This activity is important because your effectiveness as a presenter is often directly linked to the quality of supporting information for your presentation.

The goal of this activity is to demonstrate your understanding of three measures of supporting information quality: credibility, objectivity, and currency.

Read the case below and answer the questions that follow.

Janice was planning a presentation about the impact of automation on manufacturing jobs. She considered using a World Bank report about how advances in automation had impacted manufacturing jobs during the $1980$s$.$ This report was written by a team of global economics experts and showed that roughly $20$ percent of all manufacturing jobs were lost due to automation. Janice also looked at a Wikipedia entry about the influence of automation on manufacturing jobs that focused on the last few years. She noticed most of the references in the Wikipedia article were from anti$-$trade think tanks and authors who viewed new technologies as major threats to society. Still, she felt the Wikipedia post was helpful in considering some questions to ask as she did her research. Next, Janice contemplated how to use a book about the role of automation in altering jobs in China over the last three years. She had ordered the book on Amazon. Based on the reviews, most readers were impressed with how the writer had tried to provide a balanced view of changes in the Chinese job market. Yet, many reviewers suggested the writer simply wasn$$t an expert in this area and lacked the ability to discern which information was most reliable. Janice also read a recent report by an investment bank with projections about the impact of artificial intelligence, robotics, and other forms of automation. The report suggested that for every two manufacturing jobs lost due to automation, approximately three higher$-$paying nonmanufacturing jobs would be added to the economy. The report was written by a team of finance and economics experts from the investment bank. Yet, Janice was concerned that the investment bank was projecting an overly rosy position that appealed to its clients and could potentially garner business for the bank. Finally, Janice reviewed a recent report written by one of the world$$s most well$-$known economists who specialized in automation. The economist had a reputation for providing a balanced, dispassionate, and data$-$driven analysis. Janice concluded that this source was the most useful for her presentation.

Janice contemplated how to use a book about the role of automation in altering jobs in China over the last three years. She had ordered the book on Amazon. Based on the reviews, most readers were impressed with how the writer had tried to provide a balanced view of changes in the Chinese job market. Yet, many reviewers suggested the writer simply wasn$$t an expert in this area and lacked the ability to discern which information was most reliable.

This source of information can best be characterized in which of the following ways?

Multiple Choice

high credibility, high objectivity, and low currency

high credibility, high objectivity, and high currency

low credibility, high objectivity, and high currency

low credibility, low objectivity, and high currency

high credibility, low objectivity, and high currency