and regression analysis. Statistics are used in marketing to identify trends, target markets accurately, and evaluate marketing programs. In retail management, statistics help identify customer buying behaviors and patterns to provide targeted ads. Overall, statistics plays an important role in business analytics by enabling faster growth, higher profitability, and better decision making.