Finding and Evaluating Business Information

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April 10, 2023
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1 Primary sources are firsthand accounts of an event or topic, such as diaries or eyewitness testimonies. Secondary sources are interpretations or analyses of primary sources, such as textbooks or articles. Tertiary sources are summaries or compilations of secondary sources, such as encyclopedias. Example: primary - personal diary, secondary - history book, tertiary - encyclopedia entry.
2 A research plan should include questions, hypotheses, research design, methodology, data collection, data analysis, and a timeline.
3 A desktop search tool lets you search your computer's files and folders. It can help you quickly locate files and documents on your computer.
4 Using quotation marks around search terms narrows the search results to only those containing the exact phrase within the quotes. If quotation marks are not used, the search engine may return results that include all terms but not necessarily in the same order.
5 The three criteria for evaluating source credibility are authority (who wrote it), accuracy (if the information is supported by evidence), and objectivity (if the author's perspective is unbiased).
6 Survey research allows you to gather data from a more significant sample size and is often more cost-effective than other research methods. Interviews allow you to gather more in-depth and personalized data but may be more time-consuming and costly.
7 Range refers to the difference between a data set's highest and lowest values. Mean is the ave...