Xavier is a high school student who is deciding whether to join a soccer, football, or wrestling team. He solicits help to compare and contrast the skills required to be successful in each sport. He creates several criteria to compare the following skills: endurance, strength, power, speed, agility, flexibility, durability, and coordination. Based on this comparison, what step in the consumer decision$-$making process is Xavier in$?$

Information search

Post$-$production evaluation

Problem recognition

Problem accreditation

Evaluation of alternatives