At your company a number of routine office tasks are loosely shared among entry-level employees, who perform these duties in addition to their specific job descriptions. This often results in tasks being done late, poorly, or not at all. You suggest to your boss that outsourcing this work might be a good idea. He is interested and asks you to research and recommend a service provider.
-Which of the following would most likely be considered a secondary source?
A)talking to the entry-level employees about why the duties are not being properly executed
B)surveying other companies who outsource the kinds of duties you are looking to outsource
C)reading a journal article about the perceived versus actual cost effectiveness of outsourcing
D)discussing the situation with your boss
E)speaking to outsourcing service providers about some options

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C) Secondary sources are the results of other people's research found in articles, books, or research reports, usually written by the researchers themselves. Primary sources provide raw data and tertiary sources synthesize material from secondary sources, framing them for general users. Tertiary sources include encyclopedias, textbooks, and the results of most standard web searches.

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