Evaluating Sources of Information - Bumble Beasley's Accounting Information Systems

question 12

Essay

Evaluating sources of information - Bumble Beasley's accounting information systems professor assigned a paper on methods for safeguarding inventory. In his research, Bumble identified five sources of information, described in the table below: $\begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline&1&2&3&4&5\\\hline \text { Format } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Web } \\\text { page }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Practitioner } \\\text { journal }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Scholarly } \\\text { journal }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Consultant's } \\\text { report }\end{array} & \text { Textbook } \\\hline \text { Date } & 2005 & 2004 & 2003 & 1998 & 2006 \\\hline \text { Author(s) } & \text { Unknown } & \text { Auditor } & \begin{array}{c}\text { Management } \\\text { professor }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { Self-employed } \\\text { consultant }\end{array} & \begin{array}{c}\text { CPA and } \\\text { accounting } \\\text { professor }\end{array} \\\hline\end{array}$
The assignment directions clearly state that Bumble may use no more than three sources for the paper, and Bumble has decided to use the University of Maryland evaluation criteria (authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency and coverage) as the basis for his selection. Which three of the five sources should Bumble use? For the other two sources, which University of Maryland criteria made them undesirable?

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