When Two or More Secondary Sources Provide Conflicting Information You

question 35

Multiple Choice

When two or more secondary sources provide conflicting information you should:

• A)select the one source that has been in business the longest
• B)evaluate the information from each source and select the source that best suits your needs for reliable and valid information
• C)probably abandon the project; you will never have objective results upon which to base your decision
• D)call the client/manager and ask which source is desired
• E)select the source reporting information that is most likely to please the client

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Definitions:

Government Contracts

Agreements made between a private company and the government to provide goods or services.

Mechanization

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Indigenous peoples in the Americas who owned slaves, a practice influenced by European colonization.

Confederacy

The group of eleven southern states that seceded from the United States from 1860-1861, forming the Confederate States of America and initiating the Civil War.